Battleground National Cemetery
Historical marker location:
6625 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Takoma, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) just north of Van Buren Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)
Rock Creek Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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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.