Tragedy at 18th and Columbia
Historical marker location:
1813 Adams Mill Road Northwest, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Adams Mill Road Northwest north of Columbia Road Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2005
Roads to Diversity. Adams Morgan Heritage Trail
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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.