Historical Markers in East Potomac Park, District of Columbia

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Historical Markers in East Potomac Park, District of Columbia

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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — Cuban Friendship Urn —

Smaller plaque on the urn El recuerdo del “Maine” tendrá eterna duración durante los siglos los lazos de la amistad entre la tierra de Cuba y la tierra de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. —Gerardo Machado Plaque . . . — — Map (db m7871) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — Defender of Liberty — George Mason Memorial, National Mall and Memorial Parks — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed

“I … looked forward to v Independence, … and will risque the last Penny of my Fortune and the last Drop of my Blood upon the Issue.” George Mason, 1778.

George Mason belonged to the genteel . . . — — Map (db m111346) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — East Potomac's Miniature Golf Course — 970 Ohio Drive Southwest —

East Potomac's Miniature Golf Course listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the East and West Potomac Parks Historic District by the United States Department of Interior Visitors enjoy . . . — — Map (db m190285) HM

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — Engineering a Landmark — Hains Point, National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported damaged

You stand on a part of the Potomac River once marred by unattractive, putrid mudflats. Hains Point forms just a part of the over 700-acre Potomac Park created in the 1880s from 12 million cubic yards of dredged river sediments. It is named for . . . — — Map (db m65660) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — Forgotten Founder — National Mall and Memorial Parks, George Mason Memorial — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

"All men are born equally free and independent. And have certain inherent natural rights... among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, pursuing and obtaining happiness and . . . — — Map (db m111342) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — George Mason — 1725 - 1792 — Author of America's First Bill of Rights —

This was George Mason, a man of the first order of wisdom among those who acted on the theatre of the revolution of expansive mind, profound judgment, cogent in argument.... Thomas Jefferson, 1821 Regarding slavery:… That slow . . . — — Map (db m178028) HM

7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, East Potomac Park — The Line of Duty — United States Park Police — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

The building in front of you serves as headquarters for the United States Park Police. Created by President George Washington in 1791, the U.S. Park Police functions as a unit of the National Park Service with jurisdiction in all parks. U.S. Park . . . — — Map (db m65403) HM

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