Historical Markers and War Memorials in Washington, District of Columbia

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301 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — Marlon Francisco Morales —

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 and . . . — — Map (db m110847) HM

302 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — Welcome to The Lamond Community — "The Pride of our Hearts" —

Established 1875 "Home of the Terra Cotta Works" — — Map (db m226473) HM

303 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — WOOK-TV Building — 5321 First Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

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" . . . — — Map (db m113223) HM

304 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — Chuck Brown Memorial Park —

[Plaque on sculpture along 20th Street] A Celebration of Chuck Brown (1936-2012) The fundamental force behind Go-Go music -- Using music, story-telling, and rhythm to help create a culture of inclusion and participation in . . . — — Map (db m130826) HM

305 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — Ionia R. Whipper Home — 2000 Channing Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Obstetrician Ionia Rollin Whipper (1872-1953) was a leader in health care services for the city's young women. Born in South Carolina to an illustrious family, Dr. Whipper was educated in the DC public schools before graduating from Howard . . . — — Map (db m187434) HM

306 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — St. Francis de Sales Church — Catholic Church with Oldest Continuing Congregation in District of Columbia —

Congregation began about 1722, when Catholics first attended mass at chapel within Queen family mansion, on site approximately at present Evarts Street, N.E., near 20th Street. Building came to be called Queen’s Chapel. Destroyed by fire three . . . — — Map (db m143950) HM

307 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lincoln Heights — 1 — Watts Going On — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —

Across the street is Watts Branch, an actively used creek that has tied together many communities. Unfortunately humans have not always been respectful of this resource. The stream has experienced cycles of neglect and rejuvenation. In . . . — — Map (db m130776) HM

308 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mahaning Heights — 15 — "We're Not Forgotten" — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —

Formerly known as the Bladensburg Piscataway Road, Minnesota Avenue has long served as an eastern gateway into Washington. Since the original wooden Benning Road Bridge across the Anacostia River was erected nearby in 1800, countless people . . . — — Map (db m136184) HM

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309 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mahaning Heights — 13 — “What Magic Has Been Wrought Here” — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —

On, May 18,1966, crowds gathered here to witness Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) rededicate eight acres of Watts Branch Park. “No one more than the residents of this area knows what magic has been wrought here at Watts Branch,” observed . . . — — Map (db m130785) HM

310 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mahaning Heights — Fort Mahan — Civil War Defenses of Washington —

Fort Mahan Civil War Defenses of Washington 1861-1865 Earthworks of Fort Mahan are visible; follow path at the top of the hill. [Illustration:] Fort Mahan from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing. - Fort . . . — — Map (db m46083) HM

311 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mahaning Heights — 14 — From Gambling to Garden Apartments — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —

If you had stood here 100 years ago, you might have heard the cheering crowds and thundering hoofbeats of Benning Racetrack just across the tracks to your right. Beginning in 1890, Benning was the best-equipped race course in Washington. . . . — — Map (db m130786) HM

312 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mayfair — Mayfair Mansions / Albert I. Cassell — 3819 Jay Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Mayfair Mansions, completed in 1946 on the site of the old Benning Race Track, was one of the city's earliest garden apartment developments. The 500-unit, first-class complex was designed by Howard University Professor of Architecture Albert I. . . . — — Map (db m136186) HM

313 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Michigan Park — St. Joseph's Seminary —

St. Joseph's Seminary Founded 1888 Major Seminary of The Josephites — — Map (db m186475) HM

314 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Michigan Park — The Daughters of Charity —

. . . — — Map (db m186474) HM

315 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — "There are no borders in bonsai…" — John Yoshio Naka — (1914 - 2004) —

John Naka dedicated his life to spreading the joy of bonsai throughout the world. Born in Colorado to Japanese parents, he became one of the 20th century's greatest bonsai masters. He wrote two of the most popular and definitive books on bonsai . . . — — Map (db m207093) HM

316 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — An Art Form Is Born —

Over a thousand years ago, China's stunning landscape inspired its people to reproduce it in miniature. Using carefully selected rocks and plants, artists recreated the land's rugged mountains, vast horizons, and noble trees on trays and in pots. . . . — — Map (db m144342) HM

317 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — Bonsai Pioneer — Yuji Yoshimura — (1921 - 1997) —

Yuji Yoshimura dared to do what no one had done before: He wrote the most complete practical book on bonsai in English and taught Westerners in his native Japan and in other nations to appreciate and practice this ancient art. Drawn to the potential . . . — — Map (db m144340) HM

