Capitol Hill in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Mary McLeod Bethune
Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 21, 2007
1. Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial
1875–1955
Let her works praise her.
I leave you love. • I leave you hope. • I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. • I leave you a thirst for education. • I leave you a respect for the use of power. • I leave you faith. • I leave you racial dignity. • I leave you also a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow man. • I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people.
—Mary McLeod Bethune.
Erected 1974 by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Dorothy I. Height, President; July 10, 1974.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the Mary McLeod Bethune series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1955.
Location. 38° 53.388′ N, 76° 59.351′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Capitol Hill. Marker is on East Capitol Street Northeast west of 13th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west. It is in Lincoln Park, a city square which is bounded
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Carolina Theatre (about 700 feet away); The Furies House (approx. ¼ mile away); Lola Beaver Memorial Park (approx. ¼ mile away); Home Theatre 1916-1951 (approx. 0.3 miles away); John W. Harrod (approx. 0.4 miles away); Eastern Market (approx. 0.4 miles away); Meet You At the Market (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southeast Washington.
More about this marker. The memorial is a large six-sided six-foot-tall pedestal on which the larger-than-life statues are mounted. Dr. Bethune’s quotes (from her Last Will and Testament) are cast on a single line on brass plaques along five sides of the pedestal.
Regarding Mary McLeod Bethune. This educator founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach in 1904, now Bethune-Cookman College. She founded the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the organization that erected this monument, in 1935.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 21, 2007
2. Face of Pedestal
The plaque reads “Erected July 10 1974 by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Dorothy I. Height, President.”
Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 21, 2007
3. Mary McLeod Bethune, by Robert Berks, Sculptor
She holds the cane given to her by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 8,960 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on February 18, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 21, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
