These markers feature details on the life and works of Walt Whitman, including quotes of his poetry. In addition to being important to the history of American poetry, he was also a journalist and Civil War nurse. Most historians agree that he was either gay or bisexual.
Near Joaquin Miller Road at Sanborn Road, on the left when traveling east.
In the late 1800s, Joaquin Miller hosted gatherings of such notables as authors Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Bret Harte and Prentice Mulford; English humorist and playwright Tom Hood; illustrator/engraver Frank Leslie; poet Walt Whitman, . . . — — Map (db m71761) HM
On 20th Street Northwest south of Q Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The Dresser
Walt Whitman
(surrounding station entrance)
We Embrace
E. Ethelbert Miller, 2005
(surrounding bench)
This excerpt from Walt Whitman's "The Dresser" (1865 version) and "We Embrace" by E. Ethelbert Miller are . . . — — Map (db m112634) HM
On F Street Northwest at 8th Street Northwest on F Street Northwest. Reported permanently removed.
"Tonight,
beautiful women,
perfumes, and the violins’ sweetness…
At 10:30 p.m. on March 4, 1865, a tired and gaunt President Lincoln arrived at this site, his wife Mary in white lace and silk with purple and . . . — — Map (db m204444) HM
Near 7th Street Northwest at Indiana Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
This piece by the Portuguese artist Jorge Martins, born in 1940, represents a large wave made of stone, light and shades. This single wave aims to join Portugal and the United States across the Atlantic. Both countries are characterized through . . . — — Map (db m188502) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Rock Creek Church Road Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest.
It’s the summer of 1862. Early morning, but already hot and dusty. You’re standing at this spot, when you see a tall man on horseback. It’s President Abraham Lincoln. You’re pleased to see him, but not surprised. After all, he rides by here . . . — — Map (db m130757) HM
On Kalorama Road Northwest east of 23rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
Paz, paix, shalom, esaalam, are words from several foreign languages spoken in Sheridan-Kalorama, each meaning peace. This representation of a benevolent friar welcomes you in peace. We share, too, works of "America's poet" Walt Whitman, who spent . . . — — Map (db m112601) HM
On 39th Street Northwest at Albemarle Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 39th Street Northwest.
Step back into the 19th century with a walk down Grant Road, ahead and to your left. This winding byway recalls Tenleytown’s farming past. In fact Grant Road’s undisturbed quality earned it National Historic District and DC Historic District . . . — — Map (db m130920) HM
On Water Street Southwest south of 6th Street Southwest. Reported missing.
To your left across Water Street is the Thomas Law House, now a community center for the Tiber Island cooperative. The Federal style house was designed by William Lovering in 1794 for businessman Thomas Law and his bride Eliza Parke Custis, . . . — — Map (db m130911) HM
Near Old Plantation Road at Hopkins Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Early in the morning, early in the century, it happened: Solterra caught fire. Built by charter member Frederick Baker in 1890, the house was an emblem of the nineteenth century: proper, discrete, upright. The old century seemed to be going . . . — — Map (db m72668) HM
On North Halsted Street, on the right when traveling south.
Walt Whitman
Gay U.S. Poet
(1819 - 1892)
Unlike many other poets, Whitman came from the working class and celebrated its unique contributions to American ideals. His groundbreaking Leaves of Grass was released in eight . . . — — Map (db m189394) HM
On Pillsbury Drive, 5 miles north of Interstate 70, on the left when traveling north.
"As to scenery, while I know the standard claim is that Yosemite, Niagara Falls, the Upper Yellowstone, and the like afford the greatest natural shows, I am not so sure but the prairies and plains, while less stunning at first sight, last . . . — — Map (db m80815) HM
On Louisville Riverwalk just west of Clark Memorial Bridge.
Visitors at Louisville Wharf
James Monroe June 1819 •
Andrew Jackson June 1819 •
Alexis de Tocqueville December 1831 •
Washington Irving September 1832 •
Abraham Lincoln September 1841 •
Charles Dickens April 1842 •
Walt Whitman . . . — — Map (db m83929) HM
"My idea in designing this monument was to produce something simple, chaste, and dignified, to strike more by graceful outlines and proportions than by crowding with unmeaning ornament."
George A. Frederick, ca. . . . — — Map (db m6627) HM
On Oakwood Boulevard, 0.5 miles west of Rotunda Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The Dearborn Inn
Henry Ford built the Dearborn Inn in 1931 to accommodate overnight travelers arriving at the Ford Airport. Located opposite the inn on Oakwood Boulevard, the airport opened in 1924. The 179-room inn, designed by Albert Kahn, . . . — — Map (db m36017) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue at Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling east on Wisconsin Avenue.
St. Louisans were taking up the new American pastime of bicycling when this storefront was built in 1888. They were reading Walt Whitman's poems in the Leaves of Grass and learning about Theodore Roosevelt's western experiences in Ranch . . . — — Map (db m124509) HM
On Crosswicks Street at Gilder Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on Crosswicks Street.