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318 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — Branching Out —

Though an ancient art in Asia, the practice of bonsai spread through the western world only in the 19th century. Today, all types of people, not just scholars and experienced masters, are learning about and practicing this living art. As artists . . . — — Map (db m144348) HM

319 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — Ellen Gordon Allen —

This garden is dedicated to the memory of Ellen Gordon Allen Founder Ikebana International — — Map (db m207110) HM

320 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — If trees could talk… — Reported permanently removed

…this one would tell quite a story. It has grown as a bonsai for so long that it passed through five generations of a single family of bonsai artists in Japan before crossing the ocean to live here. The Yamaki family was well known in Japan for . . . — — Map (db m144347) HM

321 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — If trees could talk… —

… this one would tell a remarkable tale. Since the 17th century, five generations of the Yamaki family tended this tree in Japan. Noted bonsai artists, the Yamakis lived in Hiroshima, where an outdoor nursery filled with priceless . . . — — Map (db m207089) HM

322 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — Inherited Wealth — Yee-sun Wu — (1904 - 2005) —

Penjing master and collector Yee-sun Wu founded an grew a billion dollar Hong Kong bank on his own, but he owed his success with penjing to his Chinese father and grandfather. They taught him to use the techniques of the "clip and grow" method of . . . — — Map (db m207094) HM

323 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — National Bonsai & Pensing Museum —

The Chinese art of penjing and the Japanese art of bonsai share roots in the traditional Asian reverence for nature. The close observation of trees and landscapes inspires this artistic interpretation of nature. We invite you to explore the . . . — — Map (db m207087) HM

324 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — Timeless Trees —

Centuries ago the art of cultivating trees in pots traveled across the sea from China to the island nation of Japan. There it slowly acquired a distinctively Japanese style. While the Chinese sought to capture the essence of their wilderness in . . . — — Map (db m144344) HM

325 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, National Bonsai Museum — What shape do you see? — (Hint: It is not a tree) —

Most bonsai are modeled after natural trees in nature. However, about 400 years ago, it was popular in China to train potted trees into shapes of animals, especially the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, which includes the dragon. This tree was . . . — — Map (db m144343) HM

326 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa — Winds of Evolution, 2022 — Miss CheLove — Central Armature Works Art Collection —

This mural celebrates the industrial history at this site as the former Central Armature Works as it soars into its next incarnation. Electricity/energy converts to motion - this wind carries the spirit of dreams, invention, collective work, . . . — — Map (db m236341) HM

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327 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail — Reported missing

Union Station, across First Street, was the world’s largest railroad terminal when it opened in 1907. Its construction took five years and displaced hundreds of small houses and businesses. Architect Daniel Burnham’s Beaux-Arts masterpiece, . . . — — Map (db m71678) HM

328 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 2 — Gateway to The Nation's Capital — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —

With its view of the Capitol and Senate office buildings, and with the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court just a short stroll away, Union Station truly is the gateway to the heart of the nation's government. The station is also where . . . — — Map (db m71679) HM

329 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — The Chicken and the Egg —

Evoking NoMa's character as a transportation hub for goods and people, as well as its adjacency to the wholesale food market at Union Market Terminal, this sculpture also reminds us of the philosophical paradox around creation and transformation. . . . — — Map (db m142455) HM

330 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Pleasant Hill — The Civil War Defenses of Washington — Rifle Trench & Two Gun Battery —

The ridge that extends along the edge of the parking lot to the right where you are standing is the remains of a rifle trench built during the Civil War. This ridge, part of the Defenses of Washington, connected Ft. Totten to the north and Ft. . . . — — Map (db m115355) HM

331 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Riggs Park — Civil War Defenses of Washington — Fort Totten — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

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 on . . . — — Map (db m115357) HM

332 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Riggs Park — Legacy Memorial Park — District of Columbia Parks & Recreation —

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 . . . — — Map (db m115359) HM

333 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Swampoodle — Famine-Genocide in Ukraine — Holodomor 1932-1933 —

In memory of the millions of innocent victims of a man-made famine in Ukraine engineered and implemented by Stalin's totalitarian regime Ukrainian: У пам'ять . . . — — Map (db m90872) HM

334 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Trinidad — District of Columbia Fire Department — Engine Company 10, Truck Company 13, Ambulance 10 —

