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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2_fort-totten_Washington-DC.html
Earthworks of Fort Totten are visible within the wooded area 50 yards at the top of this hill.
Cannon mounted at Fort Totten helped repulse a Confederate attack on Fort Stevens, July 11-12, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYA_bulfinch-gate-house_Washington-DC.html
Erected about 1828 under direction of Charles Bulfinch, Architect of the Capitol, this gate house stood until 1874 with another (now at 17th and Constitution Avenue) at the west entrance to the Capitol Grounds
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRS_the-dolly-madison-house_Washington-DC.html
Site of dwelling houseowned byEx-President of the Unitied StatesJames Madison1828 to 1836————Home of his widowMrs. Dolly Payne Madison1837 to 1849————Home ofRear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.and fam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRR_the-cosmos-club_Washington-DC.html
The Cosmos Club, founded in 1878 for "The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art," occupied several houses on Lafayette Square from 1882 to 1952 including the adjacent Madison and Tayloe Houses and this building, which replaced…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRQ_the-tayloe-house_Washington-DC.html
Built by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, 1830OccupantsBenjamin Ogle TayloeGarnet A. HobartJames D. CameronMarcus A. HannaSocial centre during Tayloe period"Little White House"President McKinleyFrequently visited Mr. Hanna
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQR_joseph-henry_Washington-DC.html
This statue of the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution was made in 1881 by the American sculptor William Wetmore Storey, then working in Rome. Unveiled April 19, 1883.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ_albert-gallatin_Washington-DC.html
Secretary of the TreasuryGenius of FinanceSenator and RepresentativeCommissioner for the Treaty of GhentMinister to France and Great BritainAnd SteadfastChampion of Democracy1761-1849
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQK_united-states-department-of-the-treasury_Washington-DC.html
Has been designated a Registered NationalHistoric Landmark
Under the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United States
U.S. Department …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH_vietnam-veterans-memorial_Washington-DC.html
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the courage, sacrifice, and devotion to duty and country of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in America's longest war. By virtue of its design, the memorial inspires a conte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQD_historic-new-york-avenue-presbyterian-church_Washington-DC.html
This church, one of the Nation's most historic, traces its beginnings to a small group of Scottish stonemasons meeting in a carpenter's shop on the grounds of the White House during its construction in 1793.
Many prominent Americans, including…