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2010

Cultural Tourism DC Celebrates Greater U Street With New Visitor Center and Audio Tour (February 4, 2010)

Press Release Archive

2009

Cultural Tourism DC Announces 2010 Events: Passport DC Expands to a Month of Activities (December 9, 2009)

Cultural Tourism DC Receives Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation for Heritage Trails: Heritage Trails Are Named City's Official Walking Trails (December 7, 2009)

Columbia Heights Heritage Trail is the City's Tenth: Cultural Tourism DC Hosts Unveiling and Neighborhood Celebration October 24 (September 21, 2009)

Cultural Tourism DC Announces New Board Chair and Adds Nine New Members to Its Board of Directors  (September 17, 2009)

WalkingTown DC's Tenth Edition as Cultural Tourism DC Celebrates Ten Years (September 8, 2009)

Cultural Tourism DC Receives History Award for Civil War to Civil Rights Audio Tour (August 28, 2009)

Cultural Tourism DC's Art on Call Project Awards Grant to Seven Communities to Restore Antique Call Boxes (July 8, 2009)

WalkingTown, DC Spring Edition: More than 100 Free Walking Tours May 30 - 31 (April 20, 2009)

Passport DC Spotlights Washington's International Culture with Embassy Open House, April 30 - May 9, 2009 (April 1, 2009)

Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown Heritage Trail Now Available as Free Audio Tour and Guidebook - Cultural Tourism DC Hosts Launch Event at Willard InterContinental Hotel (February 11, 2009)

Museums and Attractions in DC Mark Inauguration Day with a Wealth of Cultural Activities (January 6, 2009)

2008

WalkingTown, DC Fall Edition Kicks Off Week of "Green" Transportation September 20 and 21 (August 28, 2008)

Brightwood Heritage Trail Highlights Neighborhood's Civil War History: Cultural Tourism DC Hosts Unveiling and Heritage Trail Stroll August 16 (July 7, 2008)

WalkingTown, DC Spring Edition Highlights Changing Neighborhoods with 80 Free Walking Tours, April 26 - 27, 2008  (March 12, 2008)

Cultural Tourism DC Announces Passport DC: Embassies To Open Doors May 3 - 17, 2008 (February 19, 2008)

Warm Up to a Museum Takes Away Winter Chill: Local Museums Offer Tours, Talks, and More this February (January 10, 2008)

2007

Cultural Tourism DC Marks 35 Historic Sites On African American Heritage Trail (October 12, 2007)

Leon Seemann is New Director of Finance at Cultural Tourism DC (October 12, 2007)

WalkingTown, DC Fall Edition Returns with 45 Free Walking Tours, September 29 (August 28, 2007)

Cultural Tourism DC Awards Board Chair and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (July 5, 2007)

Cultural Tourism DC Elects Two New Members to Board of Directors (July 2, 2007)

Linda Harper Named Executive Director of Cultural Tourism DC (May 3, 2007)

WalkingTown, DC Spring Edition Returns with 64 Free Walking Tours, April 21 – 22, 2007

Cultural Tourism DC Accepting Nominations for New Sites on African American Heritage Trail (February 22, 2007)

Cultural Tourism DC's Warm Up to a Museum Takes Away Winter Chill: Local Museums To Offer Art, Music, and More this February (January 9, 2007)

2006

Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail Highlights Diverse, Urban Center of Arts and Activism: Cultural Tourism DC Hosts Unveiling and Heritage Trail Stroll, December 9

WalkingTown, DC FALL EDITION Returns with 26 Free Walking Tours, September 30, 2006

Cultural Tourism DC's Culture Cool Refreshes Heat-Weary Washingtonians: Local Arts and Cultural Organizations to Offer Exhibits, Tours, and More This August (June 26, 2006)

Heritage Trail Highlights Continuity and Change in Shaw:

Community Trail Walk and Unveiling May 6 (April 24, 2006)

WalkingTown, DC SPRING EDITION Returns with 50 Free Walking Tours, April 22 – 23, 2006 (March 27, 2006)

Recorder of Deeds Building is First to Receive

African American Heritage Trail Plaque: Mayor Williams Unveils Historic Marker February 28 (February 22, 2006)

Cultural Tourism DC Holds Annual Gala, Hidden Treasures of 16th Street (February 15, 2006)

Adams Morgan Heritage Trail Highlights Vibrant, Diverse Neighborhood Character: Cultural Tourism DC Hosts Community Trail Walk and Unveiling January 28 (January 19, 2006)

2005

Cultural Community Highlights Patriotism, Creativity, with Summer 2006 Cultural Tourism Promotion: Washington, DC Celebrates American Originals (October 25, 2005)

WalkingTown, DC FALL EDITION Offers Taste of Neighborhoods Across the Capital Saturday, October 1 (September 16, 2005)

Dupont Circle Unveils 22 Art on Call Boxes During Community Celebration, September 10 (August 10, 2005)

WalkingTown, DC Shows off District's Neighborhoods: 55 Free Walking Tours April 16 and 17 (March 23, 2005)

Changing Southwest Neighborhood Gets New Heritage Trail: Cultural Tourism DC and Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Host Official Unveiling January 15 (January 14, 2005)

2004

Neighborhood Residents and Scholars Discuss

What Makes U Street's History Nationally Significant at Conference (December 1, 2004)

DC's Third Neighborhood Heritage Trail Unveiled on Capitol Hill (December 1, 2004)

Executive Director Kathryn Smith to Leave Cultural Tourism DC in March 2005 (October 12, 2004)

Mount Pleasant Unveils DC's First Art on Call Boxes--

Refurbished Fire and Police Call Boxes Revealed Saturday (July 19, 2004)

Cultural Tourism DC's Gala Awards Reception: "History in the Making...Celebrating Downtown DC" (July 15, 2004)

Cultural Tourism DC Elects New Board President Michael Fitzpatrick (June 9, 2004)

Mayor Williams, Community Leaders Gather for Preview of "America Celebrates the Greatest Generation" (May 13, 2004)

Heritage Window Display Links Heritage with Economic and Workforce Development on U Street (March 25, 2004)

2003

City's First Official African American Heritage Trail--A Guide to 98 Sites Throughout DC (December 11, 2003)

Nation's Capital to Host Unprecedented Summer-Long Tribute to World War II Generation (November 11, 2003)

DC Open House, a Weekend of Free Walking Tours and Free Museums Offers Washington a la Carte, October 4 and 5 (August 29, 2003)

With Blues & Dreams: Celebrating the African-American Experience in Washington, DC, District Pays Unprecedented Tribute to Black Arts and Heritage (August 29, 2003)

Cultural Tourism DC Offers Civil War Washington: Soldiers and Citizens, the Capital's Only Civil War Bus Tour, Five Saturdays in July and August Includes Rare Opportunity to Visit the Unrestored Lincoln Cottage (June 17, 2003)

DC Heritage Tourism Coalition Announces New Name and Website, Cultural Tourism DC and www.CulturalTourismDC.org (June 4, 2003)

2003 Guided Tour Season Launched Cultural Tourism DC Offers Walking and Bus Tours (April 15, 2003)

First Call Box Restoration Approved Cultural Tourism DC Rehabilitation of Police and Fire Call Boxes to Proceed in Mount Pleasant (April 2, 2003)

2002

Mayor Williams Launches Rehabilitation of Washington's Historic Police and Fire Call Boxes (November 7, 2002)

2001

City Within a City: Greater U Street Heritage Trail Dedicated Walking Trail Presents the Historic Heart of DC's African American Community (November 29, 2001)