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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM199B_samuel-f-b-morse_Washington-DC.html
Artist and inventor opened and operated on this site under the direction of the Post Office Department the first public telegraph office in the United States April 1st 1845"What Hath God Wrought"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ON_the-john-a-wilson-building_Washington-DC.html
The John A. Wilson Building is headquarters of the local government that serves the nearly 600,000 citizens who call the Nation's capital their home. The Mayor and the 13-member Council, elected by residents of the District of Columbia, oversee al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AH_alexander-robey-shepherd_Washington-DC.html
Governor, Territory of the District of Columbia (1873-1874)born Washington, D.C. January 31, 1835died Batopilas, Mexico, September 12, 1902buried Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.Civil War Union veteran, entrepreneur, civil leaderadvanced L'En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147X_flankers-road_Forest-Park-GA.html
Commemorating action of General Iverson's cavalrymen of Wheeler's Corps in this vicinity who attempted to protect the railhead of Macon & Western Railroad for retreating Confederate troops after the fall of Atlanta.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147W_protecting-consumers-and-competition_Washington-DC.html
This is the Federal Trade Commission Building, home of the agency that defends the public against unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. One of the older independent Federal agencies, the FTC was created in 1914 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12SC_grandeur-for-the-people_Washington-DC.html
The National Archives, keeper of the nation's founding documents and most important federal government records, occupies this important spot halfway between the Capitol and the White House. Before the Archives building was constructed, federal rec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12SB_americas-main-street_Washington-DC.html
The broadest and most important street in Pierre L'Enfant's Plan of 1791 for the nation's capital connects to the Capitol and the White House. Pennsylvania Avenue. Almost every American knows its name. Almost every visitor to the Washington set…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12S8_our-tax-dollars_Washington-DC.html
While only Congress - the people's elected representatives - can impose taxes and decide how they are spent, the Internal Revenue Service, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury, ensures those taxes are collected fairly and efficiently. The IRS building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12S6_from-workers-to-environment_Washington-DC.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, whose mission is to protect human health and the environment, has occupied the majority of offices in this block since 2001. EPA West (this building), the adjacent Mellon Auditorium, and the EPA East build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12S5_the-division_Washington-DC.html
Soon after the Federal government moved to Washington in 1800, this area attracted shops and stables to serve the new residents. But where Constitution Avenue runs today, just south of this sign, Tiber Creek flowed - and often flooded. In 1815 eng…
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