Historical Markers and War Memorials in Northwest Washington, District of Columbia

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Northwest Washington, District of Columbia

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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — "The Duncan Co-Op" —

This tree was planted in honor of the founder and pioneers of this community with a special tribute to Ms. Minnie Terrell who provided the name, "The Duncan Co-Op" Founder Coye "Frank" McAllister Pioneers Ann Simpson-Mason* . . . — — Map (db m216830) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 14th Street Graffiti Museum — Reported permanently removed

. . . — — Map (db m213187) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 14th Street Graffiti Museum —

Commemorated in 2020 to celebrate the life of Danny Hogg a.k.a. Cool "Disco" Dan the most iconic graffiti writer to emerge from Washington, DC in the 1980s.

Cory Lee Stowers - Curator Gabriela Mossi - Community . . . — — Map (db m231119) HM

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 4 — Crossroads Create Community — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —

The Grand, Neo-classical Revival style building that you see across Georgia Avenue north of Missouri opened in 1925 as the Bank of Brightwood, thanks to efforts of the Brightwood Citizens Association. Designed by Treasury Department architect . . . — — Map (db m72818) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — District Walls, 2016 — Artist Name: Waone; Artist Origin: Kiev —

Muralist info: Vladimir Manzhos aka Waone started painting on the streets as far back as 1995. After several years of painting classical graffiti, as part of the Indigenous Kids crew in Kiev, he got bored of letters. In 2003 Waone teamed with . . . — — Map (db m179750) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Fellowship Baptist Church —

Organized August 19, 1994 Rev. Carlton W. Veazey Pastor and founder Dedicated September 26, 1999 Carrie L. Leary Chair, Diaconate Board F. Alexis Roberson Chair, Board of Trustees

"I am the Way, . . . — — Map (db m243831) HM

7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 3 — Hold the Mayo! — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing

English, Irish and German settlers, as well as enslaved and free African Americans, were the first non-natives to claim Brightwood. Farmers dominated until the Civil War. Then in the 1890s electric streetcars allowed government workers to live . . . — — Map (db m121018) HM

8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Jones-Haywood School of Ballet — 1200 Delafield Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The Jones Haywood School of Ballet was founded here by Doris W. Jones and Claire H. Haywood in 1941. Their Capitol Ballet Company, established in 1961, remained the nation's only predominantly African American, professional ballet troupe through the . . . — — Map (db m65511) HM

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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Maria Gomez, RN, MPH —

. . . — — Map (db m168362) HM

10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 2 — Mayor Emery and the Union Army — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing

The City Park across the street was once Emery Place, the summer estate of Matthew Gault Emery. A prominent builder, Emery was Washington City's last elected mayor during the period of home rule. He was succeeded in 1874 by a . . . — — Map (db m72816) HM

11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — New St. Paul Baptist Church —

Organized and built April 29, 1959 Rev. R. Burruss — — Map (db m243830) HM

12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 1 — Racing at Brightwood — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —

Fresh Water Springs in this pleasant high ground once drew European settlers. Farmers called the area "Crystal Spring." In 1859 the half-mile Crystal Spring Racetrack opened on land to your left. For 75 cents, Washingtonians hopped a . . . — — Map (db m109288) HM

13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Charles Baptist Church —

- founder - Rev. Charles C. Hayes 1963 Destroyed by fire 1979 Rebuilt 1981 building fund chairman Dea. Roy L. Dixon co-chairman Dea. Curtis M. Dudley pastor Rev. Charles C. Hayes architect - Cass & . . . — — Map (db m243814) HM

14 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church —

Co-founder Anthony Bowen 1856 — — Map (db m243816) HM

15 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — The Former Engine Co 24 of the District of Columbia Fire Department —

The facade of the original house for Engine Company 24 was located at 3702 Georgia Avenue, N.W. just north of this site. Built in 1911, the firehouse was designed by Luther Leisenring and Charles Gregg. It originally housed horses and horse-drawn . . . — — Map (db m149476) HM

16 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — World War II Memorial — ✯ ✯ ✯ —

To the memory of the war dead of Business and Roosevelt High Schools 1941-1945 "…who more than self their country loved." Adams, Robert '43 • Allen, Merlin '40 • Altman, Albert '41 • Andrews, Burt '38 • Andrews, Joseph . . . — — Map (db m181921) WM

17 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 10 — "Suburban" Development — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

