Historical Marker

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Historical marker location:
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from 3rd Street Southeast north of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north.)

Transportation Walk.

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.
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