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Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, from a collection of Civil war photographs, dated 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, the woman's suffrage procession in Washington being stopped by a crowd. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, a crowd gathers around a Red Cross ambulance during the women's suffrage procession in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, shows parade and enormous crowd on Pennsylvania Ave. looking toward Capitol past old Post Office, in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 19193, women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, led by Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson, center on horseback, with the Capitol in background. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, four women march ahead of large procession with the banner "We demand the passage of the Bristow-Mondell amendment" at the woman suffrage parade in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, attorney Inez Milholland Boissevain rides astride suffrage parade in Washington as the first of four mounted heralds. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, taken in 1913, German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with other suffrage pageant participants standing in background in front of the Treasury Building in Washington. Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. (Library of Congress via AP)

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This is a Civil War era photo provided by the Library of Congress shows Frances Clalin Clayton, who disguised herself as a man, "Jack Williams," to fight in the Civil War. On May 15, 2015, Steve Killings, board president of The Academy for Veteran Education and Training, an educational nonprofit group located at Historic Jordan Springs, said that the organization is trying to erect a monument to honor the more than 500 women who posed as men so they could fight. (Library Of Congress via AP)

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This is a Civil War era photo provided by the Library of Congress shows a portrait of Frances Clalin Clayton, woman who disguised herself as a man, "Jack Williams," to fight in the Civil War. On May 15, 2015, Steve Killings, board president of The Academy for Veteran Education and Training, an educational nonprofit group located at Historic Jordan Springs, said that the organization is trying to erect a monument to honor the more than 500 women who posed as men so they could fight. (Library Of Congress via AP)

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NASA and the Library of Congress plan a series of seminars examining the philosophical implications of astrobiology — or life in the universe. (NASA/James Cook University)

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In this Oct. 1924 photo provided by the Library of Congress, Elsie Tydings waits at a ticket window, as she became the first person to purchase a ticket for a World Series baseball game in the nation's capital. The Washington Senators defeated the New York Giants in that year's series. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)

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In this Oct. 10, 1924 photo, provided by the Library of Congress, Washington Senators and New York Giants managers and players join umpires before the final game of baseball's World Series in Washington. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)

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Scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians meet for a discussion entitled "Preparing for Discovery: A Rational Approach to the Impact of Finding Microbial, Complex or Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" held at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians meet for a discussion entitled "Preparing for Discovery: A Rational Approach to the Impact of Finding Microbial, Complex or Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" held at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, warned that the "freedom of the people" is imperiled more by "gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” (Library of Congress)