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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAJ_opha-may-jacob-johnson-monument_Washington-DC.html
Opha May Jacob Johnson Monument. . [Front:] Opha May Jacob Johnson Sergeant USMC world war one . [Left side:] Opha May Jacob Johnson 4 May 1879 - 11 Aug. 1955 First Woman Marine Victor H. Johnson 1873 - 1950.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAF_meet-you-at-the-market_Washington-DC.html
Meet You At the Market. Tour of Duty. This is Eastern Market, where for more than a century farm products have drawn shoppers from the neighborhood and around the city. It is Washington's only 19th-century market to remain in continuous operation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAE_carolina-theatre_Washington-DC.html
Carolina Theatre. Carolina Theatre was located at the southwest corner of Eleventh Street & North Carolina Avenue Razed early 1970s Drawing of entrance on North Carolina Avenue based on plans at the National Archives B.F. Meyers (1865-1940),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8S_benjamin-rush_Washington-DC.html
Benjamin Rush. . [South:] Benjamin.Rush Physician and Philanthropist MDCCXLV MDCCCXIII. [East:] Signer of the Declaration of Independence. [North:] The first American Alienist. [West:] Studium sine calamo somnium. [E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8O_u-s-naval-observatory-the-prime-meridian_Washington-DC.html
U.S. Naval Observatory, also, The Prime Meridian. . [Top plaque:] U.S. Naval Observatory. Designed by LT James M. Gilliss in 1842, the U.S. Naval Observatory occupied this site from 1844 to 1893. In 1894 the domed structure became home to the Nav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7V_radford-house_Washington-DC.html
Radford House. Dedicated May 5, 2013. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1916 and was designated a naval aviator in 1920 upon completion of flight training. . . During world war one, he served…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5P_the-old-naval-hospital_Washington-DC.html
The Old Naval Hospital. . The Neighborhood . This site has been associated with Navy medicine since 1800 when an apothecary shop located here provided medical services to sailors and marines from the nearby Navy Yard and Marine Barracks. . . N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVW_the-washington-post_Washington-DC.html
The Washington Post. . The Washington Post was published at this site for more than half a century, from October 1893 to December 1950-reporting then, as now, the events large and small that touch the lives of the citizens of the capital city, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CSC_my-god-what-is-this_Washington-DC.html
"My God! What is this?". . President James A. Garfield was leaving Washington, DC for his college reunion. He entered the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station that would have been standing in front of you on the morning of July 2, 1881. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CSA_james-garfields-legacy_Washington-DC.html
James Garfield's Legacy. . In front of you stood the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station where President James A. Garfield was shot in 1881. Garfield served as the United States' 20th president for only four months before he was assassinated. A m…