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By Richard E. Miller, August 16, 2009
Words and Deeds Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Mount Vernon Place Northwest (U.S. 1) at 7th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Mount Vernon Place Northwest. |
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Wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated funds to build the Beaux Arts-style building you see across the street to your left, the city’s first public library. The Central Library opened in 1903 with 12,412 books by its predecessor, the . . . — — Map (db m152394) HM |
| On Mount Vernon Place Northwest (U.S. 1) at 9th Street Northwest (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west on Mount Vernon Place Northwest. |
| | "There is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish." Samuel Gompers.
This large office building opened in 1916 as the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor. With 2.5 million members, this union . . . — — Map (db m130886) HM |
| On 7th Street Northwest north of P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
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The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, changed this neighborhood forever.
When word of Dr. King’s murder spread that evening, Washingtonians gathered along busy 14th and U streets, NW; H . . . — — Map (db m130892) HM |
| On 7th Street Northwest at O Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 7th Street Northwest. Reported damaged. |
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Across the intersection stands the tower of O Street Market. When the market opened in 1881, and refrigerators had not been invented, people shopped here daily for everything from live chickens to fresh tomatoes. At first the vendors were . . . — — Map (db m130893) HM |
| On 7th Street Northwest at N Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 7th Street Northwest. |
| | In 1864 St. Patrick’s parish opened an Immaculate Conception Church for Catholics living far from its downtown F Street home. This imposing Gothic style building was completed a decade later. Renowned actress Helen Hayes was baptized here in . . . — — Map (db m130894) HM |
| On 7th Street Northwest north of M Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged. |
| | For much of the 1900s, inexpensive entertainments lined much of Seventh and Ninth Streets, from D to U Streets. Vaudeville houses, pool halls, record shops and taverns made for a busy night life. And everyone went to the movies. Two small . . . — — Map (db m130895) HM |
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