THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Historical Markers

These markers have been erected by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, DC's local department which is distinct from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, which also administers parks within the District.
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 23, 2023
Alethia "Lethe" Tanner Marker
1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — Alethia "Lethe" Tanner — (1781 - 1864) —
2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — Religious Organizations / Education —
3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — The Plantation / The City —
4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — Lederer Gardens — Robert F. Lederer Community Gardens & Educational Center, MLK Sanctuary — 4801 Nannie Helen Boroughs Ave —
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — Did You Know —
6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — Hirshhorn Museum —
7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — Lincoln Memorial —
8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — Lockheed P-38 Lightning —
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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — North American B-25 Mitchell —
10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — North American P-51D Mustang —
11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — The White House —
12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kingman Park — Washington Monument —
13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Riggs Park — Legacy Memorial Park — District of Columbia Parks & Recreation —
14 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — The Birth of Drag Culture — Honoring the Legacy of William Dorsey Swann, the 'Queen' of Queer D.C. —
15 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The Palisades — Palisades Recreation Center — District of Columbia Parks & Recreation —
16 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Douglass — Activist Grove (1833-1845) — Douglass Community Center — Reported unreadable
17 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Douglass — Escape Allée (1838) — Douglass Community Center —
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18 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Douglass — Freedom Grove (1838) — Douglass Community Center —
19 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Douglass — Memorial Grove (1841-1895) — Douglass Community Center —
20 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Randall Recreation Center — founded in 1912 —
 
 
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