The National War Memorial Shrine of the Russian Orthodox Church of America
Historical marker location:
3500 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Glover Park, District of Columbia
( Memorial is on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of Edmunds Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1963
Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas
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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.