On G Street Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Blending meticulous research on the indiscriminate use of pesticides with her eloquent literary style, Rachel Carson laid the groundwork for the modern environmental movement when she wrote Silent Spring, one of the most influential books of . . . — — Map (db m91939) HM
On G Street Northwest west of 13th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Blessed with an industrious and self-disciplined spirit, Susan B. Anthony persevered through the prejudice and culture of her time to emerge as the architect of a movement which secured the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to . . . — — Map (db m92190) HM
On G Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
In 1909, W.E.B. DuBois, a leading spokesman in the Campaign for racial equality, joined Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, William English Walling, John Milholland, Oswald Garrison Villard, Frances Blascoer and 54 other prominent Americans as . . . — — Map (db m91875) HM
On Howard Place Northwest east of 6th Street Northwest.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. commissioned Chicago artist James King to create a sculpture of its Founders. "Fortitude" was dedicated on April 28, 1979. She stands 12' 6" with a 12' hand-to-hand arm span. Sculpted in Corten steel, the metal was . . . — — Map (db m112009) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) south of Euclid Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Miner Teachers College, which operated here from 1914 until 1955, was the principal school training black teachers in the city for more than 70 years. Named for Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864), a white educator who founded Miner Normal School in 1851, . . . — — Map (db m114359) HM
Near College Street Northwest east of 6th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
In Recognition of
Sara Winifred Brown, M.D.
Her medical degree was awarded by Howard University in 1904. She served as the first female graduate trustee of Howard University, 1924-1948.
In 1910, she was one of the founders of the . . . — — Map (db m112010) HM
Near 6th Street Northwest south of Howard Place Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
Presented during the 75th Anniversary
of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Founded January 16, 1920
Jylla Moore Foster, Grand Basileus
Grace Walker Phillips, Memorial Chair
July 16, 1995
Builder: M.C.M.C. Designers: Terrence Brown & . . . — — Map (db m115573) HM
On Reservoir Road Northwest east of 44th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), a renowned writer and scientist who helped launch the modern environmental movement, once walked these woods. In her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring (1962), Carson warned citizens that the widespread use . . . — — Map (db m114367) HM
Near Beach Drive Northwest at Bingham Drive Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
This & neighboring trees were
From all parts of the country
Planted by
Camp Fire Girls
At a National Conservation Rally
April 12, 1936 in memory of
Dr. Luther H. Gulick
First President — — Map (db m65020) HM
On Wiltberger Street Northwest at T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Wiltberger Street Northwest.
Cecilia Penny Scott was a pioneering Shaw entrepreneur, community activist, philanthropist, and mentor.
In 1953, Scott opened Cecilia's at 2002 12th Street, NW. The restaurant featured Southern cuisine and attracted notables from social, . . . — — Map (db m234747) HM
On Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) west of 9th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This was the citys first Young Womens Christian Association and the nations only independent Black YWCA. It was organized in Southwest Washington as the Colored YWCA in 1905 by members of the Book Lovers Club, a Black womens literary group led . . . — — Map (db m130891) HM
On 9th Street Northwest at Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) on 9th Street Northwest.
The building across the street at 901 Rhode Island Avenue is the city's first Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) for African Americans. It honors Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), considered America's first published black . . . — — Map (db m143566) HM
On T Street Northwest east of 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
[East side]Moms Mabley (1918-1990)
Moms Mabley was a legendary personality in comedy and became a staple of what became known as the "chitlin' circuit" — a chain of performance venues that primarily booked . . . — — Map (db m130610) HM
On 7th Street Northwest south of T Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
[South side]Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as the "Godmother of Rock and Roll", broke race and gender barriers with her genre-bending gospel music and guitar prowess. Initially . . . — — Map (db m152182) HM
On 11th Street Northwest at P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 11th Street Northwest.
Ella Watson, the subject of photographer Gordon Parks's famous and pointed portrait "American Gothic, Washington, D.C.," rented rooms on this block at 1433 11th Street. Watson worked as a cleaning woman in the headquarters of the Farm . . . — — Map (db m130853) HM
On 22nd Street Northwest north of Florida Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The American News Women's Club was founded on April 4, 1932, as the Newspaper Women's Club, with membership limited to women reporters and writers employed by newspapers. Today, the ANWC embraces a diverse group of journalists, independent . . . — — Map (db m112623) HM
On R Street Northwest at 22nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on R Street Northwest.
