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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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BY_civil-war-defenses-of-washington_Washington-DC.html
In 1860, the Union capital, Washington, D.C., was a sleepy city of approximately 62,000 residents. The city sat almost completely unprotected, with Fort Washington, the lone fortification, being 12 miles south. Virginia, a Confederate state, lay o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26AA_legacy-memorial-park_Washington-DC.html
The Legacy Memorial Park is dedicated to honor the nine lives lost on June 22, 2009 as a result of an unprecedented train collision. Designed collaboratively by Hunt Laudi Studio with sculptor Barbara Liotta and built through a partnership between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DH_marlon-francisco-morales_Washington-DC.html
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors, in recognition of the contribution of Officer Marlon Morales, who through courage and valor gave his life for the mission of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YQ_in-memory-of-those-who-lost-their-lives-on-june-22-2009_Washington-DC.html
In memory of those who lost their lives on June 22, 2009 Mary "Mandy" Doolittle Veronica Dubose Ana Fernandez Dennis Hawkins Lavonda "Nikki" King Jeanice McMillan Ann Wherley David F. Wherley, Jr. Cameron Williams and in recogni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM223V_wook-tv-building_Washington-DC.html
WOOK-TV, on the air from 1963 to 1972, was the first "all-Negro" television station in the nation. White founder Richard Eaton also started its predecessor, WOOK-Radio, in 1947 in the nation's first "Negro-oriented" radio station. Viewers fondly r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QYY_fort-totten_Washington-DC.html
Built in 1861 and named after Brigadier General Joseph Gilbert Totten, Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Totten commanded the northeastern countryside of Washington, DC during the Civil War. Heavily armed with massive cannon that could hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZU_grant-circle_Washington-DC.html
Was named in honor of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) General-in-Chief of the United States Armies, Secretary of War, and 18th President of the United States. Grant's military successes were instrumental in the surrender of the Confederate Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DS6_a-streetcar-named-brightwood_Washington-DC.html
The Large Structure across Georgia Avenue opened in 1909 as a "car barn" for the Brightwood Railway. The facility could service more than 40 streetcars at once, and often did so late at night. As a young boy in the 1950s, Thomas Reardon remembered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DS5_aunt-bettys-story_Washington-DC.html
Elizabeth Proctor Thomas (1821-1917), a free Black woman whose image appears on each Brightwood Heritage Trail sign, once owned 11 acres in this area. Known, respectfully in her old age as "Aunt Betty," Thomas and her husband James farmed and kept…
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