Fort Lesley J. McNair - Washington, D.C.
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flyingmoose
N 38° 52.243 W 077° 00.826
18S E 325299 N 4304357
Located along 2nd Street Southwest next to Audi Field.
Waymark Code: WM14Z7F
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2021
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In 1791, this military base was established on what was then called Greenleaf Point (now Buzzard Point). Placed here for its significant location for capital defense by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Most of the original buildings no longer exist. What you see today is mostly construction from 1900 to present. The Army Industrial College (now National Defense University) has been based here since 1924 which educates Military and DoD civilian leadership. In 1966 The Military District of Washington was established here.
"Today, it serves as the HQ for Military District Washington, while also still fulfilling its role as element of the staff college. MDW is the lead process for all things military, where every federal department is interacting together in the National Capitol Region, as in inaugurations, national funerals, natural disasters in area, etc." - Tiki-4
"The post was renamed in 1948 to honor Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, commander of army ground forces during World War II, who was headquartered at the post and was killed during Operation Cobra near Saint-Lô, France, on July 25, 1944. He was killed in an infamous friendly fire incident when errant bombs of the Eighth Air Force fell on the positions of 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry, where McNair was observing the fighting." - Wikipedia
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