Company K, 150th Ohio National Guard Infantry

Historical marker location:

6645 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Takoma, District of Columbia

( Memorial can be reached from Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) north of Van Buren Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1907

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.