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Related Historical Markers

A walking tour of the U Street neighborhood (note, only 6 of 14 markers are currently entered in the database).

By J. Makali Bruton, July 24, 2016

You Had to Wear a Tie Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 1 — You Had to Wear a Tie — City within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed

You are standing on Washington’s historic Black Broadway–the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous native son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his first . . . — — Map (db m130799) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 2 — The True Reformer Building — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

The daily lives of residents of this historic African American community were woven together through hundreds of social and civic organizations--fraternal organizations, clubs, school alumni associations, civic associations and the like. The . . . — — Map (db m130800) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 3 — "We had everything we needed right here." — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

Black businesses sprung up everywhere on U Street in the early 1900s. As racial segregation increased, African Americans in Washington began a tradition of protest. They also responded by creating institutions of there own. In the 25 years . . . — — Map (db m173377) HM

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 4 — Civil War Camp to Victorian Neighborhood — City within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail — Reported missing

The Shaw neighborhood and the Greater U Street Historic District are rich in African American and Civil War history. They are the ideal place for the African American Civil War Memorial now located on this Metro plaza. The neighborhood was . . . — — Map (db m130790) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 5 — Howard University Sets the Standard — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

To the northeast rises the tower of Founders Library at Howard University - an institution created in 1867 that has trained and inspired generations of African American leaders and has been a lodestar for its own community. The highest . . . — — Map (db m130791) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 13 — Meridian Hill Park — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —

Just ahead of you at the corner of 15th Street and Florida Avenue is the entrance to Meridian Hill Park, a dramatic urban oasis established in 1912 and completed in 1936. Its stunning, 12-acre landscape features the longest cascading waterfall . . . — — Map (db m130792) HM

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