Activist Grove (1833-1845)

Historical marker location:

1922 Frederick Douglass Court Southeast, Douglass, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast. Reported unreadable.)

Douglass Community Center

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.