Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Historical marker location:
1964 Independence Avenue Southwest, The Tidal Basin, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Independence Avenue Southwest and West Basin Drive Southwest, on the left when traveling east on Independence Avenue Southwest.)
Marker installed: 2011
National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C
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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.