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By Allen C. Browne, December 31, 2015

Rachel Carson 1907 - 1964 Marker

201 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Rachel Carson 1907 - 1964 — The Extra Mile — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway —

Blending meticulous research on the indiscriminate use of pesticides with her eloquent literary style, Rachel Carson laid the groundwork for the modern environmental movement when she wrote Silent Spring, one of the most influential books of . . . — — Map (db m91939) HM

202 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Susan B. Anthony 1820 - 1906 — The Extra Mile — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway —

Blessed with an industrious and self-disciplined spirit, Susan B. Anthony persevered through the prejudice and culture of her time to emerge as the architect of a movement which secured the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to . . . — — Map (db m92190) HM

203 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — W.E.B. DuBois 1868 - 1963 & Mary White Ovington 1865-1951 — The Extra Mile — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway —

In 1909, W.E.B. DuBois, a leading spokesman in the Campaign for racial equality, joined Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, William English Walling, John Milholland, Oswald Garrison Villard, Frances Blascoer and 54 other prominent Americans as . . . — — Map (db m91875) HM

204 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Petworth — Opha May Jacob Johnson Monument — Sergeant USMC WWI —

4 May 1879 - 11 Aug. 1955 First Woman Marine Victor H. Johnson 1873 - 1950 — — Map (db m128223) HM WM

205 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Fortitude —

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. commissioned Chicago artist James King to create a sculpture of its Founders. "Fortitude" was dedicated on April 28, 1979. She stands 12' 6" with a 12' hand-to-hand arm span. Sculpted in Corten steel, the metal was . . . — — Map (db m112009) HM

206 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Miner Hall — Commemorating the centennial, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated —

Here stood Miner Hall The site of the genesis of ΑΚΑ January 15, 1908 Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle) Principal Founder — — Map (db m217662) HM

207 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Miner Teachers College — 2565 Georgia Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Miner Teachers College, which operated here from 1914 until 1955, was the principal school training black teachers in the city for more than 70 years. Named for Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864), a white educator who founded Miner Normal School in 1851, . . . — — Map (db m114359) HM

208 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Sara Winifred Brown, M.D. — The National Association of University Women — Incorporated 1924, District of Columbia —

In Recognition of Sara Winifred Brown, M.D. Her medical degree was awarded by Howard University in 1904. She served as the first female graduate trustee of Howard University, 1924-1948. In 1910, she was one of the founders of the . . . — — Map (db m112010) HM

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209 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. —

Presented during the 75th Anniversary of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Founded January 16, 1920 Jylla Moore Foster, Grand Basileus Grace Walker Phillips, Memorial Chair July 16, 1995 Builder: M.C.M.C. Designers: Terrence Brown & . . . — — Map (db m115573) HM

210 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated — Scholarship • Service • Sisterhood • Finer Womanhood — ΖΦΒ —

Founders Arizona Cleaver Stemons • Pearl Anna Neal • Myrtle Tyler Faithful • Viola Tyler Goings • Fannie Pettie Watts Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated Founders Abram Langston Taylor • Leonard Francis Morse • . . . — — Map (db m217663) HM

211 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Rock Creek Park — Through the Eyes of a Scientist — Rock Creek Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Rachel Carson (1907-1964), a renowned writer and scientist who helped launch the modern environmental movement, once walked these woods. In her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring (1962), Carson warned citizens that the widespread use . . . — — Map (db m114367) HM

212 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Rock Creek Park — Tupelo Tree — (Nyssa Sylvatica) —

This & neighboring trees were From all parts of the country Planted by Camp Fire Girls At a National Conservation Rally April 12, 1936 in memory of Dr. Luther H. Gulick First President — — Map (db m65020) HM

213 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Cecilia Penny Scott — (1918 - 2004) —

Cecilia Penny Scott was a pioneering Shaw entrepreneur, community activist, philanthropist, and mentor. In 1953, Scott opened Cecilia's at 2002 12th Street, NW. The restaurant featured Southern cuisine and attracted notables from social, . . . — — Map (db m234747) HM

214 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Phyllis Wheatley YWCA — 901 Rhode Island Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

