Historical Markers and War Memorials in Forest Glen, Maryland
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On Coleridge Drive, 0.1 miles west of Belvedere Place, on the right when traveling west.
Lavinia Margaret Engle was a lifelong advocate for women's rights and social services.
Born here in 1892, before women had the right to vote, she joined the women's suffrage movement, led the state's League of Women Voters, and became . . . — — Map (db m240327) HM
On Linden Lane north of Sacks Street, on the right when traveling north.
Imagine this landscape as it was a century ago.
National Park Seminary was then a highly regarded private school for young women. The campus showcased small, simple gardens and wide lawns graced with European sculpture. Paths wound through . . . — — Map (db m213231) HM
Near Linden Lane, 0.1 miles west of Fraser Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Army Medical Museum
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provision of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m17095) HM
On Forest Glen Road at Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97), on the left when traveling west on Forest Glen Road.
On June 8, 1966, fair housing activists with the Action Coordinating Committee to End Segregation in the Suburbs (ACCESS) began a 66-mile march around the Capital Beltway. They started at the Georgia Avenue exit and walked for four . . . — — Map (db m245973) HM
Near Rosensteel Avenue just north of Forest Glen Road (Maryland Route 192), on the left when traveling north.
In Memory of
Daniel Carroll II
Member Continental Congress
Signer Articles of Confederation
and Constitution
July 22 1730 † May 7, 1796 — — Map (db m109918) HM
On Forest Glen Road (Maryland Route 192) at Rosensteel Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Forest Glen Road. Reported missing.
Near this spot was the home of Daniel Carroll, member of the Second Continental Congress and of the Federal Constitutional Convention. He was a Representative from Maryland in the first United States Congress and served as one of the three . . . — — Map (db m168741) HM
On Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) south of Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), on the right when traveling south.
On June 9, 1966, nine civil rights demonstrators walked onto I-495 in an act of civil disobedience. Attorney C. Charles Jones led the three-day, 64-mile march around the beltway to protest the lack of rental housing for African Americans in the DC . . . — — Map (db m215312) HM
Near Belvedere Boulevard at Woodland Drive, on the right when traveling east.
George Washington Getty was born in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 1819. He graduated from the U.S Military Academy in West Point in 1840 and served in Michigan at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was a captain of artillery in the Mexican War (1847-48), . . . — — Map (db m113877) HM
Born February 22, 1961
Washington, DC
A dedicated and loyal
Army Medical Service
Corps Officer
Died September 11, 2001
At the Pentagon
Serving her country
during the Terrorist
attacks of that Day
Dedicated September 11, 2003 . . . — — Map (db m116029) WM
On Forest Glen Road (Maryland Route 192) at Rosensteel Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Forest Glen Road.
John Carroll
1735-1815
First resident pastor here
1774
First Prefect Apostolic - 1784
First Bishop - 1789
First Archbishop - 1808
of the
Catholic Church in
the United States
Erected by Order of the Alhambra
. . . — — Map (db m109925) HM
On Linden Lane, 0.1 miles west of Fraser Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
This memorial to LTC Karen J. Wagner was previously installed in the gymnasium named in her honor at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Working with the Surgeon General of the United States Army, NMHM relocated the . . . — — Map (db m198861) HM WM
On Ament Street south of Linden Lane, on the right when traveling south.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
Guests at The Forest Inn, . . . — — Map (db m115987) HM
On Linden Lane at Ament Street, on the right when traveling east on Linden Lane.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
The Aloha cottage was built . . . — — Map (db m115988) HM
On Linden Lane at Ament Street, on the right when traveling east on Linden Lane.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
The classical style of the . . . — — Map (db m115989) HM
On Dewitt Drive north of Linden Lane, on the left when traveling north.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
The massive Ament Hall, . . . — — Map (db m115990) HM
On Dewitt Drive at Dewitt Drive, on the right when traveling east on Dewitt Drive.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
Seminary students belonged . . . — — Map (db m115991) HM
On Dewitt Court north of Dewitt Drive, on the left when traveling north.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
Hotel guests and seminary . . . — — Map (db m115992) HM
On Dewitt Drive at Dewitt Drive, on the right when traveling west on Dewitt Drive.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
The Forest Inn was built in . . . — — Map (db m115993) HM
On Dewitt Drive north of Dewitt Circle, on the right when traveling north.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
A panorama of five . . . — — Map (db m115994) HM
On Dewitt Drive at Linden Lane, on the left when traveling north on Dewitt Drive.
National Park Seminary was a resort hotel from 1887 to 1893, a school for young women from 1894 to 1942, and a U.S. Army medical facility from 1942 to 2004. It is now a unique residential community.
This corner marks the . . . — — Map (db m213232) HM
Near Dewitt Drive just west of Dewitt Court, on the left when traveling west.
The National Park Seminary
Historic District
has been listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department
of Interior
1972
for its architectural significance
and its role in women’s . . . — — Map (db m115821) HM
On Linden Lane north of Sacks Street, on the right when traveling north.
Stroll into an oasis of native plants.
This garden is designed to absorb and filter stormwater. It features many local plant species you may recognize and some you may have never seen. Conservation landscapes like this shelter wildlife and . . . — — Map (db m213230) HM
