Executive Order 9153—Amending Executive Order No. 8950 of November 26, 1941, Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over a Portion of the District of Columbia

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 570), it is ordered that the boundaries of the airspace reservation over a portion of the District of Columbia described in Executive Order No. 8950 of November 26, 1941, be, and they are hereby, amended to read as follows:

"All that area within the City of Washington, D.C., lying within the following-described boundary:

Beginning at the eastern end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge (Lat. 38°53'19" N.; Long. 77°3'9'' W.) (also identifiable as a point adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial Monument); thence north along the eastern bank of the Georgetown Channel of the Potomac River to the eastern end of the Key Bridge (Lat. 38°54'14" N.; Long. 77°04'15" W.);

thence a distance of approximately 0.3 miles on a true bearing of 307° to Georgetown University (Lat. 38°54'25" N.; Long. 77°04'28" W.) (identifiable by the Astronomical Observatory situated within the University Grounds) ;

thence a distance of approximately 1.7 miles on a true bearing of 6° to the National Cathedral (Lat. 38"55'52" N., Long. 77°04'17" W.) (identifiable by the spires);

thence a distance of approximately 3.4 miles on a true bearing of 78° to the Scott Building of the Soldiers' Home (Lat. 38°56'31" N.; Long. 77°00'41" W.) (identifiable by the clock cupola above the roof of such building);

thence a distance of approximately 3.1 miles on a bearing of 175° true to the center of the Union Station (Lat. 38°53'49" N.; Long. 77°00'23"' W.) (identifiable by the south southwest terminal of the railroad tracks);

thence a distance of 0.4 miles on a true bearing of 120° to the center of Stanton Square (Lat. 38°53'36" N.; Long. 77°00'00" W.) (identifiable as the conjunction of Massachusetts Avenue, Maryland Avenue, and 4th, 5th, and 6th Streets Northeast, with such Square);

thence a distance of approximately 0.8 of a mile on a tree bearing of approximately 208° to the intersection of the center-lines of New Jersey Avenue, North Carolina Avenue, and E Street Southeast (Lat. 38°53'00" N.; Long. 77°00'24" W.) (identifiable as a point adjacent to the smokestack of the Capitol power house);

thence a distance of approximately 1.4 miles on a true bearing of approximately 268° to the center of the railroad bridge over the channel of water connecting the Tidal Basin and the Washington Channel (Lat. 38°52'58" N.; Long. 77°01'57" W.); and

thence a distance of approximately 1.1 miles on a true bearing of approximately 291° to the point of beginning."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 30, 1942.