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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IY6_thomas-law_Washington-DC.html
Thomas Law
and his wife
Elizabeth Parke Custis
Granddaughter of Martha Washington
Resided here in 1796
Later the home of
Richard Bland Lee
Who was influential in bringing the
Capital to the Potomac
National Capital Sesquicentennial Commis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C85_usda-holocaust-memorial-tree_Washington-DC.html
United States Department of AgricultureDedicated as a Living Reminder in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust by Secretary Dan GlickmanMay 2, 2000Yom Hashoah, Day of RemembranceFranklin D. Roosevelt Red Bud from a seed collected at President Roo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C83_dr-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-tree_Washington-DC.html
"The ultimate measure of a man is notwhere he stands in moments of comfortand convenience, but where he standsat times of challenge..."Martin Luther King, Jr.1929-1968This tree named in honor of Dr. King,January 14, 1983John R. BlockSecretary of A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3Y_bradford-pear-tree_Washington-DC.html
(Pyrus calleryana Bradford)An ornamental shade tree developed byU.S.D.A. ScientistsPlanted May 2, 1966byMrs. Lyndon B. JohnsonOrville L. Freeman, Secretary of AgricultureVa. & Md. 4-H ClubsIn behalf of National BeautificationReplaced May 2, 1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3X_smokey-bear-blue-spruce_Washington-DC.html
Blue SprucePicea pungensPlanted April 11, 1984To honor the 40th birthday of Smokey BearbyJohn R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture R. Max Peterson, Chief, USDA Forest Serviceand the Forester's Wives Club of Washington, D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195F_bartholdi-fountain_Washington-DC.html
The Bartholdi Fountain was created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834 - 1904), the French sculptor who also designed the Statue of Liberty. It was first exhibited in Philadelphia at the International Exposition of 1876. The fountain was purchased…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ND_engineering-a-landmark_Washington-DC.html
You stand on a part of the Potomac River once marred by unattractive, putrid mudflats. Hains Point forms just a part of the over 700-acre Potomac Park created in the 1880s from 12 million cubic yards of dredged river sediments. It is named for Maj…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1603_the-gift-of-trees-the-1910-shipment_Washington-DC.html
The Gift of Trees Flowering cherry trees - which bloom profusely but do not bear edible fruit - were not common in the United States in 1900. American visitors to Japan found their beauty remarkable and journalist Eliza Scidmore was inspired to ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13O8_on-this-corner_Washington-DC.html
Imagine standing on this corner between the late 1800s and late 1960s. What would you see?
You would be surrounded by rowhouses, apartment buildings, small businesses, and streetcars rattling down G Street toward Union Station. The homes were o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXDD_why-is-the-washington-monument-temporarily-closed_Washington-DC.html
On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engi…