Signing of the Rush-Bagot Agreement

Historical marker location:

2427 L Street Northwest, West End, District of Columbia

( Marker is on L Street Northwest, 0.1 miles west of 24th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1935

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.