Security Restricts Visitors' Fun in Nation's Capital; Do Not Enter Signs Abound Where Citizens Had More Free Reign

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Visitors to the capital once could wander the White House grounds, poke around the Capitol, check out fabulous artwork in the Justice Department and generally have the run of just about any federal building.

Security, if there was any, often consisted of little more than a guard at the door nodding as people entered.

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Security Restricts Visitors' Fun in Nation's Capital; Do Not Enter Signs Abound Where Citizens Had More Free Reign

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Many of the celebrated edifices in Washington took on multiple layers of security after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and for some buildings, it was much earlier. The result is that a visit to th...

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