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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OO_national-academy-of-sciences_Washington-DC.html
"... the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art ..." from the Charter of the National Academy of Sciences, signed by President Abraha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OD_the-celestial-map_Washington-DC.html
...Joy and amazement at the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion...
-Albert Einstein
We live on a planet that orbits a star, our Sun. The Sun is one of two hundred billion stars that make up our Galaxy, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNB_japanese-pagoda_Washington-DC.html
Admired by thousands each year, the Japanese Pagoda arrived in Washington, not as a gift from one nation to another, but as a gift from one man to another. In 1957, Ryozo Hiranuma, the Mayor of Yokohama and a visitor to Washington, DC four years p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FQ3_district-of-columbia-war-memorial_Washington-DC.html
"This temple will recall for all time their services and sacrifices."
President Herbert Hoover, November 11, 1931
The Great War of 1914 to 1918 transformed the world.
The war introduced lethal new technologies, inaugurated unparalleled b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM188Q_national-academy-of-sciences_Washington-DC.html
Marker Panel 1: on the lawn, off the sidewalk, north side of Constitution Avenue, NW:
National Academy of SciencesIncorporated 1863National Academy of EngineeringInstitute of MedicineNational Research Council.
Marker Panel 2: on the exterior…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161T_the-gift-of-friendship_Washington-DC.html
This 3,800 pound, 17th century Japanese Pagoda arrived in the Nation's Capital in 1957 as a gift from Mayor Ryozo Hiranuma of Yokohama, Japan. Its parts packed in five shipping crates with no assembly instructions, the pagoda required the staff of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8A_martin-luther-king-jr-memorial_Washington-DC.html
"With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBS3_john-ericsson-memorial_Washington-DC.html
"I love this country. I love its people and its laws, and I would give my life for it just as soon as not." John Ericsson.
Swedish-born John Ericsson revolutionized maritime navigation through the first practical use of a stern-mounted propelle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIX_air-mail_Washington-DC.html
The world's first airplane mail to be operated as a continuously scheduled public service started from this field May 15, 1918.
The route connected Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Curtiss JN 4-H airplanes with a capacity of 150 pounds of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5L2_korean-war-veterans-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[Inscription: Panel 1]:Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.
1950 * Korea * 1953
[Panel 2]:Freedom Is Not Free
[Panel 3]:Dead: U.S.A. 54,246; U.N. 6…