Historical Markers in East Potomac Park, District of Columbia
Washington and Vicinity
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Smaller plaque on the urn El recuerdo del “Maine” tendrá eterna duración durante los siglos los lazos de la amistad entre la tierra de Cuba y la tierra de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. —Gerardo Machado
Plaque . . . — — Map (db m7871) HM
“I … looked forward to v Independence, … and will risque the last Penny of my Fortune and the last Drop of my Blood upon the Issue.”
George Mason, 1778.
George Mason belonged to the genteel . . . — — Map (db m111346) HM
East Potomac's Miniature Golf Course
listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
as part of the East and West Potomac Parks Historic District
by the United States Department of Interior
Visitors enjoy . . . — — Map (db m190285) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m65660) HM
"All men are born equally free and independent. And have certain inherent natural rights... among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, pursuing and obtaining happiness and . . . — — Map (db m111342) HM
This was George Mason, a man of the first order of wisdom among those who acted on the theatre of the revolution of expansive mind, profound judgment, cogent in argument.... Thomas Jefferson, 1821
Regarding slavery:… That slow . . . — — Map (db m178028) HM
The building in front of you serves as headquarters for the United States Park Police. Created by President George Washington in 1791, the U.S. Park Police functions as a unit of the National Park Service with jurisdiction in all parks. U.S. Park . . . — — Map (db m65403) HM