Thurgood Marshall

Historical marker location:

1901 Fort Place Southeast, Anacostia, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Erie Street Southeast east of 18th Place Southeast, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2004

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.