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Hello, everyone.

My name is Wesley Levisa from the History of the Second World War podcast.

Join me on a journey through the most destructive conflict in human history, a journey that will

take us not just through the famous campaigns and cataclysmic battles, but also to the lesser

well-known corners of the war that touched millions all over the world, as we try and

answer not just the questions of what and where, but how and why.

You can find History of the Second World War on all major podcast platforms or at History

of the Second World War dot com.

Today we'll talk about DC representation and the statehood debate, and we'll talk

about a battle for representation and a form of statehood that was successful for a group

of DC residents 180 years ago.

One that two presidents supported, though at different times, both Jefferson Davis and

Abraham Lincoln were opposed to.

We'll talk about a desire for democracy and a love of representation that didn't start

in the 2020s, didn't start in the 1960s or the 1980s, but existed since the founding

of a capital city.

We'll talk about voting rights that were given, taken away, given back, and not fully restored.

We'll talk about changes that have occurred even since I first discussed this DC statehood

representation debate when I first started the podcast in 2006.

I'll get into the pros and cons, but first I have to tell you the story of a man in DC

who lived in a tree.

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