Roll Call

Historical marker location:

6625 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Takoma, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) north of Van Buren Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.)

Rock Creek Park

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.