The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Historical marker location:
1964 Independence Avenue Southwest, The Tidal Basin, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Basin Drive Southwest and Independence Avenue Southwest. Reported permanently removed.)
Marker installed: 2000
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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.