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Howard Celebrated for Its Legacy Along Historic Route
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Howard University Hospital |
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WASHINGTON – Howard University and Howard University Hospital will be honored with three sites along the new Georgia Avenue/Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail during the trail’s grand opening at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, on the front lawn of Howard University Hospital.
The public is invited to the event, which will include refreshments, stories from residents who lived the history of the route, a health fair and a children’s scavenger hunt.
The trail route stretches from the Shaw/Howard University Metro station at Georgia Avenue and S Street to the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro stop at Georgia and New Hampshire avenues and will feature poster-sized signs outside 19 historical sites that explain their significance and history in the Washington area.
Cultural Tourism DC is responsible for the trail. It is the 12th trail created by the nonprofit agency, which promotes places and events in the District of Columbia that would interest tourists and residents. |
| Howard University Hospital has already received a sign outside telling how it sits on what once was the site of Griffith Stadium, which was the region’s sports and entertainment center for more than 50 years. The stadium was the home of the Washington Senators baseball team, the Negro baseball league’s Homestead Grays and the Washington Redskins. |
The Hospital and the University will unveil an exhibit sponsored by Pepsi Cola that shows the history of Griffith Stadium through photos, memorabilia and a short video documentary about the people who came to the stadium, from presidents to plumbers, to enjoy events there.
Howard University will receive two citations. One is for Freedmen’s Hospital, which is currently the C.B. Powell Building and houses the School of Communications. Freedmen’s was established in 1862 to serve African Americans in the Washington area.
The University will also be honored with a poster at 6th and Howard streets to note it was the first liberal arts university created to serve African Americans.
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Freedmen’s Hospital |
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Griffith Stadium |
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The trail will pass through four neighborhoods—Shaw, Pleasant Plains, Park View and Petworth—and will note 16 other sites, including:
- The Howard Theatre, which opened in 1910 as the nation’s first major theater built for African Americans;
- The boardinghouse where novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston lived while a student at Howard University;
- President Abraham Lincoln’s commuter route;
- Georgia Avenue’s “Nile Valley”; and
- Buildings that once housed Wonder Bread and other bakeries.
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During
the
formal
presentation,
Clark
Griffith
will
talk
about
Griffith
Stadium;
Dr.
Clive
Callender,
who
performed
the
first
transplants
at
Freedmen’s
Hospital,
will
explain
its
significance;
and
Charlie
Brotman,
the
former
announcer
for
the
Washington
Senators,
will
tell
stories
about
presidents
who
threw
out
the
first
balls
of
the
season
and
famous
baseball
players.
Dr.
R.G.
Adams,
chief
medical
officer
at
Howard
University
Hospital,
will
also
speak.
During
the
Howard
University
Hospital
Health
and
Wellness
Fair,
there
will
be
free
health
screenings
and
information
about
hospital
services.
After
the
formal
program,
participants
are
invited
to
explore
the
trail
from
noon
to
2
p.m.
on
their
own,
or
take
a
guided
walk
led
by
the
Working
Group
community
members
who
helped
create
the
trail.
Click
here
for
the
Georgia
Avenue
Heritage
Trail
Map
For
more
information,
visit
these
sites:
The
Georgia
Avenue/Pleasant
Plains
Trail
http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/trails-tours/neighborhood-heritage-trails/lift-every-voice-georgia-avepleasant-plains-
Other
Heritage
Trail
Sites
http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/trails-tours/neighborhood-heritage-trails
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