IV. THESE OUR LAWMAKERS 85 V. “THE OTHER END OF THE AVENUE” 114 VI. THROUGH MANY CHANGING YEARS 147 VII. “THE SPIRIT OF GREAT EVENTS” 177 VIII. NEW FACES IN OLD PLACES 207 IX. THE REGION ’ROUND ABOUT 235 X. MONUMENTS AND MEMORIES 261 INDEX 287 [Illustration] _List of Illustrations_ PAGE White House, from the State Department i Where Lincoln Died _Frontispiece_ Down F Street to the Interior Department vii Old Mill, on Bladensburg Battlefield ix Washington, across the Potomac from Arlington xi Capitol, from Pennsylvania Avenue, West xiii FACING PAGE General Washington’s Office in Georgetown 8 George Washington Tavern, Bladensburg 18 Octagon House 30 Union Engine House of 1815 42 On the Ruins of Fort Stevens 50 Survivals from “Before the War” 62 Rock Creek 74 Capitol, from New Jersey Avenue 84 Where Dolly Madison Gave Her Farewell Ball 96 Lee Mansion at Arlington 108 Old Carlyle Mansion, Alexandria 120 Washington’s Pew in Christ Church, Alexandria 132 Mount Vernon 142 Tudor House, Georgetown 154 Bladensburg Duelling-Ground 156 Decatur House 170 Soldiers’ Home 180 Old City Hall 192 The “Old Capitol” 204 St. Paul’s, the Oldest Church in the District 218 St. John’s, “the President’s Church” 234 Ford’s Theatre, the Old Front 248 Stage Entrance through which Booth Escaped 260