Memorial Day Order

Historical marker location:

21 Harewood Road Northwest, Old Soldiers Home, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Harewood Road Northwest east of Rock Creek Church Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1936

General Orders No. 11. Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868

Washington D.C. is a city of spooks, almost all of whom are powerful and wealthy.