About The Gilder Family
The Gilder family, which also includes the Nutts and Bunting families, rose to prominence in the publishing world of New York City with Richard Watson Gilder as the Editor of Century Magazine, his sister Jeanette Gilder . . . — — Map (db m36975) HM
On Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard at Riverside Drive, in the median on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Standing just a few blocks from here on Mickle St.(now MLK Blvd.) is the historic home of America's "Poet of Democracy," Walt Whitman. In 1873, after suffering a stroke, Whitman moved to Camden to live closer to his family. He purchased the only . . . — — Map (db m146669) HM
Near Haddon Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Vesper Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Author of Leaves of Grass, the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom
that America has yet contributed. His life was an affirmation of freedom.
His poetry was a celebration of life and his philosophy was a preparation for death. . . . — — Map (db m171891) HM
On Church Road, 0.1 miles south of Cherry Valley Road, on the right when traveling south.
Civil War private buried here. Died in 1863 from wounds rec'd at Chancellorsville. Subject of Walt Whitman's 1864 essay "A New York Soldier". — — Map (db m132668) HM
On Court Street at Remsen Street, on the right when traveling north on Court Street.
Notables from George Washington to writers and artists, gravitate to Brooklyn Heights.
Encouraged by Robert Fulton’s ferry from Manhattan in 1814, residents built handsome houses of wood, brick and brownstone in all the principal styles of the . . . — — Map (db m134834) HM
On Montague Street at Pierrepont Place, on the right when traveling west on Montague Street.
Brooklyn Heights
Notables, from George Washington to writers and artists, gravitate to Brooklyn Heights.
Encouraged by Robert Fulton's ferry from Manhattan in 1814, residents built handsome houses of wood, brick and brownstone in all . . . — — Map (db m181616) HM
On Myrtle Avenue at Flatbush Avenue Extended, on the right when traveling east on Myrtle Avenue.
MetroTech
Conceived during the 1980s and completed in 2004, MetroTech quickly emerged as one of America's most successful urban redevelopment projects.
The 16th-acre complex of new and renovated buildings has introduced over 6,000 jobs . . . — — Map (db m181676) HM
On Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard at Willoughby Plaza, on the right when traveling north on Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard.
MetroTech
Conceived during the 1980s and completed in 2004, MetroTech quickly emerged as one of America's most successful urban redevelopment projects.
The 16th-acre complex of new and renovated buildings has introduced over 6,000 jobs . . . — — Map (db m183209) HM
On this site, from 1841 to 1892, stood the offices of the Brooklyn Eagle. In its time, a powerful paper. From 1846 to 1848, Whitman, not yet 30 but a seasoned journalist, served as its editor. For his stand against slavery in newly admitted states, . . . — — Map (db m31145) HM
On Clermont Avenue at DeKalb Avenue on Clermont Avenue.
Fort Greene is a neighborhood with unusually consistent 19th century domestic architecture developed principally in the short span between 1855 and 1875. Fort Greene Park was created in 1848 at the instigation of poet Walt Whitman who was then the . . . — — Map (db m35110) HM
On Cumberland Street just south of Dekalb Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported damaged.
Fort Greene is a neighborhood with unusually consistent 19th century domestic architecture developed principally in the short span between 1855 and 1875. Fort Greene Park was created in 1848 at the instigation of poet Walt Whitman who was then the . . . — — Map (db m184307) HM
Near Boardwalk at Lincoln Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
In October 1836, the 179-ton, three-masted American
barque Mexico left Liverpool, England for New York,
filled with cargo and immigrants, most of them Irish.
The ship reached the entrance to New York Harbor
after a stormy, 69-day . . . — — Map (db m133390) HM
On December 31, 1836, after a long and difficult Atlantic Oceam crossing firom Liverpool,
England, the 279-ton, three-masted, American-ownd barque Mesico finally arrived at the
mouth of New York Harbor. The temperature in New York City was . . . — — Map (db m143539) HM
On Bowery near canal and bayard Streets, on the right when traveling south.
“The 3000-seat Bowery Theatre opened here in 1826 as America’s largest theatre. The first gaslit theatre, its massive stage used fire and water effects, and held horses for battle scenes.
Its Roman temple exterior hoped to lure the . . . — — Map (db m132102) HM
On Worth Street at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling west on Worth Street. Reported missing.
Columbus Park was named in 1911 after Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer credited with discovering America, or at least with awakening Europe to the opportunities there. Bounded by Baxter (formerly Orange), Worth (formerly . . . — — Map (db m131756) HM
On Kimmel Road at Comfort Road, on the right when traveling south on Kimmel Road.
