Temperance Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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This file appears in: Temperance Fountain: This monument to temperance has done little to reduce alcohol consumption in DC and has attracted more than its fair share of detractors.
Temperance Fountain: This monument to temperance has done little to reduce alcohol consumption in DC and has attracted more than its fair share of detractors.
Having made his fortune in dentistry and San Francisco real estate, Dr. Henry D. Cogswell (1820-1900) used his fortunes to advance the temperance cause, or the movement to curb alcohol consumption…