DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Historical Markers
These markers have been erected by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, DC's local department which is distinct from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, which also administers parks within the District.
Alethia Tanner, or "Lethe" as she was known, was born into slavery in 1781 on a plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland, where she lived and worked with her sisters, Laurana and Sophia, before coming to Washington in the early 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m234910) HM
Religious Organizations
Free and enslaved African Americans played vital roles in early Washington as laborers, servants, merchants, drivers and federal workers. They created Black charitable groups, schools, and churches, which served . . . — — Map (db m234907) HM
The Plantation
Alethia Tanner and her sisters worked alongside other enslaved workers on the Chelsea Plantation in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It was owned by Tobias Belt and later by his daughter, Rachel Belt Pratt.
When Tobias Belt . . . — — Map (db m234912) HM
Welcome to the Robert F. Lederer Environmental Education Center and Youth Garden. This center honors Robert F. Lederer, the Executive Vice President of the American Association of Nurserymen during the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's . . . — — Map (db m130779) HM
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For recreation, the White House has a variety of activities available to its residents including a tennis court, jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiards, and bowling lanes.
🎞️ . . . — — Map (db m315964) HM
Do you like making art? You can see famous works of art at the Hirshhorn Museum, and walk among big pieces of art outside at the Sculpture Garden. Joe Hirshhorn, an immigrant to the United States from Latvia, worked as a newsboy as a young man, . . . — — Map (db m315961) HM
"Fourscore and seven years ago, our fahters brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedcicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Those famous wordscome from the . . . — — Map (db m315966) HM
Fun Facts
- Deemed the best fighter aircraft of all time
- 1,720 horsepower engine
- Aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen
- Maximum speed: 437 mph
- Maximum weight: 9,200 lb — — Map (db m315953) HM
The White House is where every president of the United States since John Adams has lived. But it is more than just a home for presidents and their families. The White House also has offices, including one for the president called the Oval Office. . . . — — Map (db m315963) HM
To honor the first president of the United States, George Washington, the Washington monument was built in the 1800s. It opened to the public on October 9, 1888, and is 555 feet tall - the tallest structure in Washington, DC! To get to . . . — — Map (db m315965) HM
The Legacy Memorial Park is dedicated to honor the nine lives lost on June 22, 2009 as a result of an unprecedented train collision. Designed collaboratively by Hunt Laudi Studio with sculptor Barbara Liotta and built through a partnership . . . — — Map (db m115359) HM
Who was William Dorsey Swann?
William Dorsey Swann, born in 1860, was a trailblazer in Black and LGBTQ+ history. Known as the "Queen" of queer D.C., Swann led one of the earliest Black queer organizations and is recognized as the first . . . — — Map (db m294490) HM
Inhabitants
When Captain John Smith first sailed up the Potomac in 1608, he encountered several Native American villages on both sides of the river in what was later to become the District of Columbia. Various names have been assigned to . . . — — Map (db m144993) HM
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
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 Allée represents . . . — — Map (db m129785) HM
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
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
The Randall Recreation Center is located in Southwest Washington, D.C. along JAmes Creek. With the construction of both the Washington City Canal and the James Creek Canal in 1815, Southwest was cut-off from the rest of the city and became known . . . — — Map (db m150951) HM
