A Symbol of Reconciliation
Historical marker location:
Columbia Island, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Memorial Avenue just west of Memorial Circle, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2019
George Washington Memorial Parkway. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.