{"id":15782,"date":"2015-03-01T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=15782"},"modified":"2021-12-11T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:41:51","slug":"steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I clicked through television channels aimlessly the other day, a boredom-induced activity of mine. Then I came across a famous a scene from one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2015\/02\/rocky-movie-rankings-creed-sylvester-stallone-rocky-iv-ivan-drago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rocky<\/a> movies. The hero Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) started running up the steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/uuKtzE9mtc6K2QGZ7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). You know the scene I&#8217;m talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alotor\/3804867662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Museum of Arts (Rocky steps). Photo by Alonso Javier Torres; (CC BY 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Philadelphia Museum of Arts (Rocky steps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s climbing the steps triumphantly to a soundtrack of &#8220;Gonna Fly Now&#8221;. You just know someone&#8217;s about to get a pounding. I didn&#8217;t stick around long enough to figure out the actual movie &#8212; apparently Stallone recreated the scene in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocky_Steps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just about every Rocky movie<\/a> &#8212; although it did get me thinking. Movie locations aside(<a href=\"#footnote1\">\u00b9<\/a>), were there any genuine historical events that happened on steps or stairs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smEqnnklfYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The occurrence that came to mind immediately was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s iconic &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/cNvyf2mSUL9JP4Qv8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) in 1963. The site selected by Dr. King was highly symbolic. It was the 100th anniversary year of Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln&#8217;s action trumpeted freedom for slaves living within Confederate states then in rebellion. Dr. King drew obvious parallels between the Lincoln of old and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. So he both recognized Lincoln&#8217;s achievements and signaled the struggle continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And Again<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Those same steps featured prominently in another Civil Rights milestone a generation earlier. That&#8217;s when Marian Anderson sang from the spot in 1939. She&#8217;d already earned fame as a classical vocalist, a contralto. However, she performed on those steps because she&#8217;d been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/marian-anderson-sings-on-the-steps-of-the-lincoln-memorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied a performance hall<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Marian Anderson was an international superstar in the 1930s\u2014a singer possessed of what Arturo Toscanini called &#8216;a voice such as one hears once in a hundred years.&#8217; But if race had been no impediment to her career abroad, there were still places in the United States where a black woman was simply not welcome, no matter how famous. What surprised Anderson and many other Americans was to discover in 1939 that one such place was a venue called Constitution Hall, owned and operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the capital of a nation &#8216;dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The DAR refused to relent in spite of withering criticism. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/american_originals\/eleanor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a> &#8220;<em>You had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way and it seems to me that your organization failed<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So fifty-thousand people showed up to hear Marian Anderson perform on the Lincoln Memorial steps; many times more than would have heard her at the indoor venue. As one might imagine, the Daughters of the American Revolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dar.org\/national-society\/dar-marian-anderson-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deeply regretted<\/a> its actions later. They invited Marian Anderson to perform at Constitution Hall several times beginning in 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the Steps of Aztec Temples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/atoll\/2560988049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3146\/2560988049_6e98e2ee75_b.jpg\" alt=\"Templo mayor ruins, in the middle of Zocalo. Photo by Antoine Hubert; (CC BY-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Templo Mayor Ruins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Mesoamerican societies practiced human sacrifice in the centuries preceding European contact. However, the Aztec of central Mexico took the practice to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aztec-history.com\/aztec-sacrifice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an entirely new level<\/a>. There were many varieties of ritual and sacrifice during that period. Of course it was human sacrifices particularly that attracted the most attention of armchair historians. Bloodletting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20150227-a-place-for-human-sacrifices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reached its pinnacle<\/a> at Templo Mayor, the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, now in modern day Mexico City (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/?mlat=19.43500&amp;mlon=-99.13139#map=17\/19.43500\/-99.13139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;At the climax of the ceremony, prisoners of war were taken to the top of the steep steps of the pyramid leading to two shrines. Held down, the victims\u2019 abdomens were sliced open by high priests wielding ceremonial knives, and their hearts \u2013 still beating \u2013 were raised to the spirits above and the crowd in the sacred precinct below. The lifeless bodies of those sacrificed were then kicked down the stairs, and as one followed another, these flowed with blood, bright red against the white of the temple walls. Over the four days of the opening ceremony, some 4,000 prisoners were killed to satisfy the Aztec gods.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That was hardly the only time in history where violence happened on stairways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the Steps of the Theatre of Pompey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjhuttondfw\/1350230329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1179\/1350230329_abd7e15c97_o.jpg\" alt=\"Largo di Torre Argentina. Photo by Rodney; (CC BY 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Largo di Torre Argentina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roman leader Julius Caesar met his demise on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a set of steps<\/a> at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome in 44 BCE, now at the Largo di Torre Argentina (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Vr9udsrgaBMfjf6g7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenseless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around 60 or more men participated in the assassination. Caesar was stabbed 23 times.