1953

Historical marker location:

1137 3rd Street Northeast, Atlas District, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 3rd Street Northeast, 0.1 miles north of L Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north.)

Dwight D. Eisenhower. ULINE

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.