Historical Marker

Lighting the Way

Historical marker location:
The Tidal Basin, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Independence Avenue Southwest east of West Basin Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2009

Japanese Stone Lantern. National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

The District of Columbia itself is a far larger political entity than the city of Washington.
Grover Cleveland in Speech, September 15, 1896
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