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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BH_georgetowns-watering-holes_Washington-DC.html
Among the first businesses in historic Georgetown were its inns and taverns. They not only offered food, drink and lodging, but were focal points of community life where political debate and civic meetings took place and business deals were made. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM259T_world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Washington-DC.html
In memory of our boys who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great World War Jesu Mercy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM259J_stately-houses-and-gardens_Washington-DC.html
(front) Hidden behind the grand houses of N Street — and many others large and small — are tranquil walled gardens with brick terraces, old shade trees, lily ponds, swimming pools, and a tennis court or two. Behind you stands the E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM259I_a-drugstore-like-no-other_Washington-DC.html
A simple corner drug store was a gathering place for famous Georgetowners in the 1970s. "Doc" Dalinsky's drug store at 1344 Wisonsin Avenue was a popular hangout for many notable Georgetowners, especially when Doc hosted brunch on Sunday — t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256G_dedication-to-the-dedicated_Washington-DC.html
Funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Public Art Building Communities Grant Program DC Commission on The Arts & Humanities The name Glover Park which first appeared in advertisements in 1926, honors the name of Washin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256F_mapping-art-on-call_Washington-DC.html
Front Glover Park Art on Call · Landmarks · Parks · Historical Landmarks Back Police and fire call boxes were installed throughout Washington, D.C. neighborhoods to provide emergency communication links bet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256E_the-georgetown-departed_Washington-DC.html
Ahead on the hill is Holy Rood Cemetery, the first Catholic parish cemetery in Washington. Established by Georgetown's Holy Trinity Church in 1832, the cemetery contains the remains of more than 7,300 whites and African Americans, both enslaved an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256D_a-rolling-tobacco-road_Washington-DC.html
As one of Washington's oldest commercial corridors, Wisconsin Avenue has been a direct route to the Potomac River for more than 250 years. Originally an Indian trail, the route became known as Frederick Pike and linked the small port of George Tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256C_famous-burleith-residents_Washington-DC.html
This is a selection of people, renowned in their perspective professions, who at one time called Burleith their home. · Actress Nancy Ordway (1914-2005), a 1940s radio star, lived at 1710 35th Street. She starred in the nationally broad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256B_the-evolution-of-burleith_Washington-DC.html
Burleith's built environment dates to the early nineteenth century. The oldest existing home, 1814 35th Street (earlier known as Fayette Street), was built in 1803. Three other structures on 35th Street were built in 1830, and about fifty years la…
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