Historical Marker

Walter Reed General Hospital

Historical marker location:
Brightwood, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Main Drive Northwest, 0.1 miles west of 12th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.)

Former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Walking Tour

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.
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