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A Monumental Legacy
The Washington Monument honors George Washington, hero of the American Revolution and first president of the United States. When this stunning stone obelisk was completed in 1884, it was the tallest building in the world. To…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM231G_underground-railroad-and-waterway_Washington-DC.html
In April 1848, the largest slave escape attempt on record in the Unites States took place at the Southwest Waterfront. Seventy-seven men, women, and children boarded the schooner Pearl to sail to freedom, but were ultimately recaptured. The waterf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2302_sassafras-winahk-wee-nock_Washington-DC.html
For centuries, Native peoples have used the bark, roots, and leaves of the sassafras tree as medicine and flavoring in food and beverages.
As Native peoples taught settlers how to harvest and use sassafras, demand grew quickly. In the 1700s, it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22ZZ_cardinal-direction-marker-west_Washington-DC.html
This 300-year-old lava stone has a name: Kane Po. After a 20-year stay at the museum, it will return to its home in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park near Hilo. Native Hawaiians consider it to be a living relative. It is one of four Cardinal Dir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YR_in-memory-of-the-lives-lost-in-the-oklahoma-city-bombing_Washington-DC.html
In memory of the lives lost
in the Oklahoma City Bombing
at the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
April 19, 1995
Redbud Trees (Oklahoma State Tree)
Dedicated to the memory
of
Steven Curry and Michael Loudenslager
GSA Employees
Daff…
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Native American Astronomy
Over thousands of years, Native peoples have studied the moon as a guide for agricultural and ceremonial cycles. For the Powhatan, the month known as May was called the Corn Planting Moon. They kept time by noting the lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YO_meadow_Washington-DC.html
This museum's meadow environment consists of abundant grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs. The plants are perennials, growing or lying dormant with the seasons.
Plant Medicine
Meadows are important sources of medicinal plants used by traditional …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YN_nora-naranjo-morse_Washington-DC.html
Nora Naranjo-Morse
Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953
Always Becoming
Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, bamboo, yam vines, and pigment
26/5840
Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to explore how …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YM_lunar-calendars_Washington-DC.html
The circles and moon phases marked on the pavement refer to a phenomenon known as lunar standstills. Lunar standstills occur every 18.6 years when the moon reaches a northern extreme at summer solstice and a southern extreme at winter solstice. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YL_nora-naranjo-morse_Washington-DC.html
Nora Naranjo-Morse
Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953
Always Becoming
Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, bamboo, yam vines, and pigment.
26/5840
Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to explore how…