By the 1890s the Rock Creek Railway Company's new electric streetcars made it easy to commute across town. The "country" settlements of this area became "suburban." One streetcar line followed 18th to Calvert Street, passed here, and then . . . — — Map (db m130701) HM

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18 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — A People Without Murals Is A Demuralized People —

Painted in 1977, A People Without Murals Is A Demuralized People is the oldest and only mural remaining in Adams Morgan created by a group of Latino immigrant artists. It was brought back to life in 2005 by Sol & Soul, a D.C. . . . — — Map (db m112851) HM

19 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 5 — Ambassadors of Faith — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Three dramatic religious structures dominate this corner. They are among some 40 religious institutions lining 16th Street between the White House and the Maryland state line. Many serve as unofficial “embassies” representing the . . . — — Map (db m152206) HM

20 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Anna Walentynowicz — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A legendary figure of 'Solidarity' - the socio-political movement that initiated the fall of communism in Europe. One of the 100 women who defined the last century, according to the American newsweekly Time. She worked hard her whole . . . — — Map (db m200391) HM

21 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan — Surveying the Cemeteries in Walter Pierce Park, 2005-2013 — Reported permanently removed

In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal: to identify and protect two 19th Century cemeteries--the Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m112588) HM

22 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan: Surveying the Walter Pierce Park Cemeteries, 2005-2013 —

In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal, to identify and protect two historic cemeteries—the Colored Union Benevolent . . . — — Map (db m236781) HM

23 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ballades — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Everyone saw in this music, as in the clouds, something different for himself' — Félicien Mallefille Chopin created the genre of the piano ballade. Before Chopin, the name ballad referred in music not to works for solo piano, but to . . . — — Map (db m150239) HM

24 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 16 — Building a Better Neighborhood — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Across the street you can see the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center. It opened in 1977 on the former sites of Morgan Community School and Happy Hollow Playground. Both the Adams and Morgan elementary schools became "community schools" . . . — — Map (db m130703) HM

25 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Calvin T.S. Brent Residence — 1700 V Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), believed to be Washington's first African American architect, lived here briefly in the early 1890s. (His other residences have been demolished.) Brent began practicing in 1875 and after a two-year apprenticeship and . . . — — Map (db m129528) HM

26 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Canoandes'79 - 40 years later! — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Jacek Bogucki continued to document the subsequent Canoandes expeditions. He eventually settled down in Casper, Wyoming where he established a video production company and lives there with his wife and their son. Zbigniew Bzdak would . . . — — Map (db m190157) HM

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27 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Constitution of 3 May 1791 — Mutual Pledge 20 October 1791 — 230th Anniversary —

On May 3, 1791, the Parliament (Seimas) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted the first modern constitution in Europe. It was the second such document in the world, only preceded by the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution of May 3 . . . — — Map (db m175129) HM

28 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Development of the Colca Valley — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

The first crossing of the Colca Canyon became not only an important achievement in the history of exploration, but also opened up the canyon and its beauty to the world. This, in turn, contributed to the acceleration of the economic and social . . . — — Map (db m190156) HM

29 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania — Mrs. Henderson's Favorite Embassy — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

You are standing in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania. The Spanish Baroque style mansion is all that remains of what was once a duplex, or double, embassy building designed by George Oakley Totten for Mary Foote Henderson's . . . — — Map (db m82711) HM

30 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Embassy of the Republic of Poland / Polish-U.S. Diplomatic Relations — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Embassy of the Republic of Poland A Beaux-Arts Beauty You are now standing in front of the longest-serving embassy building among Washington DC's more than 180 diplomatic missions: the Embassy of the Republic of Poland. . . . — — Map (db m82636) HM

31 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ernest Malinowski — 1818 - 1899 — Academy of Superheroes —

The designer and constructor of several hundred bridges and tunnels. A road and railroad engineer, and a national hero of Peru. He constructed the Central Trans-Andean Railway, the highest railroad in the world (5,000 meters above sea . . . — — Map (db m210087) HM

32 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Etudes — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'His etudes for piano are masterpieces' — Hector Berlioz Chopin's twenty-four Etudes contained in opuses 10 and 25, gathered into cohesively composed cycles of twelve pieces, and the Trois nouvelles études constitute a new . . . — — Map (db m150236) HM

33 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Henryk Arctowski — 1871 - 1958 — Academy of Superheroes —

He authored reports on Poland for the American Delegation at the Versailles Conference. The Polish Research Station in Antarctica, three mountains, a glacier, a peninsula and a bay bear his name. A geographer, meteorologist, . . . — — Map (db m210082) HM

