May 3 marked one of the greatest moments in contracting history: the anniversary of the incorporation of Washington, D.C., a city designed and built almost entirely by federal contractors, according to the GovWin blog.
GovWin, an online publication of PSC member company Deltek, reports the following:
The first contractor in Washington was surveyor Andrew Ellicott, hired to set the boundaries of District of Columbia, and who placed boundary markers (some of which are still visible today) at every mile point in 1791-92. His assistant, African-American Benjamin Banneker was the first minority contractor.
