Historical Marker

The American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit

Historical marker location:
2025 E Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from D Street Northwest west of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

(September 1939 - July 1942)

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.
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