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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW8_chinatown_Washington-DC.html
dragons to bring rain, prosperity and friendshipMore than 280 dragons, crowned by 700 glazed tiles, look down from the Chinatown Friendship Archway before you. Symbols of the spirits that bring rain and prosperity in China, these painted and carve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGT8_restoration-of-georgetowns-call-boxes_Washington-DC.html
Georgetown's Call Box restoration project is part of a city-wide effort to rescue the District's abandoned fire and police call boxes. Known as Art on Call, the project has identified more that 800 boxes for restoration. Neighborhood by neighborh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGS4_the-roots-of-freedom-and-equality_Washington-DC.html
"It is known to you that events have transpired within the last few days, deeply affecting the peace and character of our community."
With these words, city officials tried to calm the angry mobs gathering on this corner in April 1848. The cro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPQ_banneker-circle-vista-to-the-past_Washington-DC.html
This high ground serves as a monument to Benjamin Banneker, a free African American who charted the stars for the first survey of Washington, DC. Banneker was 60 years old when he hired on to assist surveyor Andrew Ellicott. A tobacco planter from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNA_jan-karski-n-jan-kozielewski-1914-2000_Washington-DC.html
Messenger of the Polish People to Their Government in Exile Messenger of the Jewish People to the World The Man Who Told of the Annihilation of the Jewish People While There Was Still Time To Stop It.
Named by the State of Israel,"A Righteous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGDS_frank-d-reeves_Washington-DC.html
Frank D. Reeves (1916-1973), a lawyer and civilrights activist, was part of the team that shaped the1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Courtcase outlawing school segregation. He advisedSenator John F. Kennedy on minority affairs duringthe 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCV_all-aboard_Washington-DC.html
Before bridges spanned the Potomac, ferry boats took people and goods across the river. You could ride to Alexandria from Greenleaf's Point (now Fort McNair), or between the landings where today's 14th Street Bridge touches ground. Sailboats came…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9S_a-whirl-on-the-ferris-wheel_Washington-DC.html
To your right it is the former Merritt Educational Center which operated from 1943 to 2008. However, if you were standing here in the 1920s or '30s, in its place you would have seen exuberant crowds of fashionably dressed African Americans enjoyin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG3N_community-anchors_Washington-DC.html
Across the intersection stands the tower of O Street Market. When the market opened in 1881, and refrigerators had not been invented, people shopped here daily for everything from live chickens to fresh tomatoes. At first the vendors were German …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0N_social-justice_Washington-DC.html
Straight ahead is All Souls Church, Unitarian, long known for its social activism, starting with abolitionism in the 1820s and ranging through nuclear disarmament and interracial cooperation. During the segregation era, All Souls was one of the fe…