Historical Marker

Simón Bolívar

Historical marker location:
203 18th Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia
( Memorial is at the intersection of 18th Street Northwest and Virginia Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 18th Street Northwest.)
Marker installed: 1958

"Statues of the Liberators".

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.
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