Writers, sculptors, painters, and collectors made Sheridan-Kalorama their home: best-selling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart at 2419 Massachusetts; classicist Edith Hamilton at 2448 Massachusetts; poet/novelist Elinor Wylie at 2153 Florida; . . . — — Map (db m99362) HM
On Tracy Place Northwest at Kalorama Road Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Tracy Place Northwest.
Sheridan-Kalorama has been home to many influential women. While she lobbied our political leaders to support Nationalist China, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek lived nearby at 2443 Kalorama Rd. Others include presidential wives Eleanor Roosevelt, a wise . . . — — Map (db m112604) HM
Near Olmsted Walk, 0.4 miles east of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
"When we worked in the field, we held the giant panda cubs to take their measurements. It was very sweet.
As a team, we worked very closely. Living together in the forest, we were like members of one family. We took care of . . . — — Map (db m184391) HM
Near Nebraska Avenue Northwest north of New Mexico Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
"I prefer to put the money into brains rather than stone and mortar."
Mary Eliza Graydon (d. 1926) was The American University's most generous early benefactor. A devout Methodist, she was inspired by Bishop Hurst's plan for a Methodist . . . — — Map (db m117834) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, 0.1 miles north of Tenley Circle Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
Top of the Town
Greetings from Tenleytown
altitude 409'
[Pictured on the mural are events and locations significant to Tenleytown's history:]
Fort Reno Water Towers
The Tenleytown Streetcar
Fort Reno and the Civil . . . — — Map (db m150280) HM
On 15th Street Northwest north of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north.
For Americans, August 24, 1814, was one of the darkest days of the War of 1812. After a victory at nearby Bladensburg, Maryland, British soldiers marched on Washington, destroying the U.S. Capitol and many other public buildings. . . . — — Map (db m130366) HM
On Henry Bacon Drive Northwest south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Over 265,000 American women served during the Vietnam era (1956 through 1975) and over 11,000 saw duty in Vietnam. The majority served as nurses, caring for thousands of wounded servicemen in the difficult conditions of crowded transports, harsh . . . — — Map (db m7878) HM
On Henry Bacon Drive Northwest south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south.
Who shapes the public memory of war and its veterans?
AT the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, that memory has been expanding since its dedication. The statue in front of you, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, brought women into the fold in 1993. It . . . — — Map (db m211261) HM
On 15th Street Northwest just south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling north.
Welcome to the Reading Grove
This space provides a place to meet, rest, read, and reflect. Live oaks have long harbored gatherings, from religious services and classes to community celebrations.
Witness Trees
Trees that were . . . — — Map (db m143315) HM
On U Street Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest.
Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson was the grand daughter of Francis Cardozo the first African American to hold a Statewide office in the United States.
The Cardozo Education Campus located at 13th and Clifton St. NW . . . — — Map (db m111997) HM
On 16th Street Northwest at New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 16th Street Northwest.
The grand Beaux-Arts buildings near this corner stand witness to the status of this area in early 20th century Washington, and as tribute to the indomitable spirit of Mary Foote Henderson. The wealthy wife of Senator John B. Henderson, she . . . — — Map (db m130803) HM
On Vermont Avenue Northwest at 11th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Vermont Avenue Northwest.
Frelinghuysen University was founded in 1917 to provide education, religious training, and social services for black working-class adults. Founders include Jesse Lawson, a Howard University-educated lawyer; his wife Rosetta C. Lawson, an advocate . . . — — Map (db m48407) HM
On S Street Northwest at 15th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on S Street Northwest.
