{"id":333,"date":"2015-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yule-tide.generalsemiotics.net\/index.php\/2015\/12\/16\/post-326-cornerstone-of-washington-dc\/"},"modified":"2015-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"post-326-cornerstone-of-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/2015\/12\/16\/post-326-cornerstone-of-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-326: Cornerstone of Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTo look at it, the plain-looking building above would appear, to the <\/strong>reasonable person’s eye, to be a house, probably an old one. The reasonable person would be exactly half right (if counting by the letter).<\/p>\n

It is actually a lighthouse. Believe it or not… Jones Point Lighthouse<\/a><\/strong> in Alexandria, Virginia. It is the southernmost point of the original District of Columbia.<\/p>\n

I was there on December 11th, 2015, on my way to Mount Vernon by bicycle. The weather reached 70 F (21 C) and I had just finished an exam the previous day.\n<\/div>\n

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\nWashington, D.C. was originally a perfect square, ten miles on each side, and any square will have corner points. This lighthouse was D.C.’s southern corner point. (The stone marker actually says “Historic Boundary,” because the Virginia side was returned in the 1800s.)<\/p>\n

The red marker on the below map is anchored where the photo was taken. You can zoom in on this map all the way down. The anchor-point is exactly where I was standing, facing south.\n<\/div>\n

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