This was the city’s first Young Women’s Christian Association and the nation’s only independent Black YWCA. It was organized in Southwest Washington as the Colored YWCA in 1905 by members of the Book Lovers Club, a Black women’s literary group led . . . — — Map (db m130891) HM

215 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — 7 — Safe Havens — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —

The building across the street at 901 Rhode Island Avenue is the city's first Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) for African Americans. It honors Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), considered America's first published black . . . — — Map (db m143566) HM

216 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — The Howard Theatre Walk of Fame —

[East side] Moms Mabley (1918-1990) Moms Mabley was a legendary personality in comedy and became a staple of what became known as the "chitlin' circuit" — a chain of performance venues that primarily booked . . . — — Map (db m130610) HM

217 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — The Howard Theatre Walk of Fame —

[South side] Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as the "Godmother of Rock and Roll", broke race and gender barriers with her genre-bending gospel music and guitar prowess. Initially . . . — — Map (db m152182) HM

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218 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — 9 — When Gordon Met Ella — A Fitting Tribute — Logan Circle Heritage Trail —

Ella Watson, the subject of photographer Gordon Parks's famous and pointed portrait "American Gothic, Washington, D.C.," rented rooms on this block at 1433 11th Street. Watson worked as a cleaning woman in the headquarters of the Farm . . . — — Map (db m130853) HM

219 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — American News Women's Club — Historic Site in Journalism — Society of Professional Journalists —

The American News Women's Club was founded on April 4, 1932, as the Newspaper Women's Club, with membership limited to women reporters and writers employed by newspapers. Today, the ANWC embraces a diverse group of journalists, independent . . . — — Map (db m112623) HM

220 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 3 — The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama — Sheriden Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —

Writers, sculptors, painters, and collectors made Sheridan-Kalorama their home: best-selling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart at 2419 Massachusetts; classicist Edith Hamilton at 2448 Massachusetts; poet/novelist Elinor Wylie at 2153 Florida; . . . — — Map (db m99362) HM

221 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 14 — Women of Influence — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —

Sheridan-Kalorama has been home to many influential women. While she lobbied our political leaders to support Nationalist China, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek lived nearby at 2443 Kalorama Rd. Others include presidential wives Eleanor Roosevelt, a wise . . . — — Map (db m112604) HM

222 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Smithsonian National Zoo — Zhu Xiaojian —

"When we worked in the field, we held the giant panda cubs to take their measurements. It was very sweet. As a team, we worked very closely. Living together in the forest, we were like members of one family. We took care of . . . — — Map (db m184391) HM

223 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — Mary Eliza Graydon —

"I prefer to put the money into brains rather than stone and mortar." Mary Eliza Graydon (d. 1926) was The American University's most generous early benefactor. A devout Methodist, she was inspired by Bishop Hurst's plan for a Methodist . . . — — Map (db m117834) HM

224 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Tenleytown — Tennally's Town: My, How You've Grown — ©2017, Jarrett Ferrier — Funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Public Art Building Communities Grant Progra —

Top of the Town Greetings from Tenleytown altitude 409' [Pictured on the mural are events and locations significant to Tenleytown's history:] • Fort Reno Water Towers • The Tenleytown Streetcar • Fort Reno and the Civil . . . — — Map (db m150280) HM

225 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The Ellipse — White House Ablaze — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

For Americans, August 24, 1814, was one of the darkest days of the War of 1812. After a victory at nearby Bladensburg, Maryland, British soldiers marched on Washington, destroying the U.S. Capitol and many other public buildings. . . . — — Map (db m130366) HM

226 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — A Legacy of Healing and Hope — Vietnam Women's Memorial — National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed

Over 265,000 American women served during the Vietnam era (1956 through 1975) and over 11,000 saw duty in Vietnam. The majority served as nurses, caring for thousands of wounded servicemen in the difficult conditions of crowded transports, harsh . . . — — Map (db m7878) HM

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227 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — A Legacy of Healing and Hope — National Mall and Memorial Parks — Vietnam Women's Memorial —

