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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EG_radio-towers_Washington-DC.html
Since its earliest development, radio communication has been critical to the operations of the United States Navy. Powerful radio towers on shore transmitted coded messages to Navy ships, where trained radio operators and de-coders managed the exc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EF_lumber-shed-movement-of-materials_Washington-DC.html
A segment of the Navy Yard's marine rail system bisected the Lumber Storage Shed buildings. These tracks facilitated the movement of the newly cut lumber from the ships at the waterfront, to the shed for drying, and finally to the adjacent Pattern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CH_life-on-the-park_Washington-DC.html
You are standing across from Marion Park, named for Francis Marion, the celebrated South Carolina state senator (1782-1790) who earned the moniker "Swamp Fox" for his brilliant stealth tactics against the British during the Revolutionary War.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BU_wright-brothers-1903-flyer-lockeheed-vega-p-51-mustang-fighter-bell-47-flyer-global-flyer_Washington-DC.html
Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer
"I got on the machine at 10:35 for the first trial increasing in speed to probably 7 or 8 miles. The machine lifted..."
—Orville Wright's Diary, December 17, 1903
1903 machine on the launching track, Dec. 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BT_uss-sequoia-uss-memphis-skipjack-canal-barge-uss-constitution_Washington-DC.html
USS Sequoia
Presidents relax and entertain, work and negotiate on presidential yachts. The last yacht to serve, the USS Sequoia, is used by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Gerald Ford and was retired in 1977.
USS Sequoia. Courtesy of C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BR_water-water-everywhere_Washington-DC.html
Washington Canal Park's linear rain garden, which covers the eastern portion of the park, hearkens back to the historic canal. Like the old canal, it collects stormwater. But there the comparison ends. Today's rain garden uses the latest technolog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BQ_one-of-dcs-oldest-neighborhoods_Washington-DC.html
In 1815 the Washington City Canal, linking the Anacostia River to the Potomac via downtown Washington, was completed. The canal attracted businesses where it met the Anacostia River. Among the first was the eight-story sugar refinery of merchant T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BP_a-walk-on-the-canal_Washington-DC.html
You are standing on the site of the Washington City Canal.
From 1815 to about 1880, the three blocks of Canal Park were part of an innovative, man-made waterways linking the Potomac River to the Eastern Branch of the Anacostia River.
In the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BO_saint-paul-african-union-methodist-protestant-aump-church_Washington-DC.html
The St. Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church is the first and only church in Washington, DC that evolved from what is considered the oldest incorporated, independent African American denomination in the country. The AUMP Church, f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25A8_covered-wagon-wheels_Washington-DC.html
Covered Wagon Wheels
From the 1840s to the 1860s, settlers and gold rushers walk overland trails 15 to 20 miles a day beside covered ox-drawn wagons carrying up to 2500 lbs. of household goods and supplies.
Emigrants Crossing the Plains (d…