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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 29, 2017

Beyond the Basics Marker Reverse

201 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — 12 — Beyond the Basics — Lift Every Voice — Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail —

During the Civil War, thousands of once-enslaved people crowded into DC, desperate for shelter, work, and protection. Most vulnerable were orphans and children separated from their families. In 1863 the National Association for the Relief of . . . — — Map (db m130762) HM

202 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Founders Library and Moorland-Spingarn Research Center — 500 Howard Place, NW, Howard University Campus — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Founders Library houses wide-ranging collections, the university's museum, and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, one of the world's largest repositories dedicated to the culture and history of people of African descent. Dedicated in 1939, the . . . — — Map (db m116653) HM

203 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — General Oliver O. Howard —

Residence of General Oliver O. Howard founder of Howard University 1869 - 1874 — — Map (db m9263) HM

204 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard Hall — 607 Howard Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Howard Hall was completed in 1869 as the home of white Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), for whom Howard University was named. As commissioner of the Bureau of Refuges, Freedman and Abandoned Lands (Freedman's Bureau), General Howard . . . — — Map (db m65707) HM

205 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard University — Sixth Street and Howard Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Howard University, one of the oldest Black colleges in the United States, was established by Congress in 1866 to educate formerly enslaved individuals. Its name honors Freedman's Bureau Commissioner General Oliver Otis Howard, a member of the white . . . — — Map (db m66401) HM

206 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Howard University Gallery of Art — Lulu Vere Childers Hall, Howard University Campus — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The Howard University Gallery of Art was established in 1928 on the lower level of Rankin Chapel. Professor James V. Herring (1897-1969), founder of the University's Art Department, and professor and artist James A Porter (1905-1970) were its . . . — — Map (db m85112) HM

207 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. — Xi Chapter - Howard University — 1920 - 2020 —

Founders - January 5, 1911 Elder Watson Diggs, Dr. Ezra D. Alexander, Dr. Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Atty. Henry Tournerasher, Dr. Marcus Peter Blakemore, Paul Waymond Caine, George Wesley Edmonds, Dr. Guy Levis Grant, Edward Giles Irvin, John . . . — — Map (db m217659) HM

208 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Kelly Miller Residence Site — 2225 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Kelly Miller (1863-1939), a prominent Howard University scholar and leader, taught mathematics and sociology. He went on to serve as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Miller laid the groundwork for the formation of African American sociology . . . — — Map (db m111801) HM

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209 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — 6 — Medical Care for All — "Lift Every Voice" — Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail —

During the Civil War (1861-1865), thousands of formerly enslaved people came to Washington in search of new lives. They needed work, education, shelter – and health care. In 1862 the U.S. government responded with Freedmen’s Hospital, located . . . — — Map (db m130764) HM

210 ► 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

211 ► 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

212 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. — Founded November 17, 1911 — Howard University, Washington, D.C. —

Front of Marker: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Founded November 17, 1911 Howard University Washington, D.C. Manhood Founder Edgar A. Love 1891 - 1974 Dedicated Nov. 16, 1975 Sampson P. . . . — — Map (db m112012) HM

213 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Phi Beta Sigma —

In tribute to three visionary Howard University students, the Founders of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., A. Langston Taylor of Tennessee, Leonard F. Morse of Massachusetts and Charles I. Brown of Kansas, who here resolved in 1914 to establish a . . . — — Map (db m112008) HM

214 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Prometheans, Inc. — 2515th Army Service Unit (ASU), Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), U.S. Army, World War II — 1943 - 1993 —

We, the surviving members of the 2515 ASU, ASTP, who met and studied at Howard University in 1943-44 and others who joined us as members of the Prometheans, Inc., do hereby dedicate this memorial to our deceased, our families and friends, Howard . . . — — Map (db m217658) HM WM

215 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Rankin Chapel — Commemorating the Centennial Year, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated —

Site of the Founder's Window erected in honor of the Sixteen Pillars of ΑΚΑ, January 14, 1978. — — Map (db m15659) HM

