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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Southeast Washington, District of Columbia
Washington and Vicinity
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On D Street Southeast at 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west on D Street Southeast.
Site of the First Free School for Negro Children in the District of Columbia given by Joseph S. Martin May 21, 1939.
Garnet C. Wilkinson, First Asst. Supt.
Howard H. Long, Asst. Supt.
A. Kiger Savoy , Asst. Supt.
Corinne E. . . . — — Map (db m212133) HM
On A Street Southeast east of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
St. Mark's Church
Congregation established, 1867
Church construction begun, 1888
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 1973 under the . . . — — Map (db m116130) HM
On 8th Street Southeast at I Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on 8th Street Southeast.
If you are hearing the ringing tones of band music, one of the ensembles of the world-famous United States Marine Band may be practicing inside the Marine Barracks.
John Philip Sousa, the neighborhoods most famous son, spent 19 years . . . — — Map (db m130738) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast west of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
The U.S. Capitol was the British troop's first target when they arrived in Washington on August 24, 1814, only hours after their afternoon victory at the Battle of Bladensburg. The invaders fired rockets through the Capitol's windows. When the . . . — — Map (db m80844) HM
On E Street Southeast east of 10th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The Neighborhood
This site has been associated with Navy medicine since 1800 when an apothecary shop located here provided medical services to sailors and marines from the nearby Navy Yard and Marine Barracks.
Naval Hospital, . . . — — Map (db m127966) HM
On First Street Southeast south of Independence Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Victory Gardens, also called War Gardens, were planted both at private residences and on public land during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. The AOC donates . . . — — Map (db m134090) HM
On First Street Southeast just south of Independence Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Victory Gardens, also called War Gardens, were planted both at private residences and on public land during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. The AOC donates . . . — — Map (db m211483) HM
On Independence Avenue Southeast at 1st Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west on Independence Avenue Southeast. Reported permanently removed.
The AOC has recreated a War Garden as it would have been during World War I. Materials, planting schedules and methods such as companion planting and succession planting, have been adopted from period publications. The vegetables are . . . — — Map (db m111462) HM
On Independence Avenue Southeast east of 1st Street SE, on the right. Reported permanently removed.
The AOC has recreated a War Garden as it would have been during World War I. Materials, planting schedules and methods such as companion planting and succession planting, have been adopted from period publications. The vegetables are primarily . . . — — Map (db m111464) HM
Near Independence Avenue Southeast east of 1st Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In March 1917, the National War Garden Commission urged Americans to help its starving allies in Europe by planting vegetables on lands not generally used for gardening. Civilians across the country pitched in, converting every available parcelfrom . . . — — Map (db m111463) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast at Raleigh Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast.
The eight-room brick Congress Heights Elementary School opened in 1897 to serve the new, whites-only Congress Heights development. The iconic tower and clock were added in 1913. After public schools were desegregated in 1954, Congress Heights became . . . — — Map (db m112782) HM
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, 0.1 miles north of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Earthworks of Fort Carroll are visible 100 yards to the right at the top of the hill. Fort Carroll was named in honor of Maj. Gen. Samuel Sprigg Carroll, a West Point graduate from the District of Columbia. — — Map (db m10614) HM
On Alabama Avenue Southeast at 11th Place Southeast, on the right when traveling west on Alabama Avenue Southeast.
Organized by Congress in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane, the institution that would become a nationally recognized symbol of healthcare and medical breakthroughs became known as St. Elizabeths during the Civil War.
Following its . . . — — Map (db m129253) HM
Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast. Reported unreadable.
Three years after he escaped enslavement, Douglass gave a brief speech at an anti-slavery meeting in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This lecture would be the beginning of a repertoire of speeches that built Frederick Douglass's reputation as one of the . . . — — Map (db m129792) HM
On Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey fled enslavement in Maryland on September 3, 1838. His escape route included travel by train, ferry, and steamboat through Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York. Each tree in Escape Allιe represents . . . — — Map (db m129785) HM
Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey arrived in New York with the aid of a free woman named Anna Murray. She followed him to New York, and eleven days after his arrival, they married. The couple continued to settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, . . . — — Map (db m129790) HM
Near Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast.
