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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y87_national-training-school-for-women-and-girls-nannie-helen-burroughs_Washington-DC.html
The National Training School for Women and Girls was founded here in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 - 1961). With its focus on the "three B's" — "Bible, bath and broom" — the school taught skills such as busin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7Y_what-magic-has-been-wrought-here_Washington-DC.html
On, May 18,1966, Crowds Gathered here to witness Lady
Bird Johnson (1912-2007) rededicate eight acres of Watts Branch Park.
"No one more than the residents of this area knows what magic has been
wrought here at Watts Branch," obse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K17_original-federal-boundary-stone-se-1_Washington-MD.html
Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Sarah Franklin Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKL_with-these-hands_Washington-DC.html
Up the Hill to your left are several signature handcrafted houses, Beginning in the late 1800s, Deanwood attracted skilled black migrants, who freely passed on their know-how.
In the 1920s Jacob and Randolph Dodd built about 50 structures in Dean…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8Z_fort-dupont_Washington-DC.html
Panel 1:Civil War Defenses of WashingtonFort DuPontThis small work was one of the defenses begun in the fall of 1861 on the ridge east of the Anacostia River. It was named after Admiral Samuel DuPont, a commander of the South Atlantic Blockade Squ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV0A_fort-mahan_Washington-DC.html
Fort MahanCivil War Defenses of Washington 1861-1865
Earthworks of Fort Mahan are visible; follow path at the top of the hill.[Illustration:]Fort Mahan from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
- Fort Mahan was named after West Point profe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS72_woodlawn-cemetery_Washington-DC.html
Woodlawn Cemetery, established in 1895, serves the final resting place for Sen. Blanche K. Bruce, Mary P. Burrill, Will Marion Cook, John W. Cromwell, John R. Francis, Rep. John Mercer Langston, Jesse Lawson, Mary Meriwether, and Daniel Murray, am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9S_a-whirl-on-the-ferris-wheel_Washington-DC.html
To your right it is the former Merritt Educational Center which operated from 1943 to 2008. However, if you were standing here in the 1920s or '30s, in its place you would have seen exuberant crowds of fashionably dressed African Americans enjoyin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBI_designed-to-compete_Washington-DC.html
This quaint frame building has served several church congregations since its construction in 1908. The First Zion Baptist Church stayed for more than 60 years. Since 1993 members of Joshua's Temple First Born Church have worshiped within its walls…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6U4_fort-chaplin_Washington-DC.html
Earthworks of Fort Chaplin are visible through the wooded areas at the top of the hill.
Fort Chaplin was named in honor of Col. Daniel Chaplin, who was mortally wounded on August 17, 1864, at Deep Bottom, Virginia.