Memorial Tree Planting

Historical marker location:

451 7th Street Southwest, Southwest Federal Center, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from D Street Southwest west of 7th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1995

April 21, 1995. Yoshino Cherry Redbud

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.