Stride StoriesRunning tour · Washington, DC
Capitol Hill
1.8 mi run
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The stories on this route
Eastern Market
Look at the market hall in front of you. It was completed in 1873, the first city-owned market built under the public works program of the 1870s. It cost $80,000, rather than $60,000.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Look along the white marble front: nine carved scenes from Shakespeare, from A Midsummer Night's Dream on the left to Henry IV on the right.
Library of Congress
Look at the fountain at the front of the building: Neptune and his court, sculpted by Roland Hinton Perry. Then look up, to the dome, and the Torch of Learning high atop the building.
Supreme Court
Look up at the sixteen columns, and the words carved above them: Equal Justice Under Law. For nearly a century and a half, the Supreme Court had no permanent home. It led a nomadic existence, and in Washington it borrowed space from Congress in the Capitol.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality monument
Look at the paired stairs and the fine fanlight over the door.
Union Station
Look up at the three great arches, and the six figures standing above them, among them Fire, Electricity, Freedom and Imagination. They're by Louis Saint-Gaudens, each eighteen feet high.
Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source
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