National Academy of Sciences
Historical marker location:
2101 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) east of 22nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
More Than a Century of Public Service as Advisors to the nation
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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.