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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23NJ_tau-beta-pi_Washington-DC.html
Tau Beta Pi
National Engineering Honor Society
D.C. Alpha Chapter
Chartered in 1956
"Dedicated to excellence"
Erected 1981
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VIE_strike-historical_Washington-DC.html
Students of the 1930s and '40s protested lynchings nationwide and DC businesses that snubbed African Americans. In the early 1960s students organized sit-ins, registered voters in the South, and discussed pan-African theories. In 1966 university t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LPI_howard-university-gallery-of-art_Washington-DC.html
The Howard University Gallery of Art was established in 1928 on the lower level of Rankin Chapel. Professor James V. Herring (1897-1969), founder of the University's Art Department, and professor and artist James A Porter (1905-1970) were its firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LIT_ed-murphy-way_Washington-DC.html
Back In The '60s, everyone came to Murph's.
Ed Murphy's Supper Club, that is, located across Georgia Avenue from 1963 to 1975. In the beginning suits and ties were mandatory for the club's highÂpowered male patrons. But as the Black Power movem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1967_howard-university_Washington-DC.html
Howard University, one of the oldest Black colleges in the United States, was established by Congress in 1866 to educate formerly enslaved individuals. Its name honors Freedman's Bureau Commissioner General Oliver Otis Howard, a member of the whit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18OK_howard-hall_Washington-DC.html
607 Howard Place, NW
Howard Hall was completed in 1869 as the home of white Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), for whom Howard University was named. As commissioner of the Bureau of Refuges, Freedman and Abandoned Lands (Freedman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10A3_the-lake-so-blue_Washington-DC.html
The body of water that inspired the line in Howard University's alma mater, "far above the lake so blue stands old Howard firm and true," is McMillan Reservoir, which opened in 1902 to supply water to the city. The reservoir and the Old Soldiers' …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWK_medical-care-for-all_Washington-DC.html
During the Civil War (1861-1865), thousands of formerly enslaved people came to Washington in search of new lives. They needed work, education, shelter - and health care. In 1862 the U.S. government responded with Freedmen's Hospital, located at 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6S_centennial-year-alpha-kappa-alpha-sorority_Washington-DC.html
CommemoratingtheCentennial Year Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Rankin Chapel,site of the Founder's Windowerected in honor of the Sixteen Pillars of AKA,January 14, 1978.
Dr. Barbara A. Mckinzie, Centennial International President…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5WM_champe-rocks_Washington-WV.html
Near Champe Rocks is the home and grave of Sergeant John Champe who was sent by General Washington and Major Lee to kidnap Benedict Arnold, the traitor, from within the British lines. The daring plot almost succeeded.