From his 1841 speech at a Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society convention, until 1895 when he died suddenly at his Cedar Hill home in Washington, D.C., Frederick Douglass championed human rights. This memorial grove of scarlet oaks represent the . . . — — Map (db m129791) HM
Near Good Hope Road Southeast at Minnesota Avenue South East.
Anacostia's Ketcham School (across Good Hope Road) opened in 1908 to serve white elementary school children. For junior and senior high school, whites crossed the river until 1935, when Anacostia Junior-Senior High School opened at 16th and R . . . — — Map (db m130718) HM
On Good Hope Road Southeast at 14th Street Southeast on Good Hope Road Southeast.
Good Hope Road originally connected the Navy Yard Bridge to the village of Good Hope, established in the 1820s atop the long hill just ahead. In 1854 the road became the northern border of the new Uniontown subdivision and its commercial . . . — — Map (db m182326) HM
On Alabama Avenue Southeast north of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
One of several earthworks commenced late in 1861 to guard the nations capital from the ridge east of the Anacostia River. The fort was named in honour of Colonel Benjamin F. Davis of the 8th New York Cavalry, killed at Beverly Ford, Virginia, June . . . — — Map (db m40690) HM
On Alabama Avenue Southeast north of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling south.
Earthworks of Fort Davis are visible behind the wooded area in front of you.
[Captions:]
Fort Davis from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
Fort Davis was named after Col. Benjamin F. "Grimes" Davis, hero at . . . — — Map (db m211965) HM
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.
[Captions:]
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
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast south of Eaton Road Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Vernon Tancil grew up in Northeast D.C., but he so loved summers on his grandfather's small farm in Hillsdale that his parents let him stay on in September 1937 and attend fourth grade at Birney School. Grandpapa Horace Hansborough grew . . . — — Map (db m130722) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Stanton Road Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
In the early evening of November 22, 1963, a clutch of people stood forlornly on this bridge spanning Suitland Parkway. They awaited the procession carrying the body of slain President John F. Kennedy from Andrews Air Force Base to Bethesda . . . — — Map (db m130723) HM
Near Firth Sterling Avenue Southeast east of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east.
The Gisborough Estate (1680-1890) was a large colonial land grant that included part of what is now Bolling Air Force Base. That name eventually came to be spelled "Giesboro" and from 1863 to 1866 this area was the location of a large cavalry depot . . . — — Map (db m125873) HM
On 22nd Street Southeast at East Capitol Street Southeast on 22nd Street Southeast. Reported permanently removed.
(west face):
[image of George Preston Marshall]
Founder of the Washington Redskins
Pioneer in the National Football League
(east face):
[image of Washington Redskins logo]
The Washington Redskins organized in nation's . . . — — Map (db m15751) HM
On East Capitol Street Southeast west of 22nd Street Southeast, in the median.
Named in honor of
Whitney Moore Young, Jr.
1921-1971
Humanitarian-scholar and venerable leader of the National Urban League whose work produced landmark changes in civil rights laws and notable progress towards social and economic justice . . . — — Map (db m15606) HM
On Isaac Hull Avenue, SE north of Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, on the right when traveling south.
These two guns, originally known as breech-loading rifles, are trained in a southerly direction, to either side of the flagpole.