During the 1920s and 1930s, this house hosted a Saturday evening literary salon, welcoming such luminaries as Alice Dunbar Nelson, Angelina Grimkι, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Kelly Miller, and Jean Toomer. Poet and hostess Georgia Douglas Johnson . . . — — Map (db m114763) HM
On T Street Northwest west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
Louise Burrell Miller led a group that successfully sued the DC Board of Education in 1952 to have deaf African American children educated within the District. Until Miller v. the Board of Education, the children, including Miller's young son . . . — — Map (db m96272) HM
On W Street Northwest west of 14th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
In commemorating the history of the
United States of America.
An African American renaissance woman, . . . — — Map (db m182687) HM
On T Street Northwest at 9th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on T Street Northwest.
The Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression, which operated in this building from 1903 until 1960, was one of DC's earliest African American arts institutions. Harriet Gibbs-Marshall (1868-1941), the first African American to . . . — — Map (db m109161) HM
On Woodley Road Northwest at 27th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Woodley Road Northwest.
The name Harry Wardman (1872 - 1938) is practically synonymous with Woodley Park, having built numerous houses and apartments in the neighborhood. Wardman built his own home on the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road in 1909. He later . . . — — Map (db m87503) HM
On Cathedral Avenue Northwest east of Woodley Road Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
The neighborhood of Woodley Park owes its name to the Woodley estate of Philip Barto Key (1767-1815). Key, uncle of Francis Scott Key, who wrote “Star Spangled Banner”, was an officer on the British side during the Revolutionary War. . . . — — Map (db m87469) HM
On Garfield Street Northwest near 27th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
An Irish priest and the Duchess of Windsor each separately played a part in Woodley Park's history. In 1912 Father Thomas A. Walsh bought the present site of St. Thomas Apostle Church and Rectory on Woodley Road for $16,750. It was here that he . . . — — Map (db m87535) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast at V Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast.
This Anacostia icon once marked the entrance to Curtis Brothers Furniture Co. The business dated to 1926, when young Fred and George Curtis acquired a Model T Ford truck to deliver ice, then progressed to moving furniture. They soon rented a . . . — — Map (db m100690) HM
Near E Street Southeast at Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling south.
Ann G. Sprigg ran a boarding house, where Abraham Lincoln lived during his time as a U.S. Representative from Illinois (March 4th 1847 to March 3rd, 1849), at the present-day site of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. The Sprigg . . . — — Map (db m211910) HM
On E Street Southeast at Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east on E Street Southeast.
For Anna & Frederick Douglass, their work, home, & life centered on abolition, & fair treatment & respect for African Americans.
Anna met Frederick, an enslaved 17-year-old in 1838. They fell in love; she encouraged, & financed his flight . . . — — Map (db m211913) HM
Near 17th Street Southeast at G Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to the Memory of the Victims of the U.S. Arsenal Explosion on June 17, 1864
Ellen Roche
Julia McEwen
Bridget Dunn
W. E. Tippett
Margaret Horan
Johanna Connors
Susan Harris
Lizzie Brahler
Margaret . . . — — Map (db m80961) HM WM
Near E Street Southeast at Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Killed by an explosion at the U.S. Arsenal Washington D.C. June 17th 1864
Ellene Roche
Julia McEwen
Bridget Dunn
W.E. Tippett
Margaret Horan
Johanna Connors
Susan Harris
Lizzie Brahler
Margaret C. Yonson . . . — — Map (db m211916) HM WM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Pomeroy Road Southeast, on the right when traveling south.
The fence and wall ahead of you, on either side of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, enclose historic St. Elizabeths Hospital. The pioneering facility opened in 1855 to treat mentally ill members of the armed forces and DC residents. At a time . . . — — Map (db m100694) HM
On 8th Street Southeast at Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling south on 8th Street Southeast.
The large building that wraps around this corner was constructed as a department store in 1892 by Elizabeth A. Haines. She proudly advertised it as "the largest store in the world, built, owned and controlled by a woman." Back then extended . . . — — Map (db m130726) HM
On East Capitol Street Northeast west of 13th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west.
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875–1955
Let her works praise her.