216 ► 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

217 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — Tau Beta Pi —

Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society D.C. Alpha Chapter Chartered in 1956 "Dedicated to excellence" — — Map (db m110807) HM

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218 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — 9 — Teachers and Preachers — Lift Every Voice — Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail —

As the Civil War was ended in 1865, most formerly enslaved African Americans arriving in the District could not read or write. The following year members of the First Congregational Society considered organizing a school to train teachers and . . . — — Map (db m130765) HM

219 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — 11 — The Lake So Blue — Lift Every Voice — Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail —

The body of water that inspired the line in Howard University’s alma mater, “far above the lake so blue stands old Howard firm and true,” is McMillan Reservoir, which opened in 1902 to supply water to the city. The reservoir and . . . — — Map (db m130766) HM

220 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — The Lovers' Stroll…A Legacy Begins / Constitutionally Bound —

The Lovers' Stroll…A Legacy Begins Charles Robert Samuel Taylor, a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, which was founded on Howard University's campus on January 9, 1914, envisioned a sister organization that would give life and inspiration . . . — — Map (db m174830) HM

221 ► 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

222 ► 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

223 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Benjamin Banneker - A Man of Science —

Benjamin Banneker was born to free parents on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland and spent his childhood on his family's farm. His grandmother taught him to read and write. He later attended a one-room school. Banneker worked a . . . — — Map (db m211190) HM

224 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Benjamin Banneker Academic High School —

Banneker Junior High School was built in 1938 at 800 Euclid St., NW as a junior high school In August 1981, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School opened as a specialized public institution, providing secondary students with a highly structured . . . — — Map (db m211184) HM

225 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Carter G. Woodson —

Father of Black History

Truth comes to us from the past, then like cold washed down from the mountains

[The reverse of the sculpture features titles of books written by or about Carter G. Woodson:] . . . — — Map (db m178078) HM

226 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Carter G. Woodson House —

Carter G. Woodson House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m7121) HM

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227 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — 10 — Community Anchors — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail — Reported damaged

Across the intersection stands the tower of O Street Market. When the market opened in 1881, and refrigerators had not been invented, people shopped here daily for everything from live chickens to fresh tomatoes. At first the vendors were . . . — — Map (db m130893) HM

228 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Immaculate Conception Catholic School — Center City Public Charter Schools - Shaw Campus — 711 N Street Northwest —

Immaculate Conception Catholic School has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior September 23, 2003 First school built in 1864 Present school built in 1908 B. . . . — — Map (db m27549) HM

229 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — 8 — Reading and 'Riting and 'Rithmetic — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail —

Wrapping the corner across Rhode Island Avenue is Asbury Dwellings for senior citizens. In 1901 it opened as the city's white-only McKinley Technical School, memorializing slain President William McKinley (1843-1901). In 1928 the "colored" . . . — — Map (db m130845) HM

230 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Shaw Junior High School —

Shaw Junior High School was established in 1919 at the M Street School (128 M St., NW). Shaw Junior High School was relocated to the former William McKinley Manual Training School building at 7th Street and Rhode Island Ave., NW in 1928. Under . . . — — Map (db m211185) HM

231 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Squares 336, 337 & 364 —

The city blocks occupied by today's Benjamin Banneker Academic High School trace their origins to the earliest plans for the nation's capital. Although the surrounding streets appear on the first maps drawn in 1791, the area was sparsely . . . — — Map (db m211192) HM

232 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Sheridan-Kalorama — 8 — Educational Institutions — Sheridan Kalorama — Call Box Restoration Project —

Educational institutions are part of Sheridan-Kalorama's history. Across the street is Our Lady Queen of the Americas Catholic Church. Built in 1904, it housed St. Rose's Industrial School, where orphaned girls were taught home economics. Later St. . . . — — Map (db m112608) HM

233 ► 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

234 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Smithsonian National Zoo — Farmers and Felines — Farmland is stretching into cheetah territory more and more. What happens to the cats? —

