Dulles Airport Dedication 17 November 1962

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Dulles Airport Dedication 17 November 1962

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Thomas Balch Library

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During and after the Second World War, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area was served by only one airport, Washington National Airport (now known as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport). However, the growing demand for airport capacity caused Congress to pass the second Washington Airport Act of 1950, which provided for the "construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of a public airport in or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia." Eight years lat...