This fire station originally opened on December 29, 1925, as the newly organized Truck Company 13. Engine Company 10 (organized on July 2, 1895, located at 1341 Maryland Avenue, NE) moved to these quarters on June 4, 1940, joining Truck Company 13. . . . — — Map (db m119516) HM

335 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Trinidad — Holyland Spiritual Temple — 1120 Montello Avenue N. E. —

Pastor Clyde Hill Founder May 4, 1980

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the House of the Lord. (Psalms 122:1)

— — Map (db m244059) HM

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336 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Trinity College — Pope John Paul II —

Trinity College commemorates with joy the visit of Pope John Paul II, October 7, 1979. He blessed the campus and the faculty, students, alumnae, board members, staff and friends assembled near the Main Building. In Notre Dame Chapel, His . . . — — Map (db m7036) HM

337 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — "The Duncan Co-Op" —

This tree was planted in honor of the founder and pioneers of this community with a special tribute to Ms. Minnie Terrell who provided the name, "The Duncan Co-Op" Founder Coye "Frank" McAllister Pioneers Ann Simpson-Mason* . . . — — Map (db m216830) HM

338 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 14th Street Graffiti Museum — Reported permanently removed

. . . — — Map (db m213187) HM

339 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 14th Street Graffiti Museum —

Commemorated in 2020 to celebrate the life of Danny Hogg a.k.a. Cool "Disco" Dan the most iconic graffiti writer to emerge from Washington, DC in the 1980s.

Cory Lee Stowers - Curator Gabriela Mossi - Community . . . — — Map (db m231119) HM

340 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 4 — Crossroads Create Community — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —

The Grand, Neo-classical Revival style building that you see across Georgia Avenue north of Missouri opened in 1925 as the Bank of Brightwood, thanks to efforts of the Brightwood Citizens Association. Designed by Treasury Department architect . . . — — Map (db m72818) HM

341 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — District Walls, 2016 — Artist Name: Waone; Artist Origin: Kiev —

Muralist info: Vladimir Manzhos aka Waone started painting on the streets as far back as 1995. After several years of painting classical graffiti, as part of the Indigenous Kids crew in Kiev, he got bored of letters. In 2003 Waone teamed with . . . — — Map (db m179750) HM

342 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Fellowship Baptist Church —

Organized August 19, 1994 Rev. Carlton W. Veazey Pastor and founder Dedicated September 26, 1999 Carrie L. Leary Chair, Diaconate Board F. Alexis Roberson Chair, Board of Trustees

"I am the Way, . . . — — Map (db m243831) HM

343 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 3 — Hold the Mayo! — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing

English, Irish and German settlers, as well as enslaved and free African Americans, were the first non-natives to claim Brightwood. Farmers dominated until the Civil War. Then in the 1890s electric streetcars allowed government workers to live . . . — — Map (db m121018) HM

344 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Jones-Haywood School of Ballet — 1200 Delafield Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The Jones Haywood School of Ballet was founded here by Doris W. Jones and Claire H. Haywood in 1941. Their Capitol Ballet Company, established in 1961, remained the nation's only predominantly African American, professional ballet troupe through the . . . — — Map (db m65511) HM

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345 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Maria Gomez, RN, MPH —

. . . — — Map (db m168362) HM

346 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 2 — Mayor Emery and the Union Army — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing

The City Park across the street was once Emery Place, the summer estate of Matthew Gault Emery. A prominent builder, Emery was Washington City's last elected mayor during the period of home rule. He was succeeded in 1874 by a . . . — — Map (db m72816) HM

347 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — New St. Paul Baptist Church —

Organized and built April 29, 1959 Rev. R. Burruss — — Map (db m243830) HM

348 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 1 — Racing at Brightwood — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —

Fresh Water Springs in this pleasant high ground once drew European settlers. Farmers called the area "Crystal Spring." In 1859 the half-mile Crystal Spring Racetrack opened on land to your left. For 75 cents, Washingtonians hopped a . . . — — Map (db m109288) HM

349 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Charles Baptist Church —

- founder - Rev. Charles C. Hayes 1963 Destroyed by fire 1979 Rebuilt 1981 building fund chairman Dea. Roy L. Dixon co-chairman Dea. Curtis M. Dudley pastor Rev. Charles C. Hayes architect - Cass & . . . — — Map (db m243814) HM

350 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church —

Co-founder Anthony Bowen 1856 — — Map (db m243816) HM

351 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — The Former Engine Co 24 of the District of Columbia Fire Department —