Who shapes the public memory of war and its veterans? AT the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, that memory has been expanding since its dedication. The statue in front of you, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, brought women into the fold in 1993. It . . . — — Map (db m211261) HM

228 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — Live Oaks: A Gathering Place —

Welcome to the Reading Grove This space provides a place to meet, rest, read, and reflect. Live oaks have long harbored gatherings, from religious services and classes to community celebrations. Witness Trees Trees that were . . . — — Map (db m143315) HM

229 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — Vietnam Women's Memorial —

[Memorial features no inscription] — — Map (db m211263) WM

230 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — "Stand By Me" —

Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson was the grand daughter of Francis Cardozo the first African American to hold a Statewide office in the United States. The Cardozo Education Campus located at 13th and Clifton St. NW . . . — — Map (db m111997) HM

231 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 12 — A Prestige Address — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

The grand Beaux-Arts buildings near this corner stand witness to the status of this area in early 20th century Washington, and as tribute to the indomitable spirit of Mary Foote Henderson. The wealthy wife of Senator John B. Henderson, she . . . — — Map (db m130803) HM

232 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Evans-Tibbs House — 1910 Vermont Avenue Northwest —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m136838) HM

233 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Frelinghuysen University / Jesse Lawson and Rosetta C. Lawson — 1800 Vermont Avenue, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Frelinghuysen University was founded in 1917 to provide education, religious training, and social services for black working-class adults. Founders include Jesse Lawson, a Howard University-educated lawyer; his wife Rosetta C. Lawson, an advocate . . . — — Map (db m48407) HM

234 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Georgia Douglas Johnson Residence — 1461 S Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

During the 1920s and 1930s, this house hosted a Saturday evening literary salon, welcoming such luminaries as Alice Dunbar Nelson, Angelina Grimké, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Kelly Miller, and Jean Toomer. Poet and hostess Georgia Douglas Johnson . . . — — Map (db m114763) HM

235 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Louise Burrell Miller Residence — 1204 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Louise Burrell Miller led a group that successfully sued the DC Board of Education in 1952 to have deaf African American children educated within the District. Until Miller v. the Board of Education, the children, including Miller's young son . . . — — Map (db m96272) HM

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236 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Mary Ann Shadd Cary House —

Mary Ann Shadd Cary House Has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance In commemorating the history of the United States of America. An African American renaissance woman, . . . — — Map (db m182687) HM

237 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression / Harriet Gibbs-Marshall / Mary P. Burrill — 902 T Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression, which operated in this building from 1903 until 1960, was one of DC's earliest African American arts institutions. Harriet Gibbs-Marshall (1868-1941), the first African American to . . . — — Map (db m109161) HM

238 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Woodley Park — Harry Wardman —

The name Harry Wardman (1872 - 1938) is practically synonymous with Woodley Park, having built numerous houses and apartments in the neighborhood. Wardman built his own home on the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road in 1909. He later . . . — — Map (db m87503) HM

239 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Woodley Park — Woodley Estate —

The neighborhood of Woodley Park owes its name to the Woodley estate of Philip Barto Key (1767-1815). Key, uncle of Francis Scott Key, who wrote “Star Spangled Banner”, was an officer on the British side during the Revolutionary War. . . . — — Map (db m87469) HM

240 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Woodley Park — Woodley Road Neighbors —

An Irish priest and the Duchess of Windsor each separately played a part in Woodley Park's history. In 1912 Father Thomas A. Walsh bought the present site of St. Thomas Apostle Church and Rectory on Woodley Road for $16,750. It was here that he . . . — — Map (db m87535) HM

241 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia — 12 — The Big Chair — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

This Anacostia icon once marked the entrance to Curtis Brothers Furniture Co. The business dated to 1926, when young Fred and George Curtis acquired a Model T Ford truck to deliver ice, then progressed to moving furniture. They soon rented a . . . — — Map (db m100690) HM

242 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — Ann G. Sprigg —

Ann G. Sprigg ran a boarding house, where Abraham Lincoln lived during his time as a U.S. Representative from Illinois (March 4th 1847 to March 3rd, 1849), at the present-day site of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. The Sprigg . . . — — Map (db m211910) HM