Squeezed Out Downsizing doesn't work for cheetahs; cats in the wild need large areas in which to find food and mates. As their habitat is lost to expanding farmland: > The range in which they can look for prey gets smaller. > They . . . — — Map (db m184426) HM

235 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Smithsonian National Zoo — Fishing Cat — Vanishing Wetlands — Vulnerable —

. . . — — Map (db m184383) HM

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236 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — Battelle Memorial Building —

"We dedicate this building to the students of American University who here will discover an increasing fountain of knowledge and to that great body of students who in future days will here assemble." (From a "Ritual . . . — — Map (db m117837) HM

237 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — Birthplace of the Army Chemical Corps —

Soon after the United States entered the First World War in 1917, the American University’s offer of its campus and buildings for war work was accepted. The permanent buildings and part of campus were turned over to the Bureau of Mines on July . . . — — Map (db m34014) HM

238 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — John Fletcher Hurst —

"It is highly proper that our group of noble edifices should begin with the College of History. This science takes the first place...in the development of a great educational scheme—a modern, a complete, and an American University." . . . — — Map (db m117832) HM

239 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — John Wesley —

John Wesley, founder under God of World Methodism, being an exact copy of the statue standing in the forecourt of Wesley’s Chapel, Bristol, England, presented by the Right Hon. the Lord Rank on behalf of the Methodist Church, Great Britain, to the . . . — — Map (db m17871) HM

240 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — Korean Cherry Trees —

These trees uniquely named recognize their origins. Originally planted at this site April 8, 1943 by Sungman Rhee, independence leader and first Korean President and American University President Dr. Paul P. Douglass, as a living symbol to the . . . — — Map (db m117905) HM

241 ► 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

242 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — School of International Service —

"…the waging of peace demands the best we have, the best young men and women that we can find to put in this great effort which must go on around the world all the time." (President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the . . . — — Map (db m117828) HM

243 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Spring Valley — September 11 Memorial —

In memory of the graduates of American University who lost their lives in the tragic events of September 11, 2001 Peter C. Alderman B.S.B.A., 1999 World Trade Center, New York Linda K. Gronhind J.D., 1983 United Airlines Flight 93, . . . — — Map (db m118008) WM

244 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Swampoodle — 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 • . . . — — Map (db m227903) HM

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245 ► 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

246 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — A National Museum — Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Kenneth E. Behring Center —

The National Museum of American History is home to the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem. That flag's "broad stripes and bright stars" have shaped the Museum and its mission, as have the flags for every U.S. state and . . . — — Map (db m111539) HM

247 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — Beauregard Sweet Potato — Ipomea batata Convulvaceae — Sweet Potatoes vs Yams —

Now one of the most popular commercial sweet potato varieties, Beauregard was originally developed at Louisiana State University for higher yield and disease resistance. Even though we often use the names "sweet potato" and "yam" interchangeably, . . . — — Map (db m211419) HM

248 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — James Smithson — [Founding of the Smithsonian Institution] —

Every man is a valuable member of society who by his observations, researches, and experiments, procures knowledge for men…it is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness. The high superiority which he holds over the . . . — — Map (db m211391) HM

249 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — John Quincy Adams — [Founding of the Smithsonian Institution] —

Of all the foundations of establishments for pious or charitable uses which ever signalized the spirit of the age or the comprehensive beneficence of the founder. None can be named more deserving of the appropriation of mankind than the . . . — — Map (db m211392) HM

250 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The National Mall — Joseph Henry — [Founding of the Smithsonian Institution] —

Modern civilization depends on science…James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts, but as a whole each portion of which throws light on all the other and that the tendency of all is to improve . . . — — Map (db m211393) HM

251 ► 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

252 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, The Palisades — 5 — Development Along Foxhall Road —

The thoroughfare where this box is located was originally known as Ridge Road, as it follows the hillside above the Potomac Palisades. In the late 19th century, it was renamed in honor of cannon manufacturer Henry Foxall. The fire box stands . . . — — Map (db m187485) HM

253 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Truxton Circle — Baker's Dozen, Inc. Building — 1509 and 1511 Fourth Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC — Reported missing

