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Gravelly Point, A Photo Essay

Posted on August 5, 2018March 19, 2019 by dcmemorialist

Gravelly Point is a park located northwest of National Airport and provides a viewing area of planes takeoff and landing. Gravelly Point is part of the National Park Service’ George Washington Member Parkway.

Louis Jacque Daguerre

Posted on October 25, 2011October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

A statue for Louis Jacque Daguerre, for whom the daguerreotype is named, was first proposed in January 1890 by the Photographer Association of America. The Association requested the memorial be erected in the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institute and permission was given by then Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley.

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