At Home and Abroad

Historical marker location:

1701 Kilbourne Place Northwest, Mount Pleasant, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Kilbourne Place Northwest and 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Kilbourne Place Northwest.)

The War Years 1941-45

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.