Swampoodle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Workers Memorial Day

AFT

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 9, 2023

1. Workers Memorial Day Marker

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Workers Memorial Day. AFT. , Commemorating AFT members we have lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and renewing our commitment for safe and welcoming workplaces for all., #WorkersMemorialDay , #IamAFT, Nagi Abraham . Federico Acerri . Arturo Aguilar . Leticia Alarcon-Reyes . Raul Alcantara . Michelle Alexander . Jeffrey Alston . Ray Amundson . Diane Anderson . Moshe Augenstein . Stuart Baker . Dennis Bales . Irving Barash . Louis S. Barselo . Edward Baraszcz . Sharon Bascom . Harold "Moo" Beaucoudray . David Behrbom . Mary Tailfeathers Belcourt . Cheryl Bell . Susan Berman Levine . Dr. Joseph Bertorelli . David Blagrove . Mark Blum . Oganes Bogaryan . Samuel Borestein . Kevin Bostic . Lang Boston . Anna Botley . Peter Brancazio . Dennis Brantley . Susan Brody . Joseph Brostek . Erica Brown-Atkinson . Stephen Broxton . Gail Brusseau . Wolfgang Buettner . Lois Bullock . Thomas Burgess . Carmelia Cafaro . Carmen Canales . Jay Canedo . Evan Andrew Cantu . Dominic Carbone . Barbara Chandler . Erica Chasanoff . Marilyn Chernin . Ella Chiu . Janee Christensen . Rashmi Christian . Carmelita Christobal . Susan Cicala . Paul Cline . Tim Clyatt . Jonathan Coelho . Ely Cohen . Freddy Concepcion . Timothy Conley . Gilbert Constant . Marianne Cooper . Anna Cortes . Anita Crumpton . Carlos Cruz . Richard Currie . Sherri Dabney-Parker . Rulx Dagus . Jordan Darnell . Asberth Dasilva . Jaime de La Hoz . Renee Dermott . Jim Desalvo . Renee Diamond . Diony Diaz . Joe Diaz . William Tuilo Divale . Alec Dixon . Vinicio Donato . Kevin Dowd . Phyllis Ehrenthal . Dorothy Ellerbe . John Elliot . Anna Eng . David Ernst . Lincoln Esbrand . Valerie Fata . Beverly Finley-Garnder . Lois A. Flacke . Lois Flacke . Martin Flanzbaum . Dennis Fox . Stephen L. Freedman . Gabrielle Gayle . Anna Gebhard . William Gerdts . Georgianna Glose . Nick Glover . Aaron Godrey . Caren Goff . Michael Gomez . Elena Gonzalez . Rosario Gonzalez . Joseph Gonzalez . Marianne Gonzalez . Jenny Granthann-Benvenuto . Elva Gravelinel . Nancy Greene . Ali Dennis Guillermo . Troyanne Hamm . Anthony Harrell . Wanda Hartley . Anthony Haruch . Melissa Hazlett . William B. Helmreich . Tammy Hendriks . Beverly Hewitt . Julia Hidalgo . Donald Hoffman . Jose Guadalupe Hoffman . Babett Hollister . Ray Hoobler . Holly Ann Hoover . Marilyn Horace-Moore . Paul Huebner . John Huey . Mi Lynn Hunt . Rose Mary Infantino . Virginia Jackson . Jay Jankelewicz . Kim Jennings . Phillip Jimenez . Matthew Ian Johnson . Roslyn Johnson . Angela Johnson . Charles Johnson . Derrick Johnson . Karen Johnson . Dwight Jones . Kim Jones . Leon Juda . Kurt Julian . Alba Juliano . Perry Kalick . Sharon Kaufman . Loren A. Keller . Karen Kelly . Friedell Kert-Wolson . Carol King-Grant . Lewis Kirsch . Deborah Korczynski . Robin Lamkay . Belinda Benitez Lara . Edward LaTourette . Ralph E. Lauricella . Maurice Leiter . John C. Leonard . Steve Littenberg . Maria Luisa Lopez . Leticia Lozano . Andrea Ruth Ludgin . James Luhan . Ken Maddox . Kathleen Mahoney . Zoao Kakumbi Sr. . Robert Maller . Juliet Manragh . Carmen Manto . Nancy Marell . Jeanne Martin . Melissa Martinez . Harold McElroy . Leonard McGhee . Dolores McGoldrick . Nicola McInyre . Nicola MnIntyrre . Elsa Mendoza . Allyson Mestel-Schapira . Alexander Meyers . Nicholas Modugno . Christopher Mondal . Ruben Moreno . Edward Moroney . Magda Napoleoni . Librado Navarro Jr. . Dieugrand Nazaire . Sharon Nearby . Walter Nelson . Kimarlee Nguyen . David Nocera . Greg Oberg . Magdalena Elizabeth Ocampo Franco . Vincenetta O'Donnell . David Olivieri . Benjamin Onodu . Alfredo Pabatao . Daniel Padovano-Gulack . Joseph A. Palmeri . Alyssa Pantilieris . Leslie Lamar Parker . Shyla Pennington . David Persaud . Carol R. Petit . Carole B. Philogene . Bredy Pierre-Louis . Roy Pikser . Mary Plevinsky . Myrtle Pollard . Linda Pope . Sue Prokosch . Paula Pryce-Bremmer . Olga Quiroga . Elias Ramirez . Maricela Ramirez . Beatrice Ramirez . Frank Reale . MIldred Fay Redcherries . Melody Reed . Wayne Reese, Sr. . Diane Riegger . Victoria Rivas . George Robare . Claudia Rodriguez . Diana Rodriguez . Mario Rojas . Jennifer Romain-Hinds . Marisol Rosario . Yves Roseus . Caleb Saint Surin . Maria Salaman . Gail Sallustro . Sandra Santos-Vizcaino . Darlene Saulter . Anne Schaefer . Fatima Schmidt . Andrea Sears . Joel Schatzky . Paul Shelden . Claudia Shirley . Rick Silloway . Winston Silvera . Traci Simrell . Ellen Singler . Rosemary Sisco . George Sisnero . Ricardo Smith . Charlene Smith . Jarrod Sockwell . Karen Solitto . Leslie Solius Verneret . Michael Sorkin . Bertram Springstead . Jason Stein . Ralph Steinberg . Ellis Stephens . Rachel Strother . Lucien Szpiro . Arif Talukdar . Aaron Tenenbaum . Tiffany Terry . Robert Thoering . Phil Tisi . Elizabeth Toro . Carlos Torres . Leonard Trugman . Jose Tubilleja . Joseph Tusiani . Teresa Twist . Anton Updale . Carmen Valle . Yvette Vega . Michael Wanner . Amy Jo Ward . Traviola Washington . Thomas Waters . Jyl Way . Jean Weisman . Thomas Wetzen . Helenmarie White . Linda Wilkins . Arthur Williams . Gregory N. Williams . Valerie Wilson . Thomas A. Wilson Jr. . Choua Lee Yang . Jorge Zambrano . Carol Zuckerman

