Historical Marker

Armistice and Legacy

Historical marker location:
1400 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Federal Triangle, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest just west of 14th Street Northwest, in the median.)
Marker installed: 2021

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.
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