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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEG_nichols-avenue-elementary-school-old-birney-school-site-historical_Washington-DC.html
James G. Birney Elementary School (founded 1889) was the city's first public school for African Americans in this area, then known as Hillsdale. Previously, residents organized their own schools. The Old Birney School expanded in 1901 with the con…
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Anacostia's Ketcham School (across Good Hope Road) opened in 1908 to serve white elementary school children. For junior and senior high school, whites crossed the river until 1935, when Anacostia Junior-Senior High School opened at 16th and R Stre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T5I_uniontown-dcs-first-suburb-historical_Washington-DC.html
Today's Anacostia Historic District began in 1854 as Uniontown, Washington's first planned suburb. The Union Land Association saw the large Navy Yard workforce across the Anacostia River as potential customers for building lots they carved out h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OQF_welcome-aboard-the-display-ship-barry-dd-993_Washington-DC.html
BARRY is named after Commodore John Barry. She is the third vessel to bear the name of the illustrious Revolutionary War naval hero. The ship was built in 1954 in Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine; and commissioned on September 7th, 1956 in Boston, Mass…
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This imposing property once belonged to Anacostia's most famous resident: Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery as a young man, Douglass rose to become a distinguished abolitionist, writer, publisher, and orator. By the 1860s Douglass was one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYC_a-navy-town_Washington-DC.html
Long before Metro opened a Green Line station here in 1991, the B&O Railroad's Alexandria Branch line ran a block behind you, along the river. The Washington & Anacostia Street Railway ran along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue a block ahead. The rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NTY_thurgood-marshall_Washington-DC.html
Real Justice The Spirit of Thurgood Marshall 7-2-08 to 1-24-98 I still believe firmly that the right will win out. Justice for all people, regardless of race, creed or color. The long-time NAACP lawyer who argued successfully in the U.S. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0M_original-federal-boundary-stone-se-3_Washington-DC.html
Original Federal Boundary Stone District of Columbia Placed 1791-1792 Protected by Ruth Brewster Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13K7_st-elizabeths-hospital_Washington-DC.html
has been designated a National Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDY_fort-stanton_Washington-DC.html
Earthworks of Fort Stanton are visible in the wooded area 200 yards in front of you. Diagram: Fort Stanton from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing. Fort Stanton was named for Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, was the first fort constructe…
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