. Book of the Royal blue . carefully to their street paving, counties andStates are interested in a better system ofroads, and only recently the subject of aseries of national highways has been dis-cussed in Congress. Among the measures brought forward wasone for the improvement of the old NationalRoad, and the building of the grand boule-vard from Washington to (jettysburg, to beknown as the Lincoln .Memorial Road. All countries and nations have had theirhistoric roads, which can be compared to thearteries of the human system, and throughwhich throbbed and pulsated the tides oftrade and comme
. Book of the Royal blue . carefully to their street paving, counties andStates are interested in a better system ofroads, and only recently the subject of aseries of national highways has been dis-cussed in Congress. Among the measures brought forward wasone for the improvement of the old NationalRoad, and the building of the grand boule-vard from Washington to (jettysburg, to beknown as the Lincoln .Memorial Road. All countries and nations have had theirhistoric roads, which can be compared to thearteries of the human system, and throughwhich throbbed and pulsated the tides oftrade and commerce, until the advent of therailroad consigned them to practical oblivion. Such is the sad history and fate of the oldhighway—the old National BBADDOCKS KOAD, NEAR FREDERICK, MU. .k; THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD
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