34 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Historic Expedition — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Traversing the Colca Canyon did not mark the end of the expedition. A month later, the Canoandes'79 team set off again in search of the destination that gave birth to their original expedition: Argentina. The group reached Argentina and Tierra . . . — — Map (db m190152) HM

35 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ignacy Łukasiewicz — 1822 - 1882 — Academy of Superheroes —

The inventor of the kerosene lamp. The founder of the world's first oil mine and refinery. A revolutionist and social activist who financed roads, hospitals and social welfare homes. — — Map (db m210080) HM

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36 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Impromptus — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'The airy mood of a moment assumes a shape and form – although it becomes a trifle, it conceals the most delicate feelings in such cheerful, playful attire' — Ferdinand Hiller on the Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29 . . . — — Map (db m150248) HM

37 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Irena Sendler — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A social activist, recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, who during World War II saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children. She was born in 1910 in Warsaw. As a little girl she learned the Yiddish language . . . — — Map (db m200394) HM

38 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Jacek Karpiński — 1927 - 2010 — Academy of Superheroes —

. . . — — Map (db m210086) HM

39 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Jan Czochralski — 1885 - 1953 — Academy of Superheroes —

The inventor of the metal allow that revolutionized the railroad. The author of the method of obtaining silicon crystals that made the development of electronics possible. A philanthropist and patron of the arts, he financed the . . . — — Map (db m210088) HM

40 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — José Martí — 1853 - 1895 —

Héroe Nacional de Cuba [English translation:] National Hero of Cuba — — Map (db m150252) HM

41 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

The first woman to sail around the world solo. Sailor, traveller, and naval architect. Often referred to as 'the first lady of the oceans'. She remembered her circumnavigation not only as an interesting chapter in her life, but also for . . . — — Map (db m200428) HM

42 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 7 — Lanier Heights — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Banker Archibald McLachlen and Smithsonian Institution naturalist George Brown Goode developed Lanier Heights in the early 1890s. Goode laid out streets and encouraged Smithsonian colleagues to purchase lots. McLachlan built the elegant . . . — — Map (db m130704) HM

43 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 4 — Life on the Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

During the Civil War (1861-1865), the Union Army Carver Hospital and barracks occupied Meridian Hill. The facilities attracted African American freedom seekers looking for protection and employment. By war’s end, a Black community had put down . . . — — Map (db m130705) HM

44 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Lithuania's March to Freedom — Keeping a Nation Alive — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Since 1924 this mansion has housed representatives of the Republic of Lithuania, even during the 50 years when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union. In the late 1700s, the Russian Empire annexed Lithuania's territory, ending the . . . — — Map (db m82751) HM

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45 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Czaplicka — 1886 - 1921 — Academy of Superheroes —

The first researcher of the Cult of Spirits and Shamanism in Siberia. She was the second European to receive a doctorate in Anthropology and taught at many of the world's universities. A researcher of customs, author of books and . . . — — Map (db m210085) HM

46 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Siemionow — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A distinguished surgical pioneer who performed the first full face transplant in the United States. 'If you have dreams, you have to be stubborn, and then you can achieve something. Nothing happens overnight', says Professor Maria . . . — — Map (db m200399) HM

47 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Skłodowska Curie — 1867 - 1934 — Academy of Superheroes —

At the age of 36, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the study of radioactivity (1903). She won the Nobel Prize (1911) in Chemistry for the discovery of new elements - Polonium and Radium. During World War I, she drove a . . . — — Map (db m210079) HM

48 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Maria Skłodowska-Curie — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

Physicist and chemist. The first and only woman in the world to receive the Nobel Prize twice, as well as the only scientist honored in two different fields of the natural sciences. She was recognized as one of the greatest scientists of . . . — — Map (db m200396) HM

49 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Mazurkas — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Remarkable details reside in his mazurkas, and he also found a way to render them doubly interesting, performing them without a supreme degree of softness, in a superlative piano, barely feathering the strings with the hammers' — . . . — — Map (db m150241) HM

50 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 2 — Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Long before Europeans arrived, Meridian Hill was a sacred place for Native Americans. As recently as 1992, a delegation of Native Americans walked across the continent to this park to mourn the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival. They were . . . — — Map (db m130706) HM

51 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Mikołaj Kopernik — 1473 - 1543 — Academy of Superheroes —

He stopped the sun, moved the Earth, and proved that the Earth revolves around the sun. The 112th element, a crater on the moon, a crater on Mars, and an asteroid were named after him. He wrote "On the Value of Coins," in which he . . . — — Map (db m210078) HM

