The National Garden Takes Root

Historical marker location:

112 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Capitol Hill, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Maryland Avenue Southwest east of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east.)

10th Anniversary. National Garden

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.