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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DRR_mayor-emery-and-the-union-army_Washington-DC.html
The City Park across the street was once Emery Place, the summer estate of Matthew Gault Emery.
A prominent builder, Emery was Washington City's last elected mayor during the period of home rule. He was succeeded in 1874 by a presidentially app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DRQ_racing-at-brightwood_Washington-DC.html
Fresh Water Springs in this pleasant high ground once drew European settlers. Farmers called the area "Crystal Spring." In 1859 the half-mile Crystal Spring Racetrack opened on land to your left. For 75 cents, Washingtonians hopped a stagecoach fr…
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In the 1930s as now, this area was a family friendly, "move-up" destination for hard-working government clerks and professionals. Like many DC neighborhoods, Brightwood had covenants prohibiting sales to certain white ethnics and African Americans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFV_st-pauls-episcopal_Washington-DC.html
Here, the first church edifice within the future district of Columbia was erected in 1719; a "chapel of ease" of St. John's Church, Broad Creek. It was built of wood with earthen floor. The 100 acre tract named "Generosity" (Comprising the church …
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This Plaque recognizes the designation of St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Rock Creek Parish) and its churchyard known as Rock Creek Cemetery, in the National Register of Historic Places.
Founded originally as a preaching mission, with first servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C45_military-road-school_Washington-DC.html
The Military Road School opened in 1864 here along what then was Military Road, an artery linking Civil War forts. The School was one of the first to open after Congress authorized public education for Washington's African Americans in 1862. Stude…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190I_billy-simpsons-house-of-seafood-and-steaks_Washington-DC.html
3515 Georgia Avenue
Billy Simpson's provided DC's African American community with an upscale venue for dining and socializing in the period when segregation was ending and African Americans claimed a larger role in city affairs. The restaurant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JM_jones-haywood-school-of-ballet_Washington-DC.html
1200 Delafield Place, N.W. The Jones Haywood School of Ballet was founded here by Doris W. Jones and Claire H. Haywood in 1941. Their Capitol Ballet Company, established in 1961, remained the nation's only predominantly African American, professio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTW_memorial-day-order_Washington-DC.html
General Orders No. 11
Headquarters, Grand Army of the RepublicWashington, D.C., May 5, 1868
I. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZP6_u-s-soldiers-home_Washington-DC.html
has been designated a NationalHistoric LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of the United States of America.1974National Park ServiceUnited States Department of the Interior