Bicentennial of the Birth of George Washington

To Inspire Patriotism

and Loyalty

and to commemorate the

Bicentennial of the Birth

of George Washington

[Erected] February 1932

Marker is on Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ending Slavery in Washington

Civil War to Civil Rights

To your right at the end of Indiana Avenue is Washington's first City Hall/Courthouse. Across Sixth Street is the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse, a successor to the original courthouse.

The Old City Hall/Courthouse opened ...

Alfred Washington Ellet

Oct. 11, 1820 - Jan. 9, 1895

Brig. Gen. - U.S. Volunteers

Commander [Mississippi] Marine Brigade

Capt. 59th Ill. Inf. Aug. 20, 1861

Lieut. Col. U.S. Volunteers Apr. 28, 1862

Brig. Gen. Nov. 1, 1862

This marker erected in 1979

at the request of his grandson,

the late ...

Washington Afro-American Newspaper Office Building

1800 11th Street, NW

The independent weekly Afro-American, one of the most enduring Black newspapers in the country was founded in Baltimore in 1892 by John H. Murphy, Sr. The Washington Afro-American began publication in 1932, and operated from this ...

George Washington Boulder

George Washington Boulder

On this rock

President George Washington

rested and ate dinner, enroute

from Salisbury to Winston-Salem

May 31, 1791

Erected by

Gen Wm. Davidson Chapter D.A.R.

Lexington N.C.

1926

Marker is on Route 150, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Washington State's Oldest Brick Building

Washington Territorial Court House

Washington Territorial Court House

1308 E Street Bellingham Washington

Washington State's oldest brick building, built in 1858 with bricks made in Philadelphia and shipped around Cape Horn.

Erected as a combination store, commission house and bank during the Fraser River ...

Grapefruit League- Space Coast Stadium- Washington Nationals

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

National Historic Landmark - Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site

National Historic Landmark - Washington's Headquarters

This Dutch Colonial fieldstone residence was used by Washington from April 1, 1782, to August 19, 1783, during the closing days of the Revolution.

Here he drafted crucial documents that laid the foundation for the new ...

National Historic Landmark-Washington's Headquarters

National Historic Landmark-Washington's Headquarters

This small farmhouse with a plain early Georgian exterior and an elaborate late Georgian interior served as Washington's headquarters from December 1777 to June 1778.

Since 1976, it has been included in Valley Forge National Historical Park.

Courtesy National ...

National Historic Landmark- Washington Crossing

National Historic Landmark- Washington Crossing

This Landmark was the scene of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 to raid Trenton, thereby rescuing the waning America's struggle for independence.

By this daring act Washington carried the war to the ...