General Manuel Belgrano

Historical marker location:

1810 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Sheridan-Kalorama, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest south of Bancroft Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

1770 1820.

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.