Historical Markers in Fort Dupont, District of Columbia
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Near Alabama Avenue Southeast east of Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, on the left when traveling east.
This small work was one of the defenses begun in the fall of 1861 on the ridge east of the Anacostia River. It was named after Admiral Samuel DuPont, a commander of the South Atlantic Blockade Squadron. Eight guns and one mortar comprised its . . . — — Map (db m46425) HM
Near Alabama Avenue Southeast west of Beck Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Earthworks of Fort DuPont are visible; follow path to the entrance of the fort.
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Fort DuPont from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing
Fort DuPont was named after Rear Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont, a Union . . . — — Map (db m206943) HM
On Ely Place Southeast, 0.1 miles west of 37th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
A key event in the landmark 1954 school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education occurred here at Sousa Junior High (now Middle) School. In 1950 Sousa was one of several new DC schools for white children. When Spottswood T. Bolling, . . . — — Map (db m187431) HM
On Benning Road Southeast at C Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Benning Road Southeast.
Woodlawn Cemetery, established in 1895, serves the final resting place for Sen. Blanche K. Bruce, Mary P. Burrill, Will Marion Cook, John W. Cromwell, John R. Francis, Rep. John Mercer Langston, Jesse Lawson, Mary Meriwether, and Daniel Murray, . . . — — Map (db m42050) HM
