319 U Street, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC —
Christian Fleetwood (1840-1914) was one of 21 African Americans to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm near Richmond. After the Civil War he worked for the federal government and organized DC's first Black National Guard unit. Sara Fleetwood (1849-1908), a member of the first (1896) graduating class of Freedmen's Hospital nursing school, became its superintendent in 1901. The Fleetwoods moved to this address about 1900 and hosted weekly literary gatherings here. Their home was razed and replaced in the 1990s.| HM Number | HM1GXG |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Medal of Honor Recipients series |
| Tags | |
| Placed By | Cultural Tourism DC |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 2:50am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 325164 N 4309486 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91688333, -77.01663333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 55.013', W 77° 0.998' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 55' 0.78" N, 77° 0' 59.88" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202, 703 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 319 U St NW, Washington DC 20001, US |
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