Roads That Divide
Historical marker location:
2560 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast, Hillsdale, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast north of Stanton Road Southeast, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2013
An East-of-the-River View. Anacostia Heritage Trail
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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.