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. . . being an exact copy of the statue standing in the forecourt of Wesley's Chapel, Bristol, England, presented by the Right Hon. the Lord Rank on behalf of the Methodist Church, Great Britain, to the Wesley Theological Seminary. In token of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMO_john-paul-jones-memorial_Washington-DC.html
"Every officer in our navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones," President Theodore Roosevelt.
The American Revolution
[Portrait of] John Paul Jones, 1747-1742
A bold captain—fearless even when facing the superior Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK4_winder-building_Washington-DC.html
Erected 1848
Purchased byUnited States Government 1852During the Civil War this building was Headquarters of the United States Army. Major General Winfield Scott, Major General Halleck and later Lieutenant General U.S. Grant had their offices h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ6_first-division-war-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[Inscriptions on the original memorial (1924)] First Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, June 1917 - September 1919.
Erected by the memorial association of the First Division and patriotic friends to the memory of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIX_air-mail_Washington-DC.html
The world's first airplane mail to be operated as a continuously scheduled public service started from this field May 15, 1918.
The route connected Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Curtiss JN 4-H airplanes with a capacity of 150 pounds of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIV_webster-ashburton-treaty_Washington-DC.html
Friendship between the United States andCanada was developed and strengthened bythe signing of the Webster-AshburtonTreaty, on August 9, 1842, in the old StateDepartment building which stood on thissite. This treaty established the north-eastern b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIU_brigadier-general-casimir-pulaski_Washington-DC.html
(Bronze Plaque):Brigadier GeneralCasimir Pulaski1748-1779The bronze equestrian statue of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, portrays the Revolutionary War hero in the uniform of a Polish cavalry commander. Born in Winiary, Poland on March 4, 1748 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI7_permanence-and-grandeur-building-the-federal-triangle_Washington-DC.html
The Original PlanYou are standing on Pennsylvania Avenue, the nation's symbolic Main Street. Known for inaugural and other parades and civic demonstrations, its importance dates back to Pierre L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. L'Enf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHZ_general-winfield-scott-hancock_Washington-DC.html
(Left):GeneralWinfield ScottHancock(Right):Born February 14, 1824.Died February 9, 1886.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHW_alexander-graham-bell_Washington-DC.html
From the to floor of this buildingwas sent on June 3, 1880over a beam of light to 1325 L Street,the first wireless telephone messagein the history of the world.The apparatus used in sending the messagewas the photophone invented byAlexander Graham…