The facade of the original house for Engine Company 24 was located at 3702 Georgia Avenue, N.W. just north of this site. Built in 1911, the firehouse was designed by Luther Leisenring and Charles Gregg. It originally housed horses and horse-drawn . . . — — Map (db m149476) HM

352 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — World War II Memorial — ✯ ✯ ✯ —

To the memory of the war dead of Business and Roosevelt High Schools 1941-1945 "…who more than self their country loved." Adams, Robert '43 • Allen, Merlin '40 • Altman, Albert '41 • Andrews, Burt '38 • Andrews, Joseph . . . — — Map (db m181921) WM

353 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 10 — "Suburban" Development — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

By the 1890s the Rock Creek Railway Company's new electric streetcars made it easy to commute across town. The "country" settlements of this area became "suburban." One streetcar line followed 18th to Calvert Street, passed here, and then . . . — — Map (db m130701) HM

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354 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — A People Without Murals Is A Demuralized People —

Painted in 1977, A People Without Murals Is A Demuralized People is the oldest and only mural remaining in Adams Morgan created by a group of Latino immigrant artists. It was brought back to life in 2005 by Sol & Soul, a D.C. . . . — — Map (db m112851) HM

355 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 5 — Ambassadors of Faith — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Three dramatic religious structures dominate this corner. They are among some 40 religious institutions lining 16th Street between the White House and the Maryland state line. Many serve as unofficial “embassies” representing the . . . — — Map (db m152206) HM

356 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Anna Walentynowicz — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A legendary figure of 'Solidarity' - the socio-political movement that initiated the fall of communism in Europe. One of the 100 women who defined the last century, according to the American newsweekly Time. She worked hard her whole . . . — — Map (db m200391) HM

357 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan — Surveying the Cemeteries in Walter Pierce Park, 2005-2013 — Reported permanently removed

In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal: to identify and protect two 19th Century cemeteries--the Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m112588) HM

358 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan: Surveying the Walter Pierce Park Cemeteries, 2005-2013 —

In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal, to identify and protect two historic cemeteries—the Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m236781) HM

359 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ballades — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Everyone saw in this music, as in the clouds, something different for himself' — Félicien Mallefille Chopin created the genre of the piano ballade. Before Chopin, the name ballad referred in music not to works for solo piano, but to . . . — — Map (db m150239) HM

360 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 16 — Building a Better Neighborhood — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Across the street you can see the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center. It opened in 1977 on the former sites of Morgan Community School and Happy Hollow Playground. Both the Adams and Morgan elementary schools became "community schools" . . . — — Map (db m130703) HM

361 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Calvin T.S. Brent Residence — 1700 V Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), believed to be Washington's first African American architect, lived here briefly in the early 1890s. (His other residences have been demolished.) Brent began practicing in 1875 and after a two-year apprenticeship and . . . — — Map (db m129528) HM

362 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Canoandes'79 - 40 years later! — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Jacek Bogucki continued to document the subsequent Canoandes expeditions. He eventually settled down in Casper, Wyoming where he established a video production company and lives there with his wife and their son. Zbigniew Bzdak would . . . — — Map (db m190157) HM

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363 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Constitution of 3 May 1791 — Mutual Pledge 20 October 1791 — 230th Anniversary —

On May 3, 1791, the Parliament (Seimas) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted the first modern constitution in Europe. It was the second such document in the world, only preceded by the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution of May 3 . . . — — Map (db m175129) HM

364 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Development of the Colca Valley — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

The first crossing of the Colca Canyon became not only an important achievement in the history of exploration, but also opened up the canyon and its beauty to the world. This, in turn, contributed to the acceleration of the economic and social . . . — — Map (db m190156) HM

365 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania — Mrs. Henderson's Favorite Embassy — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

You are standing in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania. The Spanish Baroque style mansion is all that remains of what was once a duplex, or double, embassy building designed by George Oakley Totten for Mary Foote Henderson's . . . — — Map (db m82711) HM

366 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Embassy of the Republic of Poland / Polish-U.S. Diplomatic Relations — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Embassy of the Republic of Poland A Beaux-Arts Beauty You are now standing in front of the longest-serving embassy building among Washington DC's more than 180 diplomatic missions: the Embassy of the Republic of Poland. . . . — — Map (db m82636) HM

367 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ernest Malinowski — 1818 - 1899 — Academy of Superheroes —