Starting in 1950, the Baker's Dozen, Inc. Youth Center operated here in two formerly derelict buildings redesigned by architect Howard H. Mackey. The youth center was the project of the Baker's Dozen social club, founded in 1944 by 13 members of . . . — — Map (db m111760) HM

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254 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — "Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho" —

Paul Robeson Jr. (November 2, 1927 - April 26, 2014) was Paul and Essies only child. He was born in Brooklyn, NY and as a young boy lived with his grandmother in Moscow where his parents sought to protect him from American racism. He . . . — — Map (db m111998) HM

255 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — "No More Auction Block For Me" —

Robeson met his future wife Eslanda Cordoza Goode while at Columbia University (1919-1923) where he received a law degree. His interest in law took a decisive turn when a secretary refused to take dictation from him because of his race. He . . . — — Map (db m111994) HM

256 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" —

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was the son of William Drew Robeson a runaway slave and Maria Louisa Bustill, daughter of a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family. Maria died tragically in a fire when Paul was six years old. . . . — — Map (db m112942) HM

257 ► 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

258 ► 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

259 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — John Wesley Cromwell Residence — 1439 Swann Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Lawyer, scholar, and publisher John Wesley Cromwell (1846-1927) lived here from 1894 until his death. Born enslaved in Portsmouth, Virginia, Cromwell moved to Washington in 1871 to study law at Howard University. He published the weekly People's . . . — — Map (db m96273) HM

260 ► 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

261 ► 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

262 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — Mary Ann Shadd Cary Residence — 1421 W Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

When the lists of African American “firsts” are read, Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s name is everywhere. Born in Delaware to a free Black abolitionist family, Cary (1823-1893) moved to Canada in 1850 and ran a racially integrated school. Her anti-slavery . . . — — Map (db m61813) HM

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263 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Wakefield — Schools — Tenleytown, DC — Country Village to City Neighborhood —

Tenleytown's earliest elementary school, located where Saint Anne's School is today, first welcomed students in 1882. The Jesse Reno School for African-American children was built in 1903 on the grounds of Fort Reno. The Immaculata Preparatory . . . — — Map (db m112531) HM

264 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Wakefield — 4 — Three R's — Top of the Town — Tenleytown Heritage Trail —

The red-brick School ahead and to your left is Alice Deal Junior High, honoring the mathematics teacher and union leader who launched Washington’s first junior high school in 1919 at Seventh and O Streets, NW. Architect Albert Harris’s . . . — — Map (db m130922) HM

265 ► 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

266 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia — 20 — Rose's Row — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

Across the intersection to your left is Rose's Row, three one-family and three two-family houses built in 1890 by local saloon-keeper William H. Rose. Rose's son Daniel designed them in the popular Italianate style and carefully crafted a . . . — — Map (db m130720) HM

267 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia Park — Hillsdale & Frederick Douglass —

The "Freedmen's Bureau" acquired 375 acres of land that was originally a tobacco plantation from the Barry Family in the late 1800's. In 1867, the land was named Hillsdale by African Americans who came to Washington in great numbers before and . . . — — Map (db m141635) HM

268 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barry Farm — Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2562 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Campbell AME, established in 1867 as Mount Zion AME, was an outgrowth of its overcrowded parent church, Allen Chapel AME, founded in 1850. When it moved to a location near the present one in 1890, Mount Zion was renamed for AME Bishop Jabez B. . . . — — Map (db m33749) HM

269 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Buena Vista — 8 — Birney School — An East-of-the River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

The Handsome Italian Renaissance Building. across the street opened as James G. Birney Elementary School in 1901. Its wood-frame predecessor, the original 1889 Birney School, was the first school built with public funds for African American . . . — — Map (db m100669) HM

270 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Buena Vista — Nichols Avenue Elementary School / Old Birney School Site — 2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

James G. Birney Elementary School (founded 1889) was the city's first public school for African Americans in this area, then known as Hillsdale. Previously, residents organized their own schools. The Old Birney School expanded in 1901 with the . . . — — Map (db m100679) HM

