Polonaises

Historical marker location:

2640 16th St NW, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest just south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.)

Fryderyk Chopin. Creation

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.