Gun on East side, registry no. 21, manufactured in 1896 here at the Navy Yard mounted on USS PURITAN (Monitor #1, . . . — — Map (db m52098) HM
On 2nd Street Southeast just north of M Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Prior to the plot of land at the corner of 1st and M Streets, SE being purchased by Opus East, the On Luck Cafeteria and Zohery Bus Tours garage were open and operating for many years. Open since the 1960s, On Luck Cafeteria served up fried chicken . . . — — Map (db m141563) HM
On 2nd Street Southeast just north of M Street Southwest, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
1015 Half Street is a 421,000 square-feet Class A office building originally started by OPUS East but finished by Skanska and now owned by Prudential. Started in 2008, the building stood as a vacant shell through much of the Great Recession until it . . . — — Map (db m141556) HM
Near Water Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
The parcel on which 1221 Van is located was once the site of a much frequented gas station at the corner of South Capitol and N Streets, which operated until late 2007. Once owned by Monument Realty and Lehman Brothers, the site was purchased by the . . . — — Map (db m141573) HM
On 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
The first permanent English colonists come to the New World in three small ships; the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery. After settling at what is now Jamestown, Virginia Captain Smith becomes their leader. — — Map (db m112727) HM
Near 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
America's first ferry-man Edward Converse is paid one or two pence a person, six pence per pig and extra monies to run the ferry at night across the Charles River between Boston and Charlestown. — — Map (db m112728) HM
On Isaac Hull Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
These projectiles were fired from the largest guns used by the U.S. Navy, specifically the 16-inch/50 caliber guns on the Iowa-class battleships. These ships were the USS Iowa (BB61), USS New Jersey (BB62), USS Missouri (BB63), and USS Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m32618) HM
Near 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
America's First Submarine, the Turtle, is built by David Bushnell to break the British blockade of New York. The driver uses a hand driven propeller to move it beneath its target. — — Map (db m112730) HM
Near 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Daniel Boone follows the Warriors' Path and blazes the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. From 1775 to 1810, over 200,000 settlers move west through the Gap. — — Map (db m112731) HM
Near 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right.
The first American trading ship arrives at the port of Canton, China. Following the American Revolution, merchant Elias Derby's ships make 45 voyages to new markets in the East Indies and China. — — Map (db m112729) HM
Near 4th Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
Lewis, Clark and the Corps of Discovery seek the "shortest and most convenient route to the Pacific." Their versatile 55 foot keelboat can be rowed, poled, sailed or pulled up the Missouri River and carry 10 tons of supplies. — — Map (db m112732) HM
Near 4th Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
A Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, accompanies Lewis and Clark as an interpreter and enables the expedition to purchase horses. Clark calls her his "pilot" through the Rockies. — — Map (db m112733) HM
Near 4th Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
Better roads link the nation and enable people and goods to move inland. In 1806, Thomas Jefferson signs the law authorizing the construction of the first federal highway, the National Road. — — Map (db m112734) HM
Near M Street Southeast east of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported unreadable.
Captain Henry M. Shreve designs a shallow hull and high-pressure engine so steamboats can navigate upriver to Western Waters. His Washington makes the round trip between Louisville and New Orleans in 41 days. — — Map (db m112741) HM
On M Street Southeast east of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The 363-mile Erie Canal, promoted by New York governor Clinton, opens. Settlers move west and the cost to move goods east decreases 90%. New York becomes the busiest port in America. — — Map (db m112743) HM
Near M Street Southeast east of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
New York City's first public transportation route operates the 12-seat stagecoach Accommodation. By 1832, horses pull metal-wheel street railway cars on metal tracks. — — Map (db m112744) HM
On M Street Southeast at 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast.
Chief engineer Jervis designs the steam engine Experiment for the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad. The first free-swinging four-wheel front truck becomes the standard American design and enables speeds of 80 miles per hour. — — Map (db m112739) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Peter Cooper races his steam locomotive Tom Thumb against the horse-drawn B&O Railroad. Within a year, the B&O is an all-steam railroad. — — Map (db m112742) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
1830. There are 23 miles of railroad tracks in the United States.
1899. There are 186,000 miles of railroad tracks in the United States. — — Map (db m112750) HM
On M Street Southeast just east of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
1830. There are 23 miles of railroad track in the United States.
1899. There are 186,000 miles of railroad track in the United States. — — Map (db m213298) HM
On M Street Southeast east of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Trappers gain early knowledge of routes through the West. After years in the mountains, Walker leads the first party overland to the Great Salt Lake and then the Yosemite Valley. — — Map (db m112745) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
John Ericsson's steam driven screw propeller is more efficient than the paddle wheel and is still used today. In 1862 he applies this and other improvements to his design of the ironclad Monitor. — — Map (db m112748) HM
On M Street Southeast at 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast. Reported permanently removed.
