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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEX_why-is-the-washington-monument-temporarily-closed_Washington-DC.html
On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDD_why-is-the-washington-monument-temporarily-closed_Washington-DC.html
On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDB_alaska-and-hawaii_Washington-DC.html
The Federal Union of the States at the heart of Lincoln's purpose is symbolized in his memorial by 36 columns beneath the names of the 36 states composing the Union in his lifetime. When the memorial was designed, the Union included 48 states nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDA_fort-stevens_Washington-DC.html
"We haven't taken Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell! " General Jubal Anderson EarlyBuilt between 1861-1863 this structure was originally called Fort Massachusetts and guarded the northern defenses of the nation's capital during the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT5_the-national-building-museum_Washington-DC.html
"It's too bad the damn thing is fire proof," General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1887.
The nation's only museum dedicated to American achievements in architecture, urban planning, construction, engineering, and design is appropriately housed in o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNX_the-general-dwight-david-eisenhower-plaza_Washington-DC.html
Panel 1:Dedicated in gratitude to the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, General Dwight David Eisenhower and the valiant soldiers of all Allied Armies he led into battle. Victorious in battle, they brought the Third Reich to an end, enc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWMK_frelinghuysen-university-jesse-lawson-and-rosetta-c-lawson_Washington-DC.html
Frelinghuysen University was founded in 1917 to provide education, religious training, and social services for Black working-class adults. Founders include Jesse Lawson, a Howard University-educated lawyer; his wife Rosetta C. Lawson, an advocate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLD_general-artemas-ward-monument_Washington-DC.html
Son of Massachusetts · Graduate of Harvard College · Judge and legislator · Delegate 1780-1781 to the Continental Congress · Soldier of three wars · First commander of patriot forces.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW8V_live-on-our-stage_Washington-DC.html
When NBC radio and television and its local affiliate,WRC, moved to these new headquarters in 1958, the average TV screen measured 12 inches. The facility opened with six studios—three TV and three radio. Soon history happened here.
On Oc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW70_winning-the-war_Washington-DC.html
The U.S. Navy arrived across the street at 3801 NebraskaAvenue during World War II, taking the Colonial style red-brick campus of Mount Vernon Seminary for secret "essential wartime activities." Soon more than 5,000 workers occupied the campus. Am…