A National Memorial

Historical marker location:

2912 Independence Avenue Southwest, The National Mall, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Independence Avenue Southwest, 0.1 miles west of Lincoln Memorial Circle Southwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2019

George Washington Memorial Parkway. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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.