Major General George G. Meade Memorial

Historical marker location:

333 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Judiciary Square, District of Columbia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Constitution Avenue Northwest (Alternate U.S. 1) and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Constitution Avenue Northwest.)

Marker installed: 1927

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.