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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QE8_paul-harris-1868-1947_Washington-DC.html
Inspired by the simple idea of combining fellowship and service, Paul Harris pioneered the service club movement with the founding of Rotary International. Rotary fulfilled his dream of a worldwide organization of business and professional people …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QE1_frederick-douglass-1817-1895_Washington-DC.html
A Famed orator and writer Frederick Douglass was also a key architect of the movement that ended slavery, the very institution into which he was born. Even after his goal to abolish slavery was achieved, Douglass persisted in his struggle for equa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QC8_the-hotel-washington_Washington-DC.html
This structure has been
Recorded by the
Historic American
Buildings Survey
of the United States Department
of Interior for its archivesat the Library of Congress.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QC6_the-great-seal-of-the-united-states_Washington-DC.html
In 1776 the Continental Congress adopted a resolution calling for the creation of a seal for the new nation. In June 1782 the United States Congress approved a design which was manufactured in September of that year. In early 1881 the Department o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QC4_dr-edgar-j-helms_Washington-DC.html
Dr. Edgar J. Helms founded Goodwill Industries in 1902 to help people with disabilities and disadvantages fully participate in society by expanding their occupational capabilities. To accomplish this mission, Helms created an innovative system whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9A_jane-addams-1860-1935_Washington-DC.html
In 1889, with Ellen Gates Starr, Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, one of the nation's first settlement houses. It served as a community center for the poor and its success helped lead to the creation of hundreds of similar organizations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q95_ida-wells-barnett-1862-1921_Washington-DC.html
Ida Wells-Barnett crusaded aggressively for civil rights her entire life and was unafraid to exercise those rights when custom ran contrary to the law. Involved in many civil rights causes, she played leadership roles in the women's suffrage movem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NEA_grand-army-of-the-republic_Washington-DC.html
Grand Army of the RepublicOrganized at Decatur Illinois, April 6, 1866.By Benjamin Franklin Stephenson M.D.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J7E_the-daguerre-monument_Washington-DC.html
This monument pays tribute to French Artist and inventor Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851), who revolutionized picture-making in 1839 by introducing the first practical form of photography to the world. Known as the daguerreotype, Da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19EF_601-pennsylvania-avenue_Washington-DC.html
On this site in 1814, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was first sung in public. The most famous of several hotels on this block was Brown's Marble Hotel (1851-1935), an innovative Greek Revival landmark, where John Tyler and Abraham Lincoln were guests…