I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you a thirst for education. I leave you a . . . — — Map (db m5505) HM
Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey arrived in New York with the aid of a free woman named Anna Murray. She followed him to New York, and eleven days after his arrival, they married. The couple continued to settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, . . . — — Map (db m129790) HM
Near 4th Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
A Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, accompanies Lewis and Clark as an interpreter and enables the expedition to purchase horses. Clark calls her his "pilot" through the Rockies. — — Map (db m112733) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Kettering perfects a workable electric starter at his lab in Dayton. First installed in 1912 Cadillacs, it means the end of difficult and dangerous hand cranking; and enables more women to drive. — — Map (db m112768) HM
On M Street Southeast at 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast.
Journalist Quimby becomes the first American woman to receive a pilot's license, and also the first woman to make a nighttime flight and fly the English Channel. — — Map (db m112770) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
On the fifth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight, Earhart becomes the first woman and second person to make the solo flight across the Atlantic. Her Vega lands in Ireland after 14 hours 50 minutes. — — Map (db m112777) HM
On Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Gladys B. West paved the way for the Global Positioning System (GPS) that has revolutionized global society. She is a pioneer in the use of complex mathematical programming to generate accurate models of the earth's shape.
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m213297) HM
On Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. Ride, the first American woman in space, takes part in the 7th Space Shuttle mission. The reusable spacecraft carry out 113 missions between 1983 and 2003. — — Map (db m113618) HM
On I Street Southeast east of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The St. Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church is the first and only church in Washington, DC that evolved from what is considered the oldest incorporated, independent African American denomination in the country. The . . . — — Map (db m113632) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 11th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The body of John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was brought to the Navy Yard for examination and identification aboard the USS Montauk. With the exception of Mary Surratt, the Lincoln conspirators (including Lewis Payne, . . . — — Map (db m126460) HM
On Anacostia Riverwalk Trail just east of 3rd Street Southeast.
The story of the Anacostia River pulses with the same sad cycles of abuse and neglect that define the stories of rivers across America.
Our alteration of the Anacostia has affected everyone in the watershed and beyond, from the Anacostia . . . — — Map (db m184829) HM
Near South Capitol Street Southeast at Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Women Playing Baseball
a. The New York Female Giants, 1913. Bain News Baseball.
b. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL), the first woman in the starting lineup for the annual Congressional baseball game, Four Mile Run Park, . . . — — Map (db m179720) HM
Near Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer
"I got on the machine at 10:35 for the first trial increasing in speed to probably 7 or 8 miles. The machine lifted..."
—Orville Wright's Diary, December 17, 1903
Lockheed Vega
Amelia Earhart . . . — — Map (db m113625) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast at Redwood Street, on the right on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast.
Evolution of St. Elizabeths Campus
At the urging of mental health care reformer Dorothea Dix, the United States Congress provided $100,000 to establish the first Federal mental health hospital to care for members of the Army and Navy as well . . . — — Map (db m131526) HM
On Boundary Channel Drive, on the right when traveling north.
First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, known as Lady Bird, is famous for her nationwide beautification initiatives. When she served as First Lady from 1963 to 1969, she championed legislation concerning pollution, conservation, urban renewal, . . . — — Map (db m181397) HM
On George Washington Memorial Parkway, 0.5 miles South Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
"This strip of land will always be a special place for me It appears at the moment when you come over a rise and look down into the Potomac Valley and see the capital spread out with its great monuments."
- Claudia Alta . . . — — Map (db m181393) HM
On 4th Avenue at C Street, on the right when traveling north on 4th Avenue.
During the Civil War the Washington Arsenal was both the largest Federal arsenal and the one closest for shipping its war materials to the various fighting fronts in Virginia. Here thousands of caissons and limbers, wagons and ambulances, cannon . . . — — Map (db m29739) HM
On C Street Southwest just west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west.
Emma Lou Davis' Family Group depicts a father taking leave of his wife and child to go to work. Davis captured the couple at an affectionate moment and portrayed each figure with a sign of their day's labora lunch pail for the man and a . . . — — Map (db m227343) HM
On 4th Street Southwest south of Independence Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling north.
Emma Lou Davis
(b. 1905, Indianapolis, Indiana - d. 1988, San Diego, California)
In the wake of the Great Depression, one of the chief causes of insecurity was the threat of unemployment. To address this social . . . — — Map (db m227345) HM
On 7th Street Southwest south of G Street Southwest, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
Who are these famous Civil Rights leaders?
