The Freedom Bell

Historical marker location:

50 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Capitol Hill, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Union Station Drive Northeast west of Columbus Circle Northeast, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1981

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.