Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1936, Page 94

UP THE AVENUE IN THE GRAND REVIEW. An interesting cld Brady photograph ot the parade of Union troops moving up Pennsylvania avenue —not very recognizable as the Nation's famous parade route of today. < Handy Studios IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE 71 YEARS AGO. There to see the Union soldiers swing by in the Grand Re- view is President Andrew Johnson, with Gen. Grant at his side and his cabinet around him. Next Wednesday a thin, frail line of the veterans who passed that reviewing stand will move up the Avenue again to take a Nation's cheers. Signal Corps, U.S A W enn Y Fléa A Y < Yol d ” \ WHAT THE CAMERA SAW. This old photograph has suf- Poca i % f \ ? ¥ fered in the years, but it still gives an authentic picture of the 7 > B Grand Review scene, looking down the Avenue from the Treasury. AS THE ARTIST SAW IT. Bt « Handy Studios He adds a little of art’s glori- fying touch to the scene of the Grand Review, with dashing chargers here and there and the symmetrical ranks of blue. The well- known painting by James Taylor depicts the parade from a position near the Treasury. Handy Studios Right. GUNS THAT PRO- TECTED THE CAPITAL. A scene at Fort Totten, one of Washington’s chain of de- fenses, in the closing days of the Civil War. Perhaps in PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. With Gen. Grant the thinning ranks of blue at his side, the martyred Lincoln’s successor in the White here today there are men House symbolized a Nation's tribute to the defenders of its who have touched off these unity as he stood in the reviewing stand on those mem- very guns. ° SignalCorps. U.S. A. orable days of May 23 and 24, 1865. ¢ Handy Studios. FORT STEVENS AT CLOSE OF WAR. It was here ; o | that President Lincoln was under fire during the repulse - : - 3 | of a Confederate attack on ViV:shiingtfln, bA b:;:)nz; ,}’f&'}.‘fi A DIRT ROAD CARRIED THEM BY THE WHITE HOUSE. Pennsylvania avenue, we see, was not the will be' unveiled at the historic site by the polishedntzhor.oughfare of today for Union soldiers who passed the presidential stand in the Grand Review. Women’s Relief Corps during the G. A. R. encflg:ggy\grlxutém This Brady photoBraph gives a wider view of the executive stand. ¢ Signal Corps, U.S. A.