271 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Ebenezer United Methodist Church — 400 D Street, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

Ebenezer United Methodist Church is Capitol Hill’s oldest independent Black congregation. Ebenezer UMC was founded in 1827 by African Americans who left a biracial church on Capitol Hill because the White congregants practiced segregation. The new . . . — — Map (db m30053) HM

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272 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Ebenezer United Methodist Church —

The first public school for colored children of the District of Columbia. Named Little Ebenezer and located within the boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District. Designated a Category II Landmark by the Joint Committee on Landmarks April 29, . . . — — Map (db m116119) HM

273 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Limestone of Lost Legacies —

Limestone of Lost Legacies is a mural project to memorialize five teens who lost their lives to gun violence in the 2017-2018 school year in the District of Columbia. The five lives being commemorated are a snapshot of the widespread epidemic of . . . — — Map (db m152722) HM

274 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Little Ebenezer —

As our nation celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1976, Ebenezer United Methodist Church celebrated 138 years of service to God, humanity, country, home, and community. This model is a replica of Little Ebenezer, the frame church that stood on this . . . — — Map (db m116122) HM

275 ► 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

276 ► 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

277 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Seventy Fifth Anniversary — 1864 - 1939 — Ebenezer M.E. Church - Rev. F.F. King, Pastor —

Site of the First Free School for Negro Children in the District of Columbia given by Joseph S. Martin May 21, 1939. Garnet C. Wilkinson, First Asst. Supt. • Howard H. Long, Asst. Supt. • A. Kiger Savoy , Asst. Supt. • Corinne E. . . . — — Map (db m212133) HM

278 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Congress Heights — Congress Heights School — 3100 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

The eight-room brick Congress Heights Elementary School opened in 1897 to serve the new, whites-only Congress Heights development. The iconic tower and clock were added in 1913. After public schools were desegregated in 1954, Congress Heights became . . . — — Map (db m112782) HM

279 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Fairlawn — 16 — Education Matters — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

Anacostia's Ketcham School (across Good Hope Road) opened in 1908 to serve white elementary school children. For junior and senior high school, whites crossed the river until 1935, when Anacostia Junior-Senior High School opened at 16th and R . . . — — Map (db m130718) HM

280 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Fort Dupont — John Philip Sousa Junior High School — 3650 Ely Place, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —

A key event in the landmark 1954 school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education occurred here at Sousa Junior High (now Middle) School. In 1950 Sousa was one of several new DC schools for white children. When Spottswood T. Bolling, . . . — — Map (db m187431) HM

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281 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Hillsdale — 6 — Grandpapa's Farm — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —

Vernon Tancil grew up in Northeast D.C., but he so loved summers on his grandfather's small farm in Hillsdale that his parents let him stay on in September 1937 and attend fourth grade at Birney School. Grandpapa Horace Hansborough grew . . . — — Map (db m130722) HM

282 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Baseball Americana — Play Ball! —

America and baseball grew up together, a democratic sport for a democratic nation. Transcending class and gender, the game is embedded in our history and consciousness like no other. The Library of Congress — the largest library in the world . . . — — Map (db m179717) HM

283 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Dudley Knox Center for Naval History — Dudley Wright Knox, Commodore, USN — 1877-1960 —

Dudley W. Knox, an 1896 graduate of the Naval Academy, had numerous tours afloat during the first twenty-five years of his career, including service in the first of the Navy's destroyers. He later played an important role in developing tactics and . . . — — Map (db m52235) HM

284 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Mildred Belle —

Mildred Belle is an authentic Chesapeake Bay "buy boat" operated by Living Classrooms Foundation. Buy boats are an important part of. the Bay economy. They serve as "middlemen" on the bay, purchasing fish, crabs, and oysters directly from the . . . — — Map (db m114111) HM

285 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Naval Historical Foundation —

Chartered in the District of Columbia in 1926, the primary objectives of the Naval Historical Foundation are to collect and preserve private documents, papers and artifacts of naval historical significance and to make them readily available for . . . — — Map (db m52251) HM