243 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — Anna Murray-Douglass —

For Anna & Frederick Douglass, their work, home, & life centered on abolition, & fair treatment & respect for African Americans. Anna met Frederick, an enslaved 17-year-old in 1838. They fell in love; she encouraged, & financed his flight . . . — — Map (db m211913) HM

244 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial —

Dedicated to the Memory of the Victims of the U.S. Arsenal Explosion on June 17, 1864 Ellen Roche • Julia McEwen • Bridget Dunn • W. E. Tippett • Margaret Horan • Johanna Connors • Susan Harris Lizzie Brahler • Margaret . . . — — Map (db m80961) HM WM

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245 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barney Circle — U.S. Arsenal Explosion Memorial —

Killed by an explosion at the U.S. Arsenal Washington D.C. June 17th 1864 Ellene Roche • Julia McEwen • Bridget Dunn • W.E. Tippett • Margaret Horan • Johanna Connors • Susan Harris • Lizzie Brahler • Margaret C. Yonson • . . . — — Map (db m211916) HM WM

246 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barry Farm — 5 — The Curative Powers of Nature — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

The fence and wall ahead of you, on either side of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, enclose historic St. Elizabeths Hospital. The pioneering facility opened in 1855 to treat mentally ill members of the armed forces and DC residents. At a time . . . — — Map (db m100694) HM

247 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — 2 — At the Crossroads — Tour of Duty — Barracks Row Heritage Trail —

The large building that wraps around this corner was constructed as a department store in 1892 by Elizabeth A. Haines. She proudly advertised it as "the largest store in the world, built, owned and controlled by a woman." Back then extended . . . — — Map (db m130726) HM

248 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Mary McLeod Bethune —

Mary McLeod Bethune 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 . . . — — Map (db m5505) HM

249 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — National Association of University Women, Inc. — 1001 E Street Southeast — Capitol Hill Historic District —

Phyllis J. Eggleston Purchased House (August 25, 1995) Dr. Ezora J. Proctor Burned Mortgage (March 23, 2000) Letisa Vereen Renovated & Re-Opened (April 22, 2022)

This property . . . — — Map (db m235721) HM

250 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — The Furies House — Furies Collective — 219 11th Street Southeast —

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251 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Douglass — Freedom Grove (1838) — Douglass Community Center —

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey arrived in New York with the aid of a free woman named Anna Murray. She followed him to New York, and eleven days after his arrival, they married. The couple continued to settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, . . . — — Map (db m129790) HM

252 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1804-1806 — Sacagawea —

A Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, accompanies Lewis and Clark as an interpreter and enables the expedition to purchase horses. Clark calls her his "pilot" through the Rockies. — — Map (db m112733) HM

253 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1911 — Charles Kettering —

Kettering perfects a workable electric starter at his lab in Dayton. First installed in 1912 Cadillacs, it means the end of difficult and dangerous hand cranking; and enables more women to drive. — — Map (db m112768) HM

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254 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1911 — Harriet Quimby —

Journalist Quimby becomes the first American woman to receive a pilot's license, and also the first woman to make a nighttime flight and fly the English Channel. — — Map (db m112770) HM

255 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1932 — Amelia Earhart —

On the fifth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight, Earhart becomes the first woman and second person to make the solo flight across the Atlantic. Her Vega lands in Ireland after 14 hours 50 minutes. — — Map (db m112777) HM

256 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1956 — Gladys B. West —

Dr. Gladys B. West paved the way for the Global Positioning System (GPS) that has revolutionized global society. She is a pioneer in the use of complex mathematical programming to generate accurate models of the earth's shape. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m213297) HM

257 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1983 — Sally Ride —

Dr. Ride, the first American woman in space, takes part in the 7th Space Shuttle mission. The reusable spacecraft carry out 113 missions between 1983 and 2003. — — Map (db m113618) HM

258 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Saint Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church — 401 I Street SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The St. Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church is the first and only church in Washington, DC that evolved from what is considered the oldest incorporated, independent African American denomination in the country. The . . . — — Map (db m113632) HM

