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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TY_battery-ricketts_Washington-DC.html
Earthworks of Battery Ricketts are visible inside the wooded area in front of you.
Battery Ricketts, built to defend an area in front of Fort Stanton, was named for Maj. Gen. James B. Ricketts.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TR_fort-carroll_Washington-DC.html
Earthworks of Fort Carroll are visible 100 yards to the right at the top of the hill.
Fort Carroll was named in honor of Maj. Gen. Samuel Sprigg Carroll, a West Point graduate from the District of Columbia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QF_u-s-experimental-model-basin_Washington-DC.html
Site of U.S. Experimental Model Basin 1898-1955Founded by Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor who was the Director until 1914.
Here the Navy laid the foundations for research in ship and aircraft design with the establishment of a 470 foot towing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QC_swift-boat-pcf1_Washington-DC.html
Dedicated on 23 April 1998by Senator John F. Kerryand Wade Sanders of theSwift Boat Sailors Association, Inc.in recognition of those who servedand in memory of lost comrades
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Q4_willard-park_Washington-DC.html
On display in Willard Park, named for the early 20th century commandant of the Yard, are over 60 naval artifacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Mounted at the western end of the park is a fine collection of turn-of-the-century naval …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6KA_metropolitan-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Washington-DC.html
Was organized 1822, rebuilt in 1838 andcompleted in 1880.
This site possess exceptional value incommemorating the Religious Life of theNegro in the United States of America.Designated a Category II Landmark bythe Joint Committee on Landmarks an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6JZ_nuns-of-the-battlefield_Washington-DC.html
(Upper Inscription):They comforted the dying, Nursed the wounded, carried hope to the imprisoned, gave in His name a drink of water to the thirsty.
(Lower Inscription):To the memory and in honor ofThe Various Orders of Sisterswho gave their ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6JO_navy-gun-car_Washington-DC.html
One of theUnited States Naval Railway BatteriesDesigned, constructed and shipped abroadby theBureau of Ordnance, Navy DepartmentPlaced in operation in FranceandManned by naval personnelUnder the command ofRear Admiral C.P. Plunkett, U.S.N.—&…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6J8_optical-tower-second-officers-house_Washington-DC.html
Optical TowerRising behind the First Officer's Quarters is the Optical Tower built in 1918-19 to calibrate optical equipment, particularly range finding instruments, made in the Yard. From the tower, sightings were taken on the United States Capit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6J6_leutze-park-gun-collection_Washington-DC.html
Captured naval guns representing battle trophies of conflicts from the Barbary War to Spanish American War parallel the Dahlgren Avenue axis of the Navy Yard in Leutze Park. These guns are smooth bore muzzle loaders of eighteenth and nineteenth ce…