52 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 1 — Mrs. Henderson's Legacy — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

As you look up the hill, you can see Peter C. L’Enfant’s 1791 plan for Washington ended up here in front of you at Boundary Avenue, now Florida Avenue. Back then, when people walked or rode in horse-drawn vehicles, it was hard to climb this . . . — — Map (db m130707) HM

53 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Nocturns — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'unlike anything else in their overall character, backfilled by the name of the works, nocturne, not admitting of tones in any colours other than dreamy, dark.' — Gottfried Wilhelm Fink

The nocturn is a genre often . . . — — Map (db m150246) HM

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54 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Olga Boznańska — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

A prize-winning artist recognized by the Berlin magazine Bazaar as one of the 12 best painters in Europe. It was said of her that she didn't paint the eyes but expressions, not lips but a smile or a sob. She could detect the inner . . . — — Map (db m200401) HM

55 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Olga Tokarczuk — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

An outstanding prose writer and essayist. Winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature and The 2018 Man Booker International Prize for the novel Flights. A lover of nature, animals and other people. In Olga Tokarczuk's books, objective . . . — — Map (db m200420) HM

56 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — On the way to the Colca Canyon — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

A passion for kayaking and a great desire to learn about the world are the two main reasons why a group of students from the Krakow Academic Kayaking Club "Bystrze" mobilized all the efforts and resources to get to South America. And it was not . . . — — Map (db m190141) HM

57 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Ontario 17 — Former Site of the Ontario Theatre 1700 Columbia Road, NW — John J. Zink, Architect (1886 - 1952) —

The Ontario Theatre played a notable role in the history of the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Built for the K-B theater chain in 1951 in a contemporary Modern style, the Ontario began operations as an upscale first-run movie house, hosting local . . . — — Map (db m189086) HM

58 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 89001744 — Park Tower — 2440 16th Street Northwest —

Park Tower 2440 Sixteenth Street, NW Built 1928 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m132726) HM

59 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polish Suffragists — The First Female Members of the Polish Parliament — Outstanding Polish Women —

Polish women were among Europe's first to gain electoral rights. They came from various backgrounds, differed in education, experience and political views, but shared one goal - to win equal rights for women and end their banishment to the . . . — — Map (db m200390) HM

60 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polonaises — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'They enclose the noblest traditional sentiments of Old Poland. […] They mainly contain a combative element, but the courage and valour are tinged with serenity – a characteristic property of this knightly nation' — Ferenc Liszt . . . — — Map (db m150240) HM

61 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Polska — Poland • Polen • Pologne • Poola • Polija • Polijska • Polonia • Ba Lan — Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. —

People Do you know

🌍 the name of the man who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun? ☢️ And do you know who was the only woman to win two Nobel prizes? • Do you know who . . . — — Map (db m200379) HM

62 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Preludes — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'If Chopin had composed nothing but the preludes, he would still deserve immortality' — Anton Rubinstein Copin completed his 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in the years 1838-1839, but the ideas probably date back to earlier years, possibly even . . . — — Map (db m150244) HM

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63 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — President Reagan Assassination Attempt — National Historic Place —

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan marked the 100th visit to Washington Hilton by a sitting U.S. President. Reagan had been invited to speak in the International Ballroom at a meeting of the North America's Building Trades Unions. Upon . . . — — Map (db m93218) HM

64 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Rediscovery and Remembrance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

The African American and Quaker cemeteries here were almost lost to time. Both closed in 1890 due to development. Parts of the land were sold to the National Zoo and National Park Service. Developers bought the rest and tried . . . — — Map (db m236780) HM

65 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Resilience and Resistance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Today's Walter Pierce Park was once the site of two cemeteries—the Friends (Quaker) Burying Ground, in use from 1807 to 1890, and Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, where more than 8,400 African Americans were buried between 1870 and 1890. . . . — — Map (db m236776) HM

66 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Return from the rock abyss — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Paddling the Colca Canyon included more than thirty-three days of exploration and struggle with 94 kilometers of rushing mountain river squeezed between high rock walls that shut out the sunlight from the bottom of the abyss. Without any . . . — — Map (db m190150) HM

67 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Return to the Colca Canyon — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Canoandes returned to the Colca Canyon four more times. Under the auspices of National Geographic, the group organized kayaking trips twice in 1983, followed by further trips in 1985 and 1991. The aim was to prepare photographic material from the . . . — — Map (db m190151) HM