The designer and constructor of several hundred bridges and tunnels. A road and railroad engineer, and a national hero of Peru. He constructed the Central Trans-Andean Railway, the highest railroad in the world (5,000 meters above sea . . . — — Map (db m210087) HM

368 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Etudes — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'His etudes for piano are masterpieces' — Hector Berlioz Chopin's twenty-four Etudes contained in opuses 10 and 25, gathered into cohesively composed cycles of twelve pieces, and the Trois nouvelles études constitute a new . . . — — Map (db m150236) HM

369 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Henryk Arctowski — 1871 - 1958 — Academy of Superheroes —

He authored reports on Poland for the American Delegation at the Versailles Conference. The Polish Research Station in Antarctica, three mountains, a glacier, a peninsula and a bay bear his name. A geographer, meteorologist, . . . — — Map (db m210082) HM

370 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Historic Expedition — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Traversing the Colca Canyon did not mark the end of the expedition. A month later, the Canoandes'79 team set off again in search of the destination that gave birth to their original expedition: Argentina. The group reached Argentina and Tierra . . . — — Map (db m190152) HM

371 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ignacy Łukasiewicz — 1822 - 1882 — Academy of Superheroes —

The inventor of the kerosene lamp. The founder of the world's first oil mine and refinery. A revolutionist and social activist who financed roads, hospitals and social welfare homes. — — Map (db m210080) HM

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372 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Impromptus — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'The airy mood of a moment assumes a shape and form – although it becomes a trifle, it conceals the most delicate feelings in such cheerful, playful attire' — Ferdinand Hiller on the Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29 . . . — — Map (db m150248) HM

373 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Irena Sendler — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A social activist, recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, who during World War II saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children. She was born in 1910 in Warsaw. As a little girl she learned the Yiddish language . . . — — Map (db m200394) HM

374 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Jacek Karpiński — 1927 - 2010 — Academy of Superheroes —

. . . — — Map (db m210086) HM

375 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Jan Czochralski — 1885 - 1953 — Academy of Superheroes —

The inventor of the metal allow that revolutionized the railroad. The author of the method of obtaining silicon crystals that made the development of electronics possible. A philanthropist and patron of the arts, he financed the . . . — — Map (db m210088) HM

376 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — José Martí — 1853 - 1895 —

Héroe Nacional de Cuba [English translation:] National Hero of Cuba — — Map (db m150252) HM

377 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

The first woman to sail around the world solo. Sailor, traveller, and naval architect. Often referred to as 'the first lady of the oceans'. She remembered her circumnavigation not only as an interesting chapter in her life, but also for . . . — — Map (db m200428) HM

378 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 7 — Lanier Heights — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Banker Archibald McLachlen and Smithsonian Institution naturalist George Brown Goode developed Lanier Heights in the early 1890s. Goode laid out streets and encouraged Smithsonian colleagues to purchase lots. McLachlan built the elegant . . . — — Map (db m130704) HM

379 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 4 — Life on the Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

During the Civil War (1861-1865), the Union Army Carver Hospital and barracks occupied Meridian Hill. The facilities attracted African American freedom seekers looking for protection and employment. By war’s end, a Black community had put down . . . — — Map (db m130705) HM

380 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Lithuania's March to Freedom — Keeping a Nation Alive — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Since 1924 this mansion has housed representatives of the Republic of Lithuania, even during the 50 years when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union. In the late 1700s, the Russian Empire annexed Lithuania's territory, ending the . . . — — Map (db m82751) HM

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381 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Czaplicka — 1886 - 1921 — Academy of Superheroes —

The first researcher of the Cult of Spirits and Shamanism in Siberia. She was the second European to receive a doctorate in Anthropology and taught at many of the world's universities. A researcher of customs, author of books and . . . — — Map (db m210085) HM

382 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Siemionow — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A distinguished surgical pioneer who performed the first full face transplant in the United States. 'If you have dreams, you have to be stubborn, and then you can achieve something. Nothing happens overnight', says Professor Maria . . . — — Map (db m200399) HM

383 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Skłodowska Curie — 1867 - 1934 — Academy of Superheroes —

At the age of 36, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the study of radioactivity (1903). She won the Nobel Prize (1911) in Chemistry for the discovery of new elements - Polonium and Radium. During World War I, she drove a . . . — — Map (db m210079) HM

384 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Skłodowska-Curie — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

Physicist and chemist. The first and only woman in the world to receive the Nobel Prize twice, as well as the only scientist honored in two different fields of the natural sciences. She was recognized as one of the greatest scientists of . . . — — Map (db m200396) HM

