Historical Marker

Lighting the Way

Historical marker location:
The Tidal Basin, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Independence Avenue Southwest east of West Basin Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2009

Japanese Stone Lantern. National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C. is 90 square miles, surrounded by reality.
Andrew Johnson in The Public Papers of the Presidents, 1865
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