Victory Gardens

Historical marker location:

4110 Beecher Street Northwest, Glover Park, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Beecher Street Northwest and 42nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Beecher Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 2009

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.