68 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 14 — Rooms With a View — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

This hill, with its sweeping views of Washington and the Potomac, has tantalized visionaries since the 1800s. But few of their plans have been built. In 1873 businessman and city commissioner Thomas P. Morgan (whose name survives as part of . . . — — Map (db m93415) HM

69 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Rudolf Weigl — 1883 - 1957 — Academy of Superheroes —

The creator of the world's first vaccine against typhoid fever. A pioneer of many new methods used in virology and bacteriology. He was to receive the Nobel Prize twice - the first was vetoed by the Germans, and the second by Polish . . . — — Map (db m210084) HM

70 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Scherzos — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'How should gravity array itself when jest is already darkly robed?' — Robert Schumann In the tradition of the genre, the scherzo, which in Italian means 'joke', altered in terms of forms and function, although it retained its . . . — — Map (db m150238) HM

71 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Seeking Freedom — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery was the final resting place for some of the passengers and conductors of the largest Underground Railroad operation in history: the escape on the sailing ship Pearl. In April 1848, after months of planning, . . . — — Map (db m236777) HM

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72 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 8 — Serving the Neighborhood — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Furs by Gartenhaus and truffles by Avignon Freres. Hand-crafted ice cream from Budd's. Beginning in the 1910s, such neighborhood favorites occupied the commercial buildings to your right developed by Sanner and Barr. These fashionable shops . . . — — Map (db m130708) HM

73 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers and Sailors Buried at Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, 1870-1890 — (Walter Pierce Park) — Reported permanently removed

"I knew him when he was drafted for the war, and I knew him when he came back ... He had a soldier's clothes on when he came back, with a gun, canteen, knap sack and blanket."-- Lloyd Mudd, testifying to U.S. Pension officials about . . . — — Map (db m112866) HM

74 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers, Sailors, and Refugees of War — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

The Civil War changed Washington, as Union troops poured into the city to secure it, and thousands of refugees from slavery arrived here seeking freedom. More than 40 African American soldiers and sailors were later buried at Mt. . . . — — Map (db m236779) HM

75 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Solidarność — No Bread Without Freedom — Reported permanently removed

Solidarność (or Solidarity) emerged in Poland in 1980) as the first free, independent labor union in the so-called Eastern Bloc, i.e. the Soviet sphere of influence, which included the USSR and much of Central . . . — — Map (db m163276) HM

76 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Sonatas — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Music it is not' — Robert Schumann on the finale of the Sonata in B flat minor Chopin composed four sonatas over the course of twenty years. They differ in both musical language and forces (the first three are for solo piano, while . . . — — Map (db m150243) HM

77 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Songs — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Now the little songster, Lost to vision mortal, Earth's lament unending Bears to Heav'n's bright portal' — Stefan Witwicki, except from the song 'Wiosna' ('Spring') Chopin invested his nineteen extant songs for voice and . . . — — Map (db m150249) HM

78 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The ›Duke‹ Ellington Memorial Bridge —

Named in honor of Edward Kennedy Ellington 1899-1974 Native Son Composer - Performer - Playwright International Statesman of Goodwill — — Map (db m67913) HM

79 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 18 — The Artistic Life — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

The lively scene around you began with an arts movement in the 1950s. Musicians, dancers, and artists found centrally located 18th Street attractive as declining rents made it affordable. Early on, jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd brought fame . . . — — Map (db m152207) HM

80 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 15 — The Changing Faces of Adams Morgan — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

The large building to your left is Adams School (1930), built for white students when the DC Public Schools were segregated. An Americanization School taught immigrant adults and children the English language and American culture here from . . . — — Map (db m184988) HM

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81 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The Colca Canyon w Peru - The deepest canyon in the world — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

There is a river that flows from Andean slope in Peru at 4,886 meters above sea level down to the Pacific Ocean. The river travels 388 kilometers and its sections are called Pacco Pacco, Chilimayo, Colca, Majes, and Camana. Along the section of . . . — — Map (db m190140) HM

82 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The Envoy — 2400 16th Street Northwest —

The Envoy is a designated D.C. Landmark and is placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior Built -- 1916 Restored -- 1981 — — Map (db m135080) HM

83 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

May 18, 1981, marks the beginning of the descent of the Colca. Two kayaks and a raft are immediately carried away by the fast Colca current. The bed of the river is lined with boulders of various sizes, polished smoothly by rushing water. . . . — — Map (db m190142) HM

