You never know where you are going to find one of the District of Columbia's 40 boundary stones. In the middle of an apartment complex, on a traffic island, hard-to-get-to marshlands, behind a fence on Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant property are just a few of the places we've spotted our nation's capitol's oldest federal monuments. (As always check out boundarystones.org for info on all of them.)
Boundary Stone NE7 has its own unique location: inside Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
It wasn't always this way. The Daughters of the American Revolution website explains:
This stone originally was under the stewardship of the National Training School for Boys which closed in the 1960's. The fence of the Ft. Lincoln Cemetery was moved to enclose the stone within their property and Katherine Washington Chapter took over the stewardship at this time.
So where is the cache? On said fence, naturally, just feet away from the boundary stone and its 2013 dedication plaque. Is NE7 the only stone to have an ornate tombstone-esque monument? We believe so. Hit us with a Write Note if we're wrong.
Cache can be accessed from either side of the fence although you will only be able to read the plaque from the cemetery side. The best views of NE7 will be from Fort Lincoln as well.