259 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Serving as a Temporary Federal Prison — Safety — Behind These Walls —

The body of John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was brought to the Navy Yard for examination and identification aboard the USS Montauk. With the exception of Mary Surratt, the Lincoln conspirators (including Lewis Payne, . . . — — Map (db m126460) HM

260 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — The River in Focus — Capitol Riverfront — DC Amplified. Life Simplified. —

The story of the Anacostia River pulses with the same sad cycles of abuse and neglect that define the stories of rivers across America. Our alteration of the Anacostia has affected everyone in the watershed and beyond, from the Anacostia . . . — — Map (db m184829) HM

261 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Women Playing Baseball / Bob Wolff — Baseball Americana —

Women Playing Baseball a. The New York Female Giants, 1913. Bain News Baseball. b. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL), the first woman in the starting lineup for the annual Congressional baseball game, Four Mile Run Park, . . . — — Map (db m179720) HM

262 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer / Lockheed Vega / P-51 Mustang Fighter / Bell-47 Flyer / Global Flyer — Transportation Walk —

Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer "I got on the machine at 10:35 for the first trial increasing in speed to probably 7 or 8 miles. The machine lifted..." —Orville Wright's Diary, December 17, 1903 Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart . . . — — Map (db m113625) HM

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263 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, St. Elizabeths — History of St. Elizabeths Hospital — St. Elizabeths — Preserving the Legacy. Realizing Potential. —

Evolution of St. Elizabeths Campus At the urging of mental health care reformer Dorothea Dix, the United States Congress provided $100,000 to establish the first Federal mental health hospital to care for members of the Army and Navy as well . . . — — Map (db m131526) HM

264 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Columbia Island — "Where flowers bloom, so does hope" — Claudia Alta Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson — Lady Bird Johnson Park - George Washington Memorial Parkway —

First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, known as Lady Bird, is famous for her nationwide beautification initiatives. When she served as First Lady from 1963 to 1969, she championed legislation concerning pollution, conservation, urban renewal, . . . — — Map (db m181397) HM

265 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Columbia Island — The Memorial Grove — A Living Legacy — Lady Bird Johnson Park —

"This strip of land will always be a special place for me… It appears at the moment when you come over a rise and look down into the Potomac Valley and see the capital spread out with its great monuments." - Claudia Alta . . . — — Map (db m181393) HM

266 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Fort McNair — Women War Workers 1861 - 1865 —

During the Civil War the Washington Arsenal was both the largest Federal arsenal and the one closest for shipping its war materials to the various fighting fronts in Virginia. Here thousands of caissons and limbers, wagons and ambulances, cannon . . . — — Map (db m29739) HM

267 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Federal Center — Family Group — 1940 — granite —

Emma Lou Davis' Family Group depicts a father taking leave of his wife and child to go to work. Davis captured the couple at an affectionate moment and portrayed each figure with a sign of their day's labor—a lunch pail for the man and a . . . — — Map (db m227343) HM

268 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Federal Center — Unemployment Compensation — 1940 — granite —

Emma Lou Davis (b. 1905, Indianapolis, Indiana - d. 1988, San Diego, California)

In the wake of the Great Depression, one of the chief causes of insecurity was the threat of unemployment. To address this social . . . — — Map (db m227345) HM

269 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Can you identify these famous Civil Rights leaders? — All four lived in this Southwest DC neighborhood! — Reported unreadable

Who are these famous Civil Rights leaders? Barbara Jordan (upper left)(some text missing due to illegibility) Patsy Mink (wearing... (some text missing due to illegibility) ... supporter of civil rights . . . — — Map (db m130649) HM

270 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Dr. Dorothy Height —

Dr. Dorothy Height worked to advance women's, civil, and human rights with many of our nation's leaders. How many can you recognize? Back Dr. Dorothy Height Has lived at 700 7th Street, SW since 1983. As President Emmerita . . . — — Map (db m112797) HM

271 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Jackie Kennedy —

The beloved first lady famously hosted what would be President John F. Kennedy's final birthday party aboard the presidential yacht, U.S.S. Sequoia, docked at the Southwest Waterfront. — — Map (db m221635) HM

