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In the many footsteps of history in Washington

Streams of people, these momentous next few days, will flood the city of Washington to honor the man becoming the next president.

And with every step, they will tread in the shadows of greatness.

Consciously or not, they will trace paths blazed long ago by Jefferson, Jackson and Adams. They'll pass the spot where Lincoln slept, and the one where he was killed. They'll cross the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt blazing through an urban forest, hear echoes of the fateful cannon fired near John Tyler, right, and stand where Madison stood, watching the White House smolder.

The stories of those men might seem distant, but it all happened right here, on these same swaths of land now populated by cherry trees, tour buses and the American people each was elected to serve...
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