Winfield Scott

Historical marker location:

1600 N Street Northwest, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest and 16th Street Northwest, in the median on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest.)

Marker installed: 1874

General-in-Chief, U.S. Army

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.