286 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Navy Department Library —

The Navy Department Library was established by President Adams on 31 March 1800. On that date he wrote to the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddart, requesting the gathering “… of all the best writing in Dutch, Spanish, French, . . . — — Map (db m51068) HM

287 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Protecting Undersea Rescue and Salvage Techniques — Diving — Behind These Walls —

In 1927, the U.S. Navy established an experimental dive school at the Navy Yard. The school centralized training, allowing the consolidation of dive-related and submarine-escape research efforts—including the development of the Momsen Lung . . . — — Map (db m130977) HM

288 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Racing Presidents Visit the Library of Congress —

a. The Washington Nationals racing presidents pay a visit to the Library of Congress. Library of Congress staff photographer. Racing presidents, 2013. b. Bill and Teddy did some research in the Library's Main Reading Room — and . . . — — Map (db m179721) HM

289 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Teaching Sailors for the Fleet — Training — Behind These Walls —

As the nation's first naval gunnery center, the Navy created its first gunnery school here in the 1850's. These "Top Gun" sailors learned how to operated and repair the Navy's largest ordnance, including 4-inch to 13-inch guns. In 1911, the Navy . . . — — Map (db m126455) HM

290 ► 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

291 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Federal Center — Milford School Bell —

Dedicated November 13, 1989 as an enduring symbol of The United States Department of Education's goal to educate every American to His or her fullest potential George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States of America Lauro . . . — — Map (db m115930) HM

292 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Federal Center — Sarah P. Duke Gardens — Duke University, Durham, North Carolina — Reported permanently removed

Sarah P. Duke Gardens creates and nurtures an environment in the heart of Duke University for learning, inspiration, and enjoyment through excellence in horticulture and community engagement. The 55-acre garden was first planted in 1934 as a garden . . . — — Map (db m134245) HM

293 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — 7 — Equality in Public Education — River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail —

Jefferson Junior High School was built in 1940 after area residents persuaded the city to abandon the original dilapidated building. They hoped the new structure, which included a branch library, would be the beginning of section-wide . . . — — Map (db m130908) HM

294 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — 14 — Housing Reform and the Syphax School — River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail —

In the 1890s, American cities had a common problem. The working poor lived in deteriorating housing, often no better than wooden shacks. In Washington much of this housing lined the city's hidden alleys. But people needed healthier and safer . . . — — Map (db m130914) HM

295 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — 13 — Military Education at Fort McNair — River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail —

Fort Leslie J. McNair, to your right, honors the commander, Army Ground Forces during World War II who died in battle. It is the U.S. Army’s third oldest installation (after West Point and Carlisle Barracks). The fort dates back to 1791. . . . — — Map (db m130912) HM

296 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — 2 — New Town in the City — River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail —

All that surrounds this sign resulted from the nation's first urban renewal project. To your left is Arena Stage, a leader in the resident company theater movement. Founded as an innovative theater-in-the-round in an old downtown movie . . . — — Map (db m133833) HM

297 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Randall Recreation Center — founded in 1912 —

The Randall Recreation Center is located in Southwest Washington, D.C. along JAmes Creek. With the construction of both the Washington City Canal and the James Creek Canal in 1815, Southwest was cut-off from the rest of the city and became known . . . — — Map (db m150951) HM

298 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — Thurgood Marshall —

"The legal-system can force open doors, and sometimes even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. The country can't do it. Afro and white, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, our fates are bound . . . — — Map (db m147019) HM

299 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — William Syphax Public School — Reported damaged

William Syphax Public School, built in 1902 to serve African American children under the city's then-segregated school system, honored the first president of the Board of Trustees of the DC Colored Schools. The original building was designed . . . — — Map (db m136836) HM

300 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — Before the National Air and Space Museum opened —

Before the National Air and Space opened in 1976, aviation collections were displayed in and around the Arts & Industries Building. Rocket Row became a landmark along the building's west side. — — Map (db m110788) HM

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