. Book of the Royal blue . with that road after-ward acquired by the Baltimore & Iotoiiiacrailroad, included in the Pennsylvaniasystem. In war times it was not an infre-(|uent occurrence for troop trains comingthrough Baltimore by the Northern Centraland the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal-timore railroads to be landed on Virginiasoil. There were, however, occasions whenthe Maryland avenue depot was the sceneof much activity in its early history, aswhen troops were embarked or landed, andwhen loads of sick and wounded soldierswere brought in from the battlefields andsent to the many hospitals.
. Book of the Royal blue . with that road after-ward acquired by the Baltimore & Iotoiiiacrailroad, included in the Pennsylvaniasystem. In war times it was not an infre-(|uent occurrence for troop trains comingthrough Baltimore by the Northern Centraland the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal-timore railroads to be landed on Virginiasoil. There were, however, occasions whenthe Maryland avenue depot was the sceneof much activity in its early history, aswhen troops were embarked or landed, andwhen loads of sick and wounded soldierswere brought in from the battlefields andsent to the many hospitals. Not infre-quently at inaugurations or other galatimes the ca|)acity of the roads was October 27 the Baltimore iS: Ohioabandoned the historic old station and wasthe first to enter the great railroad palacewhich is soon to house all the railroadsentering the District. The old station willbe torn down at once and the grading andfilling commenced which will form thegrass plaza in front of the I nion HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF WASHINGTON. m LRS is a new country; while theiestern section shows the ruins ofi-ellings of a few Aboriginal tribesinct which possess greatinterest for the archaeologist, and the towerof the colonists church at Jamestown marksthe beginning of Anglo-Saxon domination,our twentieth century interests are inmodern structures, and the 20-story sky-scraper is ty|)ical of present conditions. Our English Cousins can boast of theDruidical circle of stones at Stonehenge,and the Germans point to the ruined castlesonce the abodes of the freebooters whoinfested their land, and romantic storiescan be woven about these crumbling walls. But these ruins typify a religion whichis hid in the myths of the past, and thedecay of the system which brought themforth. No longer does the Druid priestoffer up a living sacrifice to his God, or thesteel-clad Baron sally forth at the head ofhis band of vassals on errands of rapine andmurder, to return laden with the spoils of
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