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272 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Washington Kastles —

Founded by tennis legend Billie Jean King in 1974, World Team Tennis has featured many of the world's greatest tennis players. In 2011 and 2012, the Washington Kastles thrilled DC crowd completing the only two perfect seasons (16-0) in WTT . . . — — Map (db m130606) HM

273 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — "Nature is my religion." — Enid A. Haupt —

Philanthropist and publishing heiress Enid Annenberg Haupt (1906-2005) donated millions of dollars to support public gardens, horticultural institutions, and other green spaces in Washington, D.C., New York, and around the world. — — Map (db m110723) HM

274 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Nora Naranjo-Morse — Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953 — Reported permanently removed

Always Becoming Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, bamboo, yam vines, and pigment 26/5840 Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to explore how this family of contemporary clay sculptures, . . . — — Map (db m113956) HM

275 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — 26/5840 — Nora Naranjo-Morse — Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953 —

Always Becoming, 2007 Mud mixture (soil, sand, straw, and water), clay, stone, black locust wood, pigments 26/5840 Commissioned from the artist, 2007 Naranjo-Morse and her family return annually to . . . — — Map (db m161600) HM

276 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — 26/5840 — Nora Naranjo-Morse — Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953 —

277 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Phoebe Waterman Haas — Public Observatory —

This observatory is named to celebrate the spirit of Emma Phoebe Waterman Haas. In 1913 she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. She was the first woman to perform original research with . . . — — Map (db m114106) HM

278 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Pumpkin, 2016 — Yayoi Kusama, Japanese, b. Matsumoto, 1929 — Fiber-reinforced plastic; Collection of the artist — Reported permanently removed

For Yayoi Kusama pumpkins represent a source of radiant energy. They are, perhaps, the artist's most beloved motif, appearing in painting, drawings, sculptures, and some of her most important installations. Both endearing and grotesque, the giant . . . — — Map (db m114001) HM

279 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — 2020.002 — Pumpkin, 2016 — Yayoi Kusama, B. Matsumoto, Japan, 1929 — FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic) and urethane paint; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2020 —

For Yayoi Kusama, pumpkins represent a source of radiant energy. They are perhaps the artist's best-loved motif, appearing in paintings, drawings, sculptures, and some of her most important installations. Both endearing and grotesque, the giant . . . — — Map (db m239860) HM

280 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — We Come in Peace, 2018 — Huma Bhabha, Pakistani American, b. Karachi, Pakistan, 1962 — Painted and patinated bronze. Approved acquisition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden —

Huma Bhabha's striking sculptural creatures appear to have emerged from either the prehistoric past or a postapocalyptic future. Bhabha, who often cites pulp horror and science-fiction cinema as important points of departure, drew this work's title . . . — — Map (db m184557) HM

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281 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Yoko Ono — American, b. Tókyo, Japan, 1993 — Wish Tree, 2007, Live tree, Gift of the artist, 2007 (07.6) — Reported permanently removed

The Wish Tree series, begun in 1996, continues Ono's interactive art tradition by inviting visitors to whisper wishes to the tree. — — Map (db m113998) HM

282 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Yoko Ono —

Yoko Ono American, b. Tokyo, Japan, 1933 Wish Tree for Washington, DC 2007 Live tree and mixed media Gift of the artist, 2007 (07.6) Yoko Ono has been a prolific artist and notable figure in the art world since the 1960s. . . . — — Map (db m205015) HM

283 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The Tidal Basin — A Symbol of International Friendship — National Mall and Memorial Parks — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Viscountess Iwa Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and a small group of people assembled at the Tidal Basin. There they planted the first two of more than 3,000 flowering . . . — — Map (db m93423) HM

284 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, West Potomac Park — The United Nations — 1945 / Fourth Term — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial —

FDR believed that the failure of an international organization after World War I led directly to World War II. Under Roosevelt's urging, representatives from 26 countries signed a "Declaration by United Nations" in 1942. After FDR died, Eleanor . . . — — Map (db m197637) HM

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