Posts tagged Boundary Stones
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Breakfast links: New and improved
7000 strikes again; Revolutionary; Recount recalled; School focus; 2001, A Cycling Odyssey; Just around the corner; Still standing; It’s so simple. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winter is coming
Homeless numbers increase; All men must age; You know nothing, Muriel Bowser; Alleyways to fun; Don’t litter in DC; Pipeline coming to Virginia?; Arlington students walk; Walk the DC boundary; More highway spending?. Keep reading…
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Without preservation, DC’s boundary stones are in danger
The first monuments of the nation’s capital still stand, after enduring earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and blizzards, target practice for bored encamped Civil War troops, wayward vehicles, and vandalism. In 1791 and 1792, 40 Aquia Creek quarried sandstones, forming the perimeter of the federal 10-mile square, were placed in the ground. 36 original stones have withstood… Keep reading…
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Boundary stones: The oldest monuments in the District
The boundary stones that surround the District are some of the oldest (and least known) monuments in the country. But they have survived the test of time, with no small role played by volunteer caretakers. “People ask me, ‘Who is buried there?’ and I tell them nobody. It’s one of the boundary stones,” a Mt. Rainer resident said as a group of volunteers… Keep reading…