USDA Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

1400 Jefferson Drive Southwest, The National Mall, District of Columbia

( Memorial is on Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 12th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1991

United States Department of Agriculture

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.