African Americans have been a significant part of life in Washington, DC since the area became the nation’s capital in 1790. They have made important contributions to the culture and development of the city and played a leading role in the...
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Tour: Discover African American History in Downtown Washington
January 16, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$15.00
Discover African American History in Downtown Washington
African Americans have been a significant part of life in Washington, DC since the area became the nation’s capital in 1790. They have made important contributions to the culture and development of the city and played a leading role in the...
December 31, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$15.00
Explore U Street/Shaw
Explore the neighborhood of Shaw. Learn about the “shakers and movers” in the arts, civil rights, education, law, and science who lived in the neighborhood. See its eclectic mix of housing, entertainment venues, restaurants, and shops...
December 30, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$15.00
Neighborhood Walking Tour
Trace the development of Columbia Heights from rural hinterland to upscale suburb, middle and working-class neighborhood, and now an ethnically and economically diverse residential area with many commercial, entertainment, and cultural amenities...
December 26, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$15.00
Group Tour Culture and Entertainment: Barracks Row Heritage Trail presents John Phillip Sousa’s Washington, D.C.
Barracks Row Heritage Trail presents John Phillip Sousa’s Washington, D.C.
Author: Northeastern Article
Link: http://www.grouptourculture.com/artdetail.php?recid=59702
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Washington Post: Georgia Ave. historic trail to be unveiled Saturday
Georgia Ave. historic trail to be unveiled Saturday
Georgia Ave. historic trail to be unveiled Saturday
Author: Terence McArdle
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-news-in-brief/2011/10/...
Washington Times: Heller: Tribute paid to D.C.’s bygone ballpark
Heller: Tribute paid to D.C.’s bygone ballpark
Author: Dick Heller
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/17/heller-tribute-paid-to-dcs-bygone-ballpark/...
Washington, DC Displays a Wide Range of Civil War History
October 24, 2011
A historic decision was made 150 years ago. On November 1, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed George McClellan as the general-in-chief of the Union armies. McClellan accepted, saying, “I can do it all....
Lift Every Voice: Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail
Countless dreams and memories reside in this short stretch of Georgia Avenue. Follow Lift Every Voice: Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail to relive the heyday of Seventh and T and the Howard Theatre. Make the...
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Linda Donovan Harper, Executive Director, Cultural Tourism DC; Judge Rohulamin Quander, African American Heritage Trail Advisory Committee; Jane Freundel Levey, Director of Heritage Programs, Cultural Tourism DC; David Maloney, State...
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Judge Rohulamin Quander, African American Heritage Trail Advisory Committee, and Mara Cherkasky, Heritage Programs Associate, Cultural Tourism DC, with the 100th plaque
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Judge Rohulamin Quander, African American Heritage Trail Advisory Committee, and Jane Freundel Levey, Director of Heritage Programs, Cultural Tourism DC, unveil the 100th plaque
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Crowd watches unveiling of the 100th plaque along the African American Heritage Trail
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Joseph A. Quander, Retired DC Assistant Fire Chief, speaks
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Crowd watching unveiling of 100th plaque along the African American Heritage Trail
100TH African American Heritage Trail Unveiling
Linda Donovan Harper, Executive Director, Cultural Tourism DC, speaks
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Washington, DC
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits." - The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther...
Civil War to Civil Rights
Cultural Tourism DC Commemorates Civil War 150th Anniversary: Civil War to Civil Rights
This year, our country marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and naturally DC will...
Tour: Southwest Waterfront
Experience the old and the new in the southwest quadrant of DC. A working-class waterfront neighborhood until the 1950s, nearly all of it was razed to create something new in one of the nation’s first urban renewal experiments. Learn about...
August 26, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
August 27, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
$12
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