Fort Carroll
Historical marker location:
3720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, Congress Heights, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, 0.1 miles north of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)
Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861-1865
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The District was the site of a major earthquake in 2011: On August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States, with its epicenter located in Mineral, Virginia. The quake was felt strongly in Washington, D.C., causing damage to several buildings, including the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral.