Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Historical marker location:
6900 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Brightwood, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from Main Drive Northwest (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1977
Named in honor of Major Walter Reed. Pioneer in Military Medicine
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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.