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This became a triggering event. Afterwards the Roman Republic (with consuls elected by citizens) that had lasted for five hundred years transitioned into the Roman Empire (led by emperors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other noteworthy events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/qxcP8HFUQSGvLuPA6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>): The <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/HistoricalHighlight\/Detail\/35553?ret=True\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murder<\/a> of Congressman William Taulbee in 1890; and the consummation of an a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressionalbadboys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dult relationship<\/a> between Congressman John Jenrette and his wife Rita in the early 1980&#8217;s. However, she later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/reliable-source\/post\/rita-jenrettes-new-take-on-an-old-sex-scandal-that-night-on-the-capitol-steps\/2011\/11\/28\/gIQAEsyT6N_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied it<\/a>. This became a sideshow to his bribery convictions.(<a href=\"#footnote2\">\u00b2<\/a>)<\/li><li>On the steps of the Versace Mansion in South Beach, Miami Beach (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/6wBaXvYndTNrfbNTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>): A serial killer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianni_Versace#Death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murdered<\/a> famed fashion designer Gianni Versace in 1997.<\/li><li>On the steps of the Avon Theater in Stratford, Ontario (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/XT2SMXsaxvQMQoD68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>): Last prize goes to a set of stairs in Canada where Justin Bieber often sat <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/justin-bieber-avon-theatre-stratford-ontario-surprise-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">busking for tips<\/a> before he became famous.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I could probably find some more examples although that Justin Bieber thing discouraged me. I can hardly wait for all of the Bieber-related Google Ads that will now start popping onto my screen for the next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12MC Loves Footnotes!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><small><a name=\"footnote1\"><\/a>(\u00b9) Otherwise I&#8217;d nominate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/gog\/misc-locations\/exorcist-steps,1146528.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exorcist Steps<\/a> in Georgetown, Washington, DC (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/HQS49BZiQQUcA1UH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street View<\/a>).<\/small><br><small><a name=\"footnote2\"><\/a>(\u00b2) Inspiring the name of a local comedy troupe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capsteps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Capitol Steps<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I clicked through television channels aimlessly the other day, a boredom-induced activity of mine. Then I came across a famous a scene from one of the Rocky movies. The hero Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) started running up the steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (map). You know the scene I&#8217;m talking about. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[501,96,78],"tags":[5153,5157,5152,1384,5156,5158,3084,5151,4605,114,249,2706,5149,1735,5150,5154,5155,101],"class_list":["post-15782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-history","category-international","tag-aztec","tag-gianni-versace","tag-i-have-a-dream","tag-italy","tag-julius-caesar","tag-justin-bieber","tag-lincoln-memorial","tag-marian-anderson","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-mexico","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-rocky-balboa","tag-rome","tag-sylvester-stallone","tag-templo-mayor","tag-tenochtitlan","tag-washington-dc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheReal12MC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheReal12MC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Twelve Mile Circle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"headline\":\"On the Steps\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":981,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/2425\\\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aztec\",\"Gianni Versace\",\"I Have a Dream\",\"Italy\",\"Julius Caesar\",\"Justin Bieber\",\"Lincoln Memorial\",\"Marian Anderson\",\"Martin Luther King\",\"Mexico\",\"Pennsylvania\",\"Philadelphia\",\"Rocky Balboa\",\"Rome\",\"Sylvester Stallone\",\"Templo Mayor\",\"Tenochtitlan\",\"Washington DC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Event\",\"History\",\"International\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/\",\"name\":\"On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/2425\\\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/2425\\\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/2425\\\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/steps\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"On the Steps\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places\",\"description\":\"(scroll down if article doesn&#039;t appear)\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e\",\"name\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Twelve Mile Circle\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheReal12MC\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.howderfamily.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/tom\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","description":"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","og_description":"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/","og_site_name":"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","article_published_time":"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Twelve Mile Circle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheReal12MC","twitter_site":"@TheReal12MC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Twelve Mile Circle","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/"},"author":{"name":"Twelve Mile Circle","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"headline":"On the Steps","datePublished":"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/"},"wordCount":981,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg","keywords":["Aztec","Gianni Versace","I Have a Dream","Italy","Julius Caesar","Justin Bieber","Lincoln Memorial","Marian Anderson","Martin Luther King","Mexico","Pennsylvania","Philadelphia","Rocky Balboa","Rome","Sylvester Stallone","Templo Mayor","Tenochtitlan","Washington DC"],"articleSection":["Event","History","International"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/","name":"On the Steps - Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg","datePublished":"2015-03-01T16:13:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-11T15:41:51+00:00","description":"Twelve Mile Circle wanted to know if there were any historical events that happened on steps or stairs? Short answer, yes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2425\/3804867662_197788a01e_b.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/steps\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"On the Steps"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/","name":"Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places","description":"(scroll down if article doesn&#039;t appear)","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80a5a18ef467b299e8ca0ed890ba1e","name":"Twelve Mile Circle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Twelve Mile Circle"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-1862map_for_blog_header-1.jpg"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\/","https:\/\/x.com\/TheReal12MC"],"url":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/author\/tom\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28052,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15782\/revisions\/28052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}