Campus to Army Camps and Back Again

Historical marker location:

2500 15th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from 15th Street Northwest south of Euclid Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.)

Meridian Hill Park, National Historic Landmark

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.