Victory Gardens

Historical marker location:

4110 Beecher Street Northwest, Glover Park, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Beecher Street Northwest and 42nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Beecher Street Northwest.)

Marker installed: 2009

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.