Enslaved and free African-Americans were the primary railroad builders in the South before and after the Civil War. For generations, railroad companies employed more African-Americans than any other industry in the U.S. — — Map (db m112740) HM
On M Street Southeast just west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Enslaved African Americans and free Blacks were the primary railroad builders in the antebellum South before and after the Civil War. Railroad companies employed more Blacks than any other industry. — — Map (db m170381) HM
On Potomac Avenue Southeast east of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
The Nationals Baseball Club of Washington, D.C. is founded by a group, including government clerks, only 13 years after the first rules of the game were established. — — Map (db m114053) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
For 19 months, until the telegraph replaced it, the Pony Express provides the fastest mail service to California. Fry rides the first leg in and out of St. Joseph, Missouri. The mail reaches Sacramento in 10 days. — — Map (db m112747) HM
On M Street Southeast at 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast. Reported permanently removed.
Chinese were hired to do the dangerous work of blasting and laying ties over the treacherous High Sierras. Comprising nearly 80% of Central Pacific's workforce, their contributions made possible the Transcontinental Railroad. — — Map (db m112738) HM
On M Street Southeast at 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast.
Chinese and Irish immigrants built about 2,000 miles of track. The 12,000 Chinese were nearly 80% of Central Pacific's workforce. Their hard work and ingenuity to tunnel through the Sierras made possible the Transcontinental Railroad. — — Map (db m170380) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Theodore Judah's lobbying and surveying efforts are rewarded when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads are joined at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. — — Map (db m112749) HM
On M Street Southeast just east of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Theodore Judah's lobbying and surveying efforts are rewarded when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads are joined at Promontory Point, Utah. — — Map (db m170383) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
At 4 in the morning, Andrew Smith Hallidie successfully tests the cable car in San Francisco, the first to be put in regular service. Moving cables pull the cars up and down steep hills. — — Map (db m112753) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
The first successful electric trolley is established in Montgomery, Alabama. Rapidly adopted, trolleys enable the upper middle class to move to the suburbs. Today, some American cities are choosing fast, clean and commercial light rail systems. — — Map (db m112751) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Many inventors apply their skills to horseless carriages. John Lamberi produces America's first gasoline powered car. Only later will cars be mass-produced. — — Map (db m112755) HM
On M Street Southeast east of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
J. Frank Duryea wins the first auto race in America. He and his brother found the first company in America to sell gas-powered cars. — — Map (db m112752) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Twenty African-American soldiers cycle 1,400 miles from Ft. Missoula, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri in 40 days to test the new "safety" bicycle as a transportation alternative to the horse. — — Map (db m112754) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 4th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Holland launches the first practical submarine. Purchased by the Navy in 1900 as the USS Holland (SS-1), it uses a gasoline engine on the surface and is battery-powered under water. — — Map (db m112756) HM
On M Street Southeast at 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast.
1900
Americans own 8,000 cars but there are only 10 miles of concrete paved roads.
1920
Americans own 8 million cars. Roughly 10% or 369,000 miles of roads are surfaced. — — Map (db m112771) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Wilbur becomes interested in mechanical flight in 1896. After experimenting with gliders, he and Orville develop and patent principles of airplane control that are still used today. — — Map (db m112759) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Orville Wright pilots the first powered flight, lasting 12 seconds. The heavier-than-air plane takes off from the ground, flies 120 feet, and reaches an altitude of 10 feet. He and his brother Wilbur each make two flights that day. — — Map (db m112760) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Sperry develops a gyrostabilizer then gyrocompass, then the gyroscopic-guided automatic pilot, which keeps ships, airplanes, and now spacecraft on course. — — Map (db m112761) HM
On Potomac Avenue Southeast east of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
President William Howard Taft becomes the first President to throw out the "ceremonial" first pitch to a major league game in Washington, D.C. — — Map (db m114052) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Kettering perfects a workable electric starter at his lab in Dayton. First installed in 1912 Cadillacs, it means the end of difficult and dangerous hand cranking; and enables more women to drive. — — Map (db m112768) HM
On M Street Southeast at 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east on M Street Southeast.
