Robert Edwin Peary
Discoverer of the North Pole - April 6, 1909
Rear Admiral, USN; Civil Engineer, Explorer, Scientist
(1856-1920)
Invenium Viam Avt Facium
Erected by the National Geographic Society.
Dedicated April 6, 1922, by the President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, and the Board of Trustees of the National Geographic Society.
Marker is on Jesup Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
