none iL SES [ > faces: NW NE-SE- SW Behind Blue Plains Impoundment Lot: southeast comer of the lot on the Maryland side of the fence, a short distance from the lghtposts. This Is 3 replica stone created in 2015 and placed I early 2016. ‘The most direct way to reach the location Is to take Oxon Hill Farm Tall south from D.C. Vilage ana then, ater crossing the perce” into Maryland, fellow the access roae along the cha link fence west until you reach te bback ofthe impoundment lot, The sirsct walking rouse wil almost certainly take you through some very swampy territory, however. A cleaner and ‘casor route sto take the Oxon Hil Farm Tal souty from D.C. Vilage, and then, belore crossing the bridge over Oxon Creek, follow the unpaved path to the right southwest along the creek to the large clearing with overhead powerlines, Folin the clearing northwest to the fance along the Maryland border and then walk a short clstance southwest along the fence t0 the comer of the impoungment lot. ‘The orginal stone was remaved in 1958 during construction and then ther fost or stolen trom a storage Tacity before could be reset in the ‘rouné. On March 23, 1982, DAR placed 2 new Inscrption-less stone in the Same location along’ with the erginal stone's Iron fence. By 1972, this Stone too was in trouble, as descrined by Edwin Darby Nye In 3 pape” road {that year before the Columbia Historical Society: "SB, at tne far eng of the D.C. Vilage Area, has Become a victim of 8 large land-fll operation, Involing the B.C, auto impounding area, the new sewage leeatment plant, {nd an eighteen-hote golf course being constructed by the National Pare Service. SEB is covered with some eight feet of lanchil. A sixyinch ‘concrete pipe has been placed over the stone, fon fencing and ally and a {over placed over it to protect it.The stone nas been uncovered ard after ‘excavation has Been completed it will be reset ia proper location Unfortunately, nothing of the sort occurred, and the substitute stone was. completely covered by landfill until 1881 when the bicentennial resurveying eam dug ft out of the grouné, using ld photos to approximate Is Tocation, The team then decided that the best way to preserve the stone was to put It back underground, this time protected by a taller pipe that "was visible above the surface, The substtute stone was removed in 2015 land replaced the next year with 2 replica of the original, now at ground revel Zoom to street map, ome i. SEB (> > worinnnaosntenenoatinrataareSi8