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This urban oasis exists because President Andrew Jackson needed water. The site of excellent springs (a rare commodity in the early city when everyone was dependent on private wells), this square was purchased by the federal government in 1832 so …
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[Panel 1]:On 6 April 1917, the United States entered World War I. With few regular forces, the task of training and transporting an effective army to fight in France was formidable. The U.S. Navy, acting swiftly to combat the German submarine mena…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPV_the-united-states-treasury_Washington-DC.html
Billions for the war, and a bunker for the presidentThe grand, pillared United States Treasury building that stands before you, its first section designed by Robert Mills in 1836, was the financial command center for the Union. It was here between…
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Each year, the National Park Service and the National Council of State Societies conduct the Lantern Lighting Ceremony at the opening ceremonies of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
The Embassy of Japan appoints a Cherry Blossom Princess for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOA_linotype-model-31_Washington-DC.html
The Linotype was introduced in Baltimore in 1883 by Ottmar Mergenthaler, a German-born inventor. By replacing hand-set type with machine-set type, the speed of composition was vastly increased by this important advance in printing.
This machine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJO9_saint-augustine-catholic-church_Washington-DC.html
On Trinity Sunday June 11, 1876 the first Black Catholic Church in Washington District of Columbia was dedicated under the patronage of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Africa. Saint Augustine Church stood on this site until 1947. The present c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJO0_john-witherspoon_Washington-DC.html
?Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Presbyterian Minister."For my own part, of property I have some reputation more that reputation staked. That property is pledged on the issue of this contest: and although these gray hairs must soon d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMY_ulysses-s-grant-memorial_Washington-DC.html
"Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace," General Ulysses S. Grant.Hiram Ulysses Grant, mistakenly listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant on United Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMW_major-general-george-h-thomas_Washington-DC.html
(Right):Maj. Gen. George H. ThomasSan Francisco, Cal.March 28, 1870(Left):Erected by his Comradesof the Society ofThe Army of the Cumberland
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCQ_daniel-webster-memorial_Washington-DC.html
Danial Webster
"Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable."
Expounder and Defender of the Constitution
Born at Salisbury, N.H., Jan 18, 1772Died at Marshfield, Mass., Oct 24, 1852
"Our Country, Our Whole Country,and noth…