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Come to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site on Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to celebrate Frederick Douglass’s 193 rd birthday.
This year’s theme...
The Tuskegee Airmen earned many honors and respect despite overcoming many difficulties during World War II. They served their country when the United States was still segregated. They escorted bombers as part of the Air War in Europe. Meet...
African Americans fought for the freedom of a people they did not know, while fighting racism from their own countrymen. The program includes a tour of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and details about...
Former slave Frederick Douglass met with President Lincoln three times between 1863 and 1865. During that time, Lincoln's views on slavery and race changed significantly. Come and see that evolution...
Come join a park ranger and learn who Marian Anderson was. Why is she an important part of history? Listen to a story about her and her accomplishments. Bring your junior ranger booklet. Meet at the...
Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. were three leaders who made great strides in struggles for civil rights at times of great social crisis in America. Come to learn more about these leaders and their...
Advisor to President Roosevelt and civil rights leader, Mary McLeod Bethune, left a legacy of education and political reform. Margaret Miles, Park Ranger at the National Park Service Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site...
Our perception of no period in American history has been more massaged, manipulated, or modified, than that of the Civil War. Chief Historian and Chief of Interpretation at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park John...
Jonathan Franzen delivers the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Lecture at Washington National Cathedral.
Featuring a reading from the widely acclaimed Freedom, Franzen's latest novel, the event will also include Franzen's thoughts on his own...
Remarkable city planners, architects, sculptors and painters, in the midst of political quicksand, created an entire city to remind us of our ideals. Maya Lin's masterpiece was...
Join National Mall staff in 1776 attire rembering George Washington’s 2nd birthday. Use a quill pen to wish him “Happy Birthday.” Ask interpretive...
Remarkable city planners, architects, sculptors and painters, in the midst of political quicksand, created an entire city to remind us of our ideals. Henry Bacon's Lincoln Memorial offers extensive...
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