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![[Crowds gathered at the Washington Monument grounds, Washington, D.C., to welcome Col. Charles Lindbergh]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2RzLWdhdGhlcmVkLWF0LXRoZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLW1vbnVtZW50LWdyb3VuZHMtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy10by13ZWxjb21lLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/460/jpg "[Crowds gathered at the Washington Monument grounds, Washington, D.C., to welcome Col. Charles Lindbergh]")
![[Crowds assembled at the Washington Monument grounds to welcome Col. Charles Lindbergh, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2RzLWFzc2VtYmxlZC1hdC10aGUtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1tb251bWVudC1ncm91bmRzLXRvLXdlbGNvbWUtY29sLWNoYXJsZXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Crowds assembled at the Washington Monument grounds to welcome Col. Charles Lindbergh, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Crowd, Washington Monument in background; Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzIvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2Qtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1tb251bWVudC1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Crowd, Washington Monument in background; Washington, D.C.]")
![[Photographers on platform above crowd at Charles A. Lindbergh speech at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVycy1vbi1wbGF0Zm9ybS1hYm92ZS1jcm93ZC1hdC1jaGFybGVzLWEtbGluZGJlcmdoLXNwZWVjaC1hdC10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Photographers on platform above crowd at Charles A. Lindbergh speech at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.]")
![[Crowd at base of Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2QtYXQtYmFzZS1vZi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLW1vbnVtZW50LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Crowd at base of Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Ceremony at Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvY2VyZW1vbnktYXQtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1tb251bWVudC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Ceremony at Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvbGluY29sbi1tZW1vcmlhbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]")
