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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUC3_st-francis-de-sales-church_Washington-DC.html
St. Francis de Sales Church Catholic Churchwith oldest continuing congregation in District of Columbia
Congregation began about 1722, when Catholics firstattended mass at chapel within Queen family mansion, on site approximately at present Ever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3K_t-s-c-lowes-observation-flight_Washington-DC.html
On June 18, 1861, T.S.C. Lowe made a tethered observation flight with his gas-filled balloon Enterprise from a spot on the National Mall in front of where the National Air and Space Museum now stands. During this flight, he sent the first telegram…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNC_site-of-a-tulip-tree_Washington-DC.html
Used as a signal station? by ?Confederate soldiers underGen. Jubal A. Earlyduring the attack on ? Washington ?July 11 and 12, 1864Also used byConfederate SharpshootersThe lower plaque reads:Two cannon ballsRelics of Civil War daysfound on the dair…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAT_a-magic-place_Washington-DC.html
Louis Armstrong and Sarah Vaughn were two of the nationally famous entertainers who played in the brick building on this corner, once home to the popular Club Bali, also called the New Bali. In the memory of one former customer, it was a magic pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS72_woodlawn-cemetery_Washington-DC.html
Woodlawn Cemetery, established in 1895, serves the final resting place for Sen. Blanche K. Bruce, Mary P. Burrill, Will Marion Cook, John W. Cromwell, John R. Francis, Rep. John Mercer Langston, Jesse Lawson, Mary Meriwether, and Daniel Murray, am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4J_the-whitelaw-hotel-and-the-duke_Washington-DC.html
They found a lobby with fine rugs and potted palms, a richly decorated dining room, comfortable rooms, and convenience shops on the first floor.
The Whitelaw was the creation of African America business entrepreneur John Whitelaw Lewis, who al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3Z_howard-university-sets-the-standard_Washington-DC.html
To the north and east of the U Street corridor rises the tower of Founders Library at Howard University - an institution created in 1867 that has trained and inspired generations of African American leaders and has been a lodestar for its own com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3Y_strong-families-and-eminent-citizens_Washington-DC.html
The fine rowhouses in this part of the Shaw neighborhood, such as those on this street, were once home to many of the community's old families and most distinguished citizens.
Charles Hamilton Houston, a national leader in civil rights, was bor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2W_acacia-life-insurance-building-1936_Washington-DC.html
Acacia Life Insurance Building - 1936
On March 3, 1869, President Andrew Johnson signed the Congressional Act charteringThe Masonic Mutual Relief Association thatbecame Acacia Life Insurance Company. Built as its headquarters and occupied by Ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS0Q_industrial-bank-of-washington_Washington-DC.html
Industrial Bank stands as a testament to the Black business movement that began in the 1880s in downtown Washington and spread to the U Street area by the 1900s. Industrial Bank was the only Black-owned financial institution in the city when labor…