 The license plate was on top of the stone. So I have the Maryland license plate from this car crash. I filed a police report. City officials later retrieved the stone. They're still figuring out how to reinstall it to prevent further damage. The boundary stones used to be in the middle of nowhere. In the 1700s, this was farmland, an old-growth forest. But as Washington's population grew, the stones were swallowed up by the city. Rosa Garcia has one in front of her bungalow.