Storming the Capitol: Jan. 6 and the Forgotten Philadelphia Mutiny of 1783

When the District of Columbia government and the D.C. National Guard came to the rescue of Congress as a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6, history came full circle. The same city that stepped in to bring order to a divided federal government was created as a federal refuge from local interference following a largely forgotten incident known as the Philadelphia Mutiny of 1783.