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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