Barbara Jordan (upper left)(some text missing due to illegibility)
Patsy Mink (wearing... (some text missing due to illegibility) ... supporter of civil rights . . . — — Map (db m130649) HM
On 7th Street Southwest south of G Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.
Dr. Dorothy Height worked to advance women's, civil, and human rights with many of our nation's leaders. How many can you recognize?
Back
Dr. Dorothy Height
Has lived at 700 7th Street, SW since 1983. As President Emmerita . . . — — Map (db m112797) HM
Near Maine Avenue Southwest west of Water Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east.
The beloved first lady famously hosted what would be President John F. Kennedy's final birthday party aboard the presidential yacht, U.S.S. Sequoia, docked at the Southwest Waterfront. — — Map (db m221635) HM
On District Square Southwest south of Maine Avenue Southwest when traveling south.
Founded by tennis legend Billie Jean King in 1974, World Team Tennis has featured many of the world's greatest tennis players. In 2011 and 2012, the Washington Kastles thrilled DC crowd completing the only two perfect seasons (16-0) in WTT . . . — — Map (db m130606) HM
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling west.
Philanthropist and publishing heiress Enid Annenberg Haupt (1906-2005) donated millions of dollars to support public gardens, horticultural institutions, and other green spaces in Washington, D.C., New York, and around the world. — — Map (db m110723) HM
Near Independence Avenue Southwest east of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
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 this family of contemporary clay sculptures, . . . — — Map (db m113956) HM
On Independence Avenue Southwest at Maryland Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling west on Independence Avenue Southwest.
Always Becoming, 2007
Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, pigments
26/5840
Commissioned from the artist, 2007
Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to . . . — — Map (db m161600) HM
On Maryland Avenue Southwest at Independence Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling west on Maryland Avenue Southwest.
Always Becoming, 2007
Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, pigments
26/5840
Commissioned from the artist, 2007
Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to explore . . . — — Map (db m161601) HM
Near Independence Avenue Southwest west of 4th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west.
This observatory is named to celebrate the spirit of Emma Phoebe Waterman Haas. In 1913 she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. She was the first woman to perform original research with . . . — — Map (db m114106) HM
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
For Yayoi Kusama pumpkins represent a source of radiant energy. They are, perhaps, the artist's most beloved motif, appearing in painting, drawings, sculptures, and some of her most important installations. Both endearing and grotesque, the giant . . . — — Map (db m114001) HM
On Independence Avenue Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west.
For Yayoi Kusama, pumpkins represent a source of radiant energy. They are perhaps the artist's best-loved motif, appearing in paintings, drawings, sculptures, and some of her most important installations. Both endearing and grotesque, the giant . . . — — Map (db m239860) HM
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest just west of 7th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
Huma Bhabha's striking sculptural creatures appear to have emerged from either the prehistoric past or a postapocalyptic future. Bhabha, who often cites pulp horror and science-fiction cinema as important points of departure, drew this work's title . . . — — Map (db m184557) HM
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
The Wish Tree series, begun in 1996, continues Ono's interactive art tradition by inviting visitors to whisper wishes to the tree. — — Map (db m113998) HM
Near Jefferson Drive Southwest just west of 7th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
Yoko Ono
American, b. Tokyo, Japan, 1933
Wish Tree for Washington, DC
2007
Live tree and mixed media
Gift of the artist, 2007 (07.6)
Yoko Ono has been a prolific artist and notable figure in the art world since the 1960s. . . . — — Map (db m205015) HM
On Independence Avenue Southwest east of West Basin Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling east.
On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Viscountess Iwa Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and a small group of people assembled at the Tidal Basin. There they planted the first two of more than 3,000 flowering . . . — — Map (db m93423) HM
Near Ohio Drive Southwest, 0.2 miles south of West Basin Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling north.
FDR believed that the failure of an international organization after World War I led directly to World War II. Under Roosevelt's urging, representatives from 26 countries signed a "Declaration by United Nations" in 1942. After FDR died, Eleanor . . . — — Map (db m197637) HM
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