Commemorating AFT members we have lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and renewing our commitment for safe and welcoming workplaces for all.

#WorkersMemorialDay
#IamAFT

Nagi Abraham • Federico Acerri • Arturo Aguilar • Leticia Alarcon-Reyes • Raul Alcantara • Michelle Alexander • Jeffrey Alston • Ray Amundson • Diane Anderson • Moshe Augenstein • Stuart Baker • Dennis Bales • Irving Barash • Louis S. Barselo • Edward Baraszcz • Sharon Bascom • Harold "Moo" Beaucoudray • David Behrbom • Mary Tailfeathers Belcourt • Cheryl Bell • Susan Berman Levine • Dr. Joseph Bertorelli • David Blagrove • Mark Blum • Oganes Bogaryan • Samuel Borestein • Kevin Bostic • Lang Boston • Anna Botley • Peter Brancazio • Dennis Brantley • Susan Brody • Joseph Brostek • Erica Brown-Atkinson • Stephen Broxton • Gail Brusseau • Wolfgang Buettner • Lois Bullock • Thomas Burgess • Carmelia Cafaro • Carmen Canales • Jay Canedo • Evan Andrew Cantu • Dominic Carbone • Barbara Chandler • Erica Chasanoff • Marilyn Chernin • Ella Chiu • Janee Christensen • Rashmi Christian • Carmelita Christobal • Susan Cicala • Paul Cline • Tim Clyatt • Jonathan Coelho • Ely Cohen • Freddy Concepcion • Timothy Conley • Gilbert

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Constant • Marianne Cooper • Anna Cortes • Anita Crumpton • Carlos Cruz • Richard Currie • Sherri Dabney-Parker • Rulx Dagus • Jordan Darnell • Asberth Dasilva • Jaime de La Hoz • Renee Dermott • Jim Desalvo • Renee Diamond • Diony Diaz • Joe Diaz • William Tuilo Divale • Alec Dixon • Vinicio Donato • Kevin Dowd • Phyllis Ehrenthal • Dorothy Ellerbe • John Elliot • Anna Eng • David Ernst • Lincoln Esbrand • Valerie Fata • Beverly Finley-Garnder • Lois A. Flacke • Lois Flacke • Martin Flanzbaum • Dennis Fox • Stephen L. Freedman • Gabrielle Gayle • Anna Gebhard • William Gerdts • Georgianna Glose • Nick Glover • Aaron Godrey • Caren Goff • Michael Gomez • Elena Gonzalez • Rosario Gonzalez • Joseph Gonzalez • Marianne Gonzalez • Jenny Granthann-Benvenuto • Elva Gravelinel • Nancy Greene • Ali Dennis Guillermo • Troyanne Hamm • Anthony Harrell • Wanda Hartley • Anthony Haruch • Melissa Hazlett • William B. Helmreich • Tammy Hendriks • Beverly Hewitt • Julia Hidalgo • Donald Hoffman • Jose Guadalupe Hoffman • Babett Hollister • Ray Hoobler • Holly Ann Hoover • Marilyn Horace-Moore • Paul Huebner • John Huey • Mi Lynn Hunt • Rose Mary Infantino • Virginia Jackson • Jay Jankelewicz • Kim Jennings • Phillip Jimenez • Matthew Ian Johnson • Roslyn