84 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

Canco is a Collaguan settlement located at the point where the Colca Canyon opens up in a short stretch of almost 100 kilometers, allowing exit or entrance to the canyon. For Canoandes, Hacienda Canco means the opportunity to replenish food . . . — — Map (db m190145) HM

85 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The first run of the Colca Canyon - May/June 1981 — 40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru — Canoandes '79 — Reported permanently removed

On June 8th, after a few days' stay in Canco, the group returns to the Colca in a repaired raft. Canoandes continues its journey deep into the Colca Canyon. The water in the river is clean, almost transparent. The route seems to be clear of . . . — — Map (db m190147) HM

86 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The Lady of Radium — The Life of Maria Skłodowska-Curie —

Maria Skłodowska-Curie, born in 1867 in Warsaw, was a visionary scientist whose discoveries paved the way for effective cancer treatments and created the foundations of several scientific disciplines. Maria Skłodowska-Curie was . . . — — Map (db m175121) HM

87 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 6 — The Latino Community — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

This is the heart of Washington’s Latino community. Once centered here and in nearby Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights, the community now extends throughout the region. As early as the 1910s, the Mexican, Ecuadoran, Cuban, and Spanish . . . — — Map (db m130709) HM

88 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 3 — The Roots of Reed-Cooke — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

In 1947, the building on your left opened as the National Arena, a public roller rink and bowling alley. It also hosted professional wrestling, roller derbies, and rock concerts. In 1986 it became the Citadel Motion Picture Center, where . . . — — Map (db m130710) HM

89 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 9 — Tragedy at 18th and Columbia — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

Before there was "Adams Morgan," this crossroads lent the neighborhood its name: "18th and Columbia." Here you could catch a streetcar to just about anywhere and buy nearly anything. But back in 1922, 18th and Columbia witnessed a tragedy. . . . — — Map (db m130711) HM

90 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — un/fold — a style anthology of D.C. —

[Marker depicts individuals in historical fashion styles in DC from the 19th and 20th centuries.] Elizabeth Keckley Dressmaker 1818, Dinwiddie, VA ~ 1907, Washington, DC "Art still has . . . — — Map (db m163274) HM

91 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 17 — Urban Renewal Era — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

The charming Victorian rowhouses you see along 18th Street are an Adams Morgan signature. But they were nearly lost in the 1960s in the name of progress. During World War II, thousands flooded Washington to work for the government, . . . — — Map (db m130712) HM

92 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 11 — Walter Pierce Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —

The Rock Creek Valley, once home to Native Americans, had attracted European settlers by 1703. Before he became president in 1825, John Quincy Adams purchased Adams Mills on Rock Creek from his cousin. The mills, just down the hill, processed . . . — — Map (db m130713) HM

93 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Waltzes — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Aristocratic from the first note to the last' — Robert Schumann Only eight Chopin waltzes were intended by the composer for publication. They include both striking concert waltzes of the brillant type and also sentimental . . . — — Map (db m150242) HM

94 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Wanda Rutkiewicz — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

The first woman to reach the summit of the most dangerous mountain in the world - K2. The first European woman to conquer Mount Everest. One of the greatest climbers in history. At the top of Mount Everest she left a small stone brought . . . — — Map (db m200429) HM

95 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Wisława Szymborska — Outstanding Polish Women — #IamPolka —

The ninth woman in the world and the first Polish woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The inventor of new literary genres based on humour, irony and grotesque. The Nobel Committee awarded Wisława Szymborska the Nobel Prize . . . — — Map (db m200402) HM

96 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Works For Piano And Orchestra — Fryderyk Chopin — Creation — Reported permanently removed

'Among his new works is to be a Concerto in F minor, worthy of standing alongside works by the foremost musicians of Europe' — Eugeniusz Koźmian All of Chopin's works with orchestra represented a sort of portfolio accompanying . . . — — Map (db m150251) HM

97 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Wyoming Apartments — 2022 Columbia Road Northwest —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior circa 1905 — — Map (db m164266) HM

98 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska — 1925 - 2015 — Academy of Superheroes —

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99 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 12 — A Spirit of Community — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Episcopalians first gathered here to worship in 1874, when St. Alban's Church, located on Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts, started a mission for the area. In good weather, services took place under a majestic oak tree on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m130927) HM

100 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — 17 — American University — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

Beyond Ward Circle to your left is the campus of American University, chartered by Congress in 1893. Methodist Bishop John Fletcher Hurst guided the university’s development as a center for training future public servants. With its schools in . . . — — Map (db m130932) HM

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