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Maj. Ruben Fleet by Lt. Boyle's Jenny before the take off from Washington.
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Engraved plaque on a boulder
Ohio Drive
West Potomac Park
Washington, D.C.
38°52′53.1″N 77°02′36.42″W / 38.881417°N 77.0434500°W / 38.881417; -77.0434500
National Park Service
First Air Mail Marker is located in the District of Columbia
First Air Mail Marker is located in the United States
West Potomac Park
Washington, D.C.
Potomac River
Ohio Drive
United States airmail service
Lt. George Boyle
Curtiss JN-4H
Woodrow Wilson
Philadelphia
Cover flown on the first flight.
The first flight takes off from Washington, D.C.
Maj. Ruben Fleet by Lt. Boyle's Jenny before the take off from Washington.
"First Air Mail Marker"
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
Post, Augustus
"The Proposed New York-Philadelphia-Washington Aerial Mail Route"
"Part 24: Airmail"

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