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Johnson • Angela Johnson • Charles Johnson • Derrick Johnson • Karen Johnson • Dwight Jones • Kim Jones • Leon Juda • Kurt Julian • Alba Juliano • Perry Kalick • Sharon Kaufman • Loren A. Keller • Karen Kelly • Friedell Kert-Wolson • Carol King-Grant • Lewis Kirsch • Deborah Korczynski • Robin Lamkay • Belinda Benitez Lara • Edward LaTourette • Ralph E. Lauricella • Maurice Leiter • John C. Leonard • Steve Littenberg • Maria Luisa Lopez • Leticia Lozano • Andrea Ruth Ludgin • James Luhan • Ken Maddox • Kathleen Mahoney • Zoao Kakumbi Sr. • Robert Maller • Juliet Manragh • Carmen Manto • Nancy Marell • Jeanne Martin • Melissa Martinez • Harold McElroy • Leonard McGhee • Dolores McGoldrick • Nicola McInyre • Nicola MnIntyrre • Elsa Mendoza • Allyson Mestel-Schapira • Alexander Meyers • Nicholas Modugno • Christopher Mondal • Ruben Moreno • Edward Moroney • Magda Napoleoni • Librado Navarro Jr. • Dieugrand Nazaire • Sharon Nearby • Walter Nelson • Kimarlee Nguyen • David Nocera • Greg Oberg • Magdalena Elizabeth Ocampo Franco • Vincenetta O'Donnell • David Olivieri • Benjamin Onodu • Alfredo Pabatao • Daniel Padovano-Gulack • Joseph A. Palmeri • Alyssa Pantilieris • Leslie Lamar Parker • Shyla Pennington • David Persaud • Carol R. Petit • Carole B. Philogene • Bredy Pierre-Louis • Roy Pikser • Mary Plevinsky • Myrtle Pollard • Linda Pope • Sue Prokosch • Paula Pryce-Bremmer • Olga Quiroga • Elias Ramirez • Maricela Ramirez • Beatrice Ramirez • Frank Reale • MIldred Fay Redcherries • Melody Reed • Wayne Reese, Sr. • Diane Riegger • Victoria Rivas • George Robare • Claudia Rodriguez • Diana Rodriguez • Mario Rojas • Jennifer Romain-Hinds • Marisol Rosario • Yves Roseus • Caleb Saint Surin • Maria Salaman • Gail Sallustro • Sandra Santos-Vizcaino • Darlene Saulter • Anne Schaefer • Fatima Schmidt • Andrea Sears • Joel Schatzky • Paul Shelden • Claudia Shirley • Rick Silloway • Winston Silvera • Traci Simrell • Ellen Singler • Rosemary Sisco • George Sisnero • Ricardo Smith • Charlene Smith • Jarrod Sockwell • Karen Solitto • Leslie Solius Verneret • Michael Sorkin • Bertram Springstead • Jason Stein • Ralph Steinberg • Ellis Stephens • Rachel Strother • Lucien Szpiro • Arif Talukdar • Aaron Tenenbaum • Tiffany Terry • Robert Thoering • Phil Tisi • Elizabeth Toro • Carlos Torres • Leonard Trugman • Jose Tubilleja • Joseph Tusiani • Teresa Twist • Anton Updale • Carmen Valle • Yvette Vega • Michael Wanner • Amy Jo Ward • Traviola Washington • Thomas Waters • Jyl Way • Jean Weisman • Thomas Wetzen • Helenmarie White • Linda Wilkins • Arthur Williams • Gregory N. Williams • Valerie Wilson • Thomas A. Wilson Jr. • Choua Lee Yang • Jorge Zambrano • Carol Zuckerman

Erected by American Federation of Teachers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Education • Labor Unions. A significant historical year for this entry is 2020.

Location. 38° 53.818′ N, 77° 0.69′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Swampoodle. Marker is on New Jersey Avenue Northwest just south of F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 555 New Jersey Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. U.S. Reservation 196 (within shouting distance of this marker); Victims of Communism Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Victims of Communism Memorial (about 600 feet away); Famine-Genocide in Ukraine (about 800 feet away); Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cristoforo Colombo (approx. 0.2 miles away); Acacia Life Insurance Building – 1936 (approx. 0.2 miles away); On This Corner … (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 87 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

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