Second Infantry Division Memorial

Historical marker location:

Downtown Washington, District of Columbia

( Memorial is on Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) east of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1936

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.