Journalist Quimby becomes the first American woman to receive a pilot's license, and also the first woman to make a nighttime flight and fly the English Channel. — — Map (db m112770) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 3rd Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported unreadable.
While Mercedes have been made since 1908, Ford initiates mass production of cars the Model T rolls off the new assembly line. The line's efficiency will make cars affordable to working people. — — Map (db m131715) HM
On M Street Southeast at 2nd Place Southeast on M Street Southeast.
Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin experiment on a boat that runs above water on wing-like structures called hydrofoils. Model HD-4 sets a water speed record of 70 mph. — — Map (db m112769) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
William and Frank Fageol manufacture the Safety Coach, the first purpose-built bus, for inter-city travel. In 1927, their Twin Coach, the first dual-motored streetcar type urban transit bus, uses the whole length to carry passengers. — — Map (db m112773) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Morgan is granted the first US patent for a traffic signal to regulate vehicles and pedestrians in urban areas. The inexpensive, manually operated devise is used throughout North America. — — Map (db m112772) HM
On Potomac Avenue Southeast east of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
The Washington Senators defeat the New York Giants to win the World Series for the first and only time in the history of the franchise. — — Map (db m114051) HM
Near M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
When planes are unable to fly, dogs still get through. Twenty dog drivers participate in the Serum Run, a relay which brings diphtheria serum to affected Alaskan villages. — — Map (db m112776) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Lindbergh makes the first non-stop, solo transatlantic flight. It takes 33 hours and 30 minutes in the specially built Spirit of St. Louis. He wins the $25,000 Orteig prize. — — Map (db m112775) HM
On M Street Southeast west of 2nd Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
On the fifth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight, Earhart becomes the first woman and second person to make the solo flight across the Atlantic. Her Vega lands in Ireland after 14 hours 50 minutes. — — Map (db m112777) HM
On M Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Reported unreadable.
Viktor Eckengest longest designs a cab over engine back. Trucks can carry more cargo despite length limitations and the engine is more accessible for servicing. — — Map (db m131717) HM
On M Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east.
Pullman porters make the trip comfortable for long distance train travelers. Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925 and wins its first major contract with the Pullman Company in 1937. — — Map (db m112943) HM
Near New Jersey Avenue Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Test pilot Capt. Chuck Yeager flies the Bell X-1 jet Glamorous Glennis at Mach 1.06, the first time a plane exceeds the speed of sound. — — Map (db m131690) HM
Near Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling east.
The first containerized shipment travels from Newark, New Jersey to Houston, Texas. Loading full trailer bodies onto ships rather than loading and unloading the cargo revolutionizes shipping. — — Map (db m112716) HM
Near Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling east.
President Eisenhower signs bills authorizing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. 42,500 miles of new high-speed limited access highways create a nationwide transportation network. — — Map (db m113623) HM
On Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Gladys B. West paved the way for the Global Positioning System (GPS) that has revolutionized global society. She is a pioneer in the use of complex mathematical programming to generate accurate models of the earth's shape.
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m213297) HM
Near New Jersey Avenue Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
The Boeing 707 enters commercial service and an era of increased passenger travel begins. It is the first jet aircraft to provide commercial service carrying over 180 passengers. — — Map (db m112717) HM
Near Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling east.
1960. Americans own over 61 million cars. There are 1,230,000 miles of paved roads.
2000. More than 130 million cars are registered. There are over 2,500,000 miles of paved roads. — — Map (db m113624) HM
On Potomac Avenue Southeast east of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
The original Senators move to Minneapolis to become the Twins, and Washington, D.C. is granted an expansion team. In 1962, the new Senators begin play at D.C. Stadium. — — Map (db m114048) HM
Near Tingey Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
John Glenn. Jr. makes three orbits of earth during America's first manned orbit of space flight in the Mercury Atlas 6 Friendship 7. — — Map (db m113621) HM
Near New Jersey Avenue Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.
Pan Am's Juan Trippe works with Boeing to develop the wide-body 747. Jumbo jets like the 747 can carry up to 490 passengers and reduce the cost of long distance travel. — — Map (db m112720) HM
