Aug 4, 2023 - News

Remember When: People swam in the Tidal Basin

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A large crowd of boys in bathing suits on the beach at Washington, DC's tidal basin, in the early twentieth century. The Washington Monument is visible in the background.

On the "beach." Photo: Bain News Service/Buyenlarge/Getty Images

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