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To: gleeaikin

What I have heard was that the streets were planned so that cannon could shoot down them at the invading troops.

Could also be true.

I got my info from a piece I once read about the architect who drew up the original layout for DC (I forget his name at the moment).

304 posted on 02/07/2010 12:10:33 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)

To: Windflier

I got my info from a piece I once read about the architect who drew up the original layout for DC (I forget his name at the moment).

306 posted on 02/07/2010 12:24:30 AM PST by thecodont

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