385 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Mazurkas — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Remarkable details reside in his mazurkas, and he also found a way to render them doubly interesting, performing them without a supreme degree of softness, in a superlative piano, barely feathering the strings with the hammers' — . . . — — Map (db m150241) HM

386 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 2 — Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Long before Europeans arrived, Meridian Hill was a sacred place for Native Americans. As recently as 1992, a delegation of Native Americans walked across the continent to this park to mourn the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival. They were . . . — — Map (db m130706) HM

387 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Mikołaj Kopernik — 1473 - 1543 — Academy of Superheroes —

He stopped the sun, moved the Earth, and proved that the Earth revolves around the sun. The 112th element, a crater on the moon, a crater on Mars, and an asteroid were named after him. He wrote "On the Value of Coins," in which he . . . — — Map (db m210078) HM

388 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 1 — Mrs. Henderson's Legacy — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

As you look up the hill, you can see Peter C. L’Enfant’s 1791 plan for Washington ended up here in front of you at Boundary Avenue, now Florida Avenue. Back then, when people walked or rode in horse-drawn vehicles, it was hard to climb this . . . — — Map (db m130707) HM

389 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Nocturns — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'unlike anything else in their overall character, backfilled by the name of the works, nocturne, not admitting of tones in any colours other than dreamy, dark.' — Gottfried Wilhelm Fink

The nocturn is a genre often . . . — — Map (db m150246) HM

390 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Olga Boznańska — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A prize-winning artist recognized by the Berlin magazine Bazaar as one of the 12 best painters in Europe. It was said of her that she didn't paint the eyes but expressions, not lips but a smile or a sob. She could detect the inner . . . — — Map (db m200401) HM

391 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Olga Tokarczuk — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

An outstanding prose writer and essayist. Winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature and The 2018 Man Booker International Prize for the novel Flights. A lover of nature, animals and other people. In Olga Tokarczuk's books, objective . . . — — Map (db m200420) HM

392 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — On the way to the Colca Canyon — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

A passion for kayaking and a great desire to learn about the world are the two main reasons why a group of students from the Krakow Academic Kayaking Club "Bystrze" mobilized all the efforts and resources to get to South America. And it was not . . . — — Map (db m190141) HM

393 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ontario 17 — Former Site of the Ontario Theatre 1700 Columbia Road, NW — John J. Zink, Architect (1886 - 1952) —

The Ontario Theatre played a notable role in the history of the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Built for the K-B theater chain in 1951 in a contemporary Modern style, the Ontario began operations as an upscale first-run movie house, hosting local . . . — — Map (db m189086) HM

394 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 89001744 — Park Tower — 2440 16th Street Northwest —

Park Tower 2440 Sixteenth Street, NW Built 1928 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m132726) HM

395 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polish Suffragists — The First Female Members of the Polish Parliament — Outstanding Polish Women —

Polish women were among Europe's first to gain electoral rights. They came from various backgrounds, differed in education, experience and political views, but shared one goal - to win equal rights for women and end their banishment to the . . . — — Map (db m200390) HM

396 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polonaises — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'They enclose the noblest traditional sentiments of Old Poland. […] They mainly contain a combative element, but the courage and valour are tinged with serenity – a characteristic property of this knightly nation' — Ferenc Liszt . . . — — Map (db m150240) HM

397 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polska — Poland • Polen • Pologne • Poola • Polija • Polijska • Polonia • Ba Lan — Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. —

People Do you know

🌍 the name of the man who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun? ☢️ And do you know who was the only woman to win two Nobel prizes? • Do you know who . . . — — Map (db m200379) HM

398 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Preludes — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'If Chopin had composed nothing but the preludes, he would still deserve immortality' — Anton Rubinstein Copin completed his 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in the years 1838-1839, but the ideas probably date back to earlier years, possibly even . . . — — Map (db m150244) HM

399 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — President Reagan Assassination Attempt — National Historic Place —

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan marked the 100th visit to Washington Hilton by a sitting U.S. President. Reagan had been invited to speak in the International Ballroom at a meeting of the North America's Building Trades Unions. Upon . . . — — Map (db m93218) HM

400 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Rediscovery and Remembrance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

The African American and Quaker cemeteries here were almost lost to time. Both closed in 1890 due to development. Parts of the land were sold to the National Zoo and National Park Service. Developers bought the rest and tried . . . — — Map (db m236780) HM

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