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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg Memorial

Posted on January 12, 2023

Memorial: John Peter Gabriel MuhlenbergSculptor: Caroline Muhlenberg HuffordArchitect: John F. HarbesonCost: $100,000 (raised by Memorial Fund)Dedicated: October 26, 1980Location: 4900 Connecticut Ave and Ellicott St., NW Located in a triangle park in front of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 4900 Connecticut Avenue, NW, the memorial to John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg took over 50 years to…

Mary Foote Henderson and Meridian Hill Park

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

Statues in Meridian Hill Park When Meridian Hill Park opened in October 1936 there were five memorials in the park. Mary Foote Henderson was influential in getting a park placed in the neighborhood and advocated for funds for the park construction for more than 20 years. After she died in 1931 many people, including the…

Patentees Memorial

Colonial Settler’s Monument

Posted on April 3, 2021October 1, 2021

On the west side of Fifteenth Street, NW, just north of Constitution Avenue, NW, is a plain, granite stone dedicated in 1936 in memory of the patentees who gave their land to create the Nation’s Capital. The memorial is inscribed with the names of the 18 original patentees here, who lived before 1700.

Postcard of the Cascades at Meridian Hill Park

Meridian Hill Park / Malcolm X Park

Posted on February 7, 2021October 1, 2021

Situated in the middle of Northwest Washington, D.C., one and a half miles directly north of the White House, Meridian Hill Park is one of the most unique parks in the National Park system. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, October 25, 1974, and as a National Historic Landmark, April 19, 1994. Design team included: Horace Peaslee, George Burnap, and John Earley,

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The federal holiday bill was signed into law in 1983 and first celebrated in 1986. The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial was opened on the National Mall in 2011. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is on the axis between Thomas Jefferson Memorial and the…

General Lafayette Statue

Posted on November 25, 2019February 2, 2021

Lafayette Park Square was first referred to as Lafayette Square beginning in the 1820s. By the time Clark Mill’s Andrew Jackson statue was placed in the center of the park in 1853, directly to the north of the White House, the official name of the park was Lafayette Square.

The Willard Hotel

Posted on April 2, 2019July 1, 2019

With a history going back to 1816, The Willard Intercontinental Hotel, at the corner of 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, is one of the Nation’s Capital’s most storied buildings. The Hotel has added over 10 historic plaques to memorialize activities that took place at the Hotel.

Women’s History Month DC Memorials

Posted on March 13, 2019October 18, 2019

Celebrating Women’s History Month with a listing of a few statues in Washington, D.C., dedicated to women.

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