Historical Marker

Memorial Day Order

Historical marker location:
21 Harewood Road Northwest, Old Soldiers Home, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Harewood Road Northwest east of Rock Creek Church Road, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1936

General Orders No. 11. Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868

Washington, D.C. is 90 square miles, surrounded by reality.
Andrew Johnson in The Public Papers of the Presidents, 1865
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