On this self-guided walking tour of Southwest, historic markers lead you to:
– Some of Washington’s oldest houses.
– The docks where the U.S. Colored Troops returned in triumph at the end of the Civil War.
– The lovely St. Dominic Church, which fended off urban renewal.
– A spectacular vista that memorializes Benjamin Banneker.
– Fort McNair, Washington’s first military installation.
– A cooperative residential complex trimmed in aluminum.
– The site of Washington’s answer to the Lower East Side.
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