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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYGN_navy-department-library_Washington-DC.html
The Navy Department Library was established by President Adams on 31 March 1800. On that date he wrote to the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddart, requesting the gathering "? of all the best writing in Dutch, Spanish, French, and espe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAA_healing-the-wounded_Washington-DC.html
In 1866 the Navy completed the hospital you see across the street to treat injured and ailing seamen. With beds for 50, it included the carriage house/stable and cast-iron fence and (around the corner) the gazebo. Its front door originally was on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ5_the-healing-poles_Washington-DC.html
Peace - War[Rendering of the Healing Totem Poles]Liberty - Freedom
SOVEREIGNTYThe cross piece at the top carries two eagles: Peace, a female, faces east; War, a male, faces west. The eagles are symbols of courage and great vision, held up by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ9G_in-the-alley_Washington-DC.html
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You are standing in one of Washington's remaining inhabited alleys, behind the buildings that face G, E (there is no F Street here), Sixth and Seventh streets. In 1897 the alley had 22 tiny dwellings sheltering well over 100 people. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ97_john-philip-sousa_Washington-DC.html
Author, Bandmaster,composer of: Stars and Stripes Forever,Washington Post,"Semper Fidelis",and other famous marches,was born in this houseon November 6, 1854
Restored 1960-1Randall C. & Jaquire D. King
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ8G_christ-church-and-its-parishioners_Washington-DC.html
This is Christ Church, Washington Parish, the first Episcopal church established in Washington City (1794), and attended by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams.At first Christ Church met in a nearby tobacco warehouse. In 1806 parish…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7K_christ-church-washington-parish_Washington-DC.html
First church in City of Washington.Present edifice dedicated October 8, 1809,by Bishop Thomas J. Claggett,first bishop consecrated onAmerican soil- in New York, 1792.Placed byMarcia Burns Chapter, D. A. R.May 13, 1930
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSE_european-exploration-in-the-strait-of-juan-de-fuca_Victoria-BC.html
Competition for sovereignty and trade drew Europeans to the Pacific Northwest coast in the 1780s. Although long known to First Nations people, the strait received its present name in 1787 when Charles Barkley identified it as the legendary transco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSD_the-leg-of-colonel-ulric-dahlgren_Washington-DC.html
The plaque below marks the spot where the leg of U.S. Army Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, son of Admiral John Dahlgren, "father of American naval ordnance," was interred following his wounding after the battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
The leg was enclos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS2_16-inch-projectiles_Washington-DC.html
These projectiles were fired from the largest guns used by the U.S. Navy, specifically the 16-inch/50 caliber guns on the Iowa-class battleships. These ships were the USS Iowa (BB61), USS New Jersey (BB62), USS Missouri (BB63), and USS Wisconsin (…