This view looks over the Buttermilk Channel to the Brooklyn waterfront, located only 400 yards away. Many theories surround the naming of this narrow waterway. In years past, the channel was much wider and shallower than it is today – before . . . — — Map (db m47109) HM
Brooklyn, first settled by the Dutch in the 1630s, was incorporated as a city in 1834. During the nineteenth century it gradually absorbed the nearby towns of Williamsburgh, Bushwick, New Lots, Flatbush, Gravesend, New Utrecht and Flatlands, and . . . — — Map (db m62887) HM
On Greenwich Avenue at West 12th Street on Greenwich Avenue.
The NYC AIDS Memorial honors more than 100,000 New Yorkers who died of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). It also recognizes the contributions of caregivers and activists who mobilized to provide care for the ill, fight discrimination, . . . — — Map (db m142768) HM
Near Perkins Memorial Drive, 2 miles north of Seven Lakes Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Walt Whitman
1819 – 1892
To commemorate the gift in 1910 by
Mary Wilson Harriman
Making Possible The
Bear Mountain-Harriman State Park
Dedicated November 17, 1940 Jo Davidson, Sculptor
[ Marker next to the Statue ] . . . — — Map (db m47774) HM
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, designated a linear National Park by the 1968 National Trails System Act, is a continuous, marked public footpath extending approximately 2,144 miles from Mount Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain, Georgia . . . — — Map (db m29869) HM
On Chichester Road east of West Hills Road, on the left when traveling east.
Home of
John Whitman, built in
1692, now a barn. "New"
house, built in 1810, home
of Jesse Whitman, grandfather
of Walt Whitman. — — Map (db m139376) HM
On New York State Route 28, 4.6 miles east of New York State Route 8, on the right when traveling east.
Childhood Home Near this Site
Matthew Brady was born of Irish immigrant parents and grew up here in Johnsburg off what is today called Pasco Road. Some records suggest that he was actually born here. Youngest of three children, his father was . . . — — Map (db m137822) HM
On Freedom Street, 0.1 miles east of South Street (Ohio Route 88), on the right when traveling east.
Harold Hart Crane was born at this site on July 21, 1899, to Grace Hart Crane and Clarence A. Crane, the inventor of Lifesaver Candies, and lived here until the age of three. "A born poet," according to e.e. cummings, Crane dropped out of high . . . — — Map (db m122065) HM
On East 6th Street (Pennsylvania Route 5) 0.1 miles east of French Street. Reported permanently removed.
Eminent American baritone, composer, and arranger, was born 3 blocks north in 1866. He arranged "Deep River" and other spirituals, and set to music poems by Walt Whitman. Was a student and associate of Dvorak. He died in 1949. — — Map (db m41039) HM
Near 5th Avenue North, 0.2 miles north of Harrison Street, on the right when traveling north.
Baseball is the hurrah game of the republic!
-Walt Whitman
Baseball in America has a storied past. Though its modern origins are linked to amateur social clubs in New York and New Jersey in the . . . — — Map (db m175208) HM
On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south.
"The expression of American personality through this war is not to be looked for in the great campaign and the battle-fights. It is to be looked for… in the hospitals, among the wounded.” ~ Walt Whitman notebook entry
During the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m149073) HM
On King Street (Virginia Route 7) near South Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east.
Episcopal High School, on the hill to the southwest, was founded in 1839 as a boys' preparatory school, one of the first in the South; girls were admitted in 1991. The school was a pioneer in the establishment of student honor codes in preparatory . . . — — Map (db m7559) HM
Near North Fairfax Street south of Cameron Street, on the right when traveling north.
Civil War Comes to Carlyle House
If you stood in this spot 150 years ago, you would be inside a building! In 1848 James Green purchased Carlyle House and the building in front of you, the first Bank of Alexandria. He turned it into a hotel . . . — — Map (db m129170) HM
Chatham has watched quietly over Fredericksburg for almost 250 years—an imposing, 180-foot-long brick manor house once visible from much of town. It has witnessed great events and played host to important people. George Washington, Thomas . . . — — Map (db m35385) HM
On Cool Springs Road (County Route 607) 0.3 miles south of White Oak Road (Virginia Route 218), on the left when traveling south.
During the Civil War, a railroad station stood on this site. The station consisted of a warehouse, a platform, quartermaster tents, and several sidings. Trains arrived and departed on the hour traveling to and from Aquia Landing. The station . . . — — Map (db m75944) HM
On King Street (County Road 607) just west of Rowser Road, on the left when traveling west.
In the spring of 1862, a passing Union soldier was shot and wounded, allegedly by someone at this house. His enraged comrades broke down the door to ransack and burn the place, but one who had known Moncure Conway earlier recognized his portrait. . . . — — Map (db m148080) HM
On Fort Boreman Drive, 1 mile south of Robert Byrd Highway (U.S. 50). Reported permanently removed.
One and one-half miles below the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers lies historic Blennerhassett Island, home of the Irish aristocrat Harman Blennerhassett and his wife Margaret from 1798 to 1806. Blennerhassett is known for his . . . — — Map (db m73602) HM