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Founded by the Jesuit community of George-town College. This church was first dedicated 15 June 1851Restored and re-dedicated 23 September 1979 The original church to the rear was dedicated 1792 and remains the oldest standing church in the …
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[Rendering of the Seal of the President of the United States]In MemoriamWithin the hallowed walls of the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in Georgetown, D.C. worshiped the late President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the first …
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Erected 1792 First place for public Catholic worship in what is now the District of Columbia
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SHERIDAN
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEIA_john-carroll_Washington-DC.html
First Archbishop of Baltimore Founder of Georgetown University By Sculptor Jerome Connor commissioned by alumni, faculty and Jesuits. To insure that this University treasure, placed here on May 4, 1912, will forever survive to greet all visi…
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SCOTT
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[Panel 1:]Healy Hallbares the name ofthe Reverend Patrick F. Healy, S.J.1834-1910the University's twenty-ninth president1873-1882The first Black American to hold a doctorate and the first to serve as president of a major university in the United S…
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Wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated funds to build the Beaux Arts-style building you see across the street to your left, the city's first public library. The Central Library opened in 1903 with 12,412 books by its predecessor, the priva…
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...has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the United States Department of the Interior September 17, 2003Cornerstone - November 13, 1870Construction - 1870-1874Dedication - February 14, 1875Completion - 1908to replace the ear…
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This quaint frame building has served several church congregations since its construction in 1908. The First Zion Baptist Church stayed for more than 60 years. Since 1993 members of Joshua's Temple First Born Church have worshiped within its walls…
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