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DC History for All: Volunteer Fair Hosted by the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum




 * Stop by tomorrow and visit our table!


 * Experience Washington, D.C. and history firsthand with DC History for All: Volunteer Fair at Anacostia Community Museum. Meet staff and volunteers from cultural heritage and history organizations located in and focusing on the capital city. Hear stories from community figures about the District's past and current projects to preserve it.


 * At DC History for All: Volunteer Fair at Anacostia Community Museum on Saturday, September 23. You’ll have opportunities to try digital projects and resources from cultural heritage and history organizations located in and focusing on the nation’s capital city. DC History for All: Volunteer Fair is envisioned as an inclusive space for teachers, students, and parents -- and your chance to contribute to and make your own history. \

When
 * Saturday, September 23, 2017 11AM-3PM

Where
 * Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
 * 1901 Fort Place SE
 * Washington, DC 20020

DC Neighborhoods by Ward
• Ward 1

• Adams Morgan

• Columbia Heights

• Howard University

• Kalorama

• LeDroit Park

• Mount Pleasant

• Park View

• Pleasant Plains

• Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 2 and Ward 6)

• U Street Corridor (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 2)

• Ward 2

• Burleith

• Chinatown

• Downtown

• Dupont Circle

• Federal Triangle

• Foggy Bottom

• Georgetown

• Logan Circle

• Mount Vernon Square (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 6)

• Penn Quarter

• Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 1 and Ward 6)

• Sheridan Kalorama

• Southwest Federal Center

• U Street Corridor (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)

• West End

• Ward 3

• American University Park

• Berkley

• Cathedral Heights

• Chevy Chase

• Cleveland Park

• Colony Hill

• Forest Hills

• Foxhall

• Friendship Heights

• Glover Park

• Kent

• Massachusetts Heights

• McLean Gardens

• North Cleveland Park

• Observatory Circle

• Potomac Heights

• Spring Valley

• Tenleytown

• The Palisades

• Wakefield

• Wesley Heights

• Woodland Normanstone

• Woodley Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1)

• Ward 4

• Barnaby Woods

• Brightwood

• Brightwood Park

• Chevy Chase (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3)

• Colonial Village

• Crestwood

• Fort Totten

• Hawthorne

• Manor Park

• Petworth

• Queens Chapel

• Riggs Park (also known as Lamond Riggs)

• Shepherd Park

• Sixteenth Street Heights

• Takoma

• Ward 5

• Arboretum

• Bloomingdale

• Brentwood

• Brookland

• Carver Langston

• Eckington

• Edgewood

• Fort Lincoln

• Fort Totten

• Gateway

• Ivy City

• Langdon

• Michigan Park

• North Michigan Park

• Pleasant Hill

• Riggs Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4)

• Stronghold

• Trinidad

• Truxton Circle

• Woodridge

• Ward 6

• Barney Circle

• Capitol Hill

• Judiciary Square

• Kingman Park

• Mount Vernon Triangle

• Navy Yard

• Near Northeast

• NoMa

• Southwest Waterfront

• Sursum Corda

• Swampoodle

• Ward 7

• Benning Heights

• Benning Ridge

• Benning

• Burrville

• Capitol View

• Central Northeast

• Civic Betterment

• Deanwood

• Dupont Park

• Eastland Gardens

• Fairfax Village

• Fairlawn

• Fort Davis

• Fort Dupont

• Good Hope

• Greenway

• Hillbrook

• Hillcrest

• Kenilworth

• Kingman Park

• Lincoln Heights

• Marshall Heights

• Mayfair

• Naylor Gardens

• Penn Branch

• Randle Highlands

• River Terrace

• Skyland

• Twining

• Ward 8

• Anacostia

• Barry Farm

• Bellevue

• Buena Vista

• Congress Heights

• Douglass

• Fairlawn

• Garfield Heights

• Knox Hill

• Shipley Terrace

• Washington Highlands

• Woodland

Other articles of interest
• 1968 Washington, D.C. riots

• Addison N. Scurlock

• Alma Thomas House

• Anacostia Community Museum

• Anacostia Historic District

• Anacostia Pool riot

• Banneker Recreation Center

• Ben's Chili Bowl

• Bethel Literary and Historical Society

• Billy Simpson's House of Seafood and Steaks

• Blanche K. Bruce House

• Bolling v. Sharpe

• Bustin' Loose (song)

• Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

• Carver Theater (Washington, D.C.)

• Charlotte Forten Grimké House

• Chuck Brown

• D.C. Black Pride

• District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act

• District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.

• Duke Ellington

• Evans-Tibbs House

• Experience Unlimited

• Fondo del Sol

• Ford's Theatre

• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

• Freedom Highways campaign

• Frelinghuysen University, Former Classroom Building

• Funk Parade

• Go-go

• Hobson v. Hansen

• Howard Theatre

• Howard University

• Howard University Hospital

• Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation

• John Fox Slater Elementary School

• John Mercer Langston School

• John Philip Sousa Junior High School

• Langston Terrace Dwellings

• Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School

• Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ

• Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

• List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia

• List of artworks commemorating African Americans in Washington, D.C.

• M Street High School

• Margaret Murray Washington School

• Mary Church Terrell House

• Experience Unlimited

• Mayfair Mansions Apartments

• Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Michael Shiner

• Mount Pleasant Riot

• Mount Zion Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

• Mount Zion United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)

• Nannie Helen Burroughs School

• Normal School for Colored Girls

• Rare Essence

• Saint Paul African Union Methodist Church

• Shaw Junior High School

• Shaw, Washington, D.C.

• Shiloh Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)

• Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

• Southern Aid Society-Dunbar Theater Building

• St. Elizabeths Hospital

• St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)

• St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)

• Strivers' Section Historic District

• Terrell Law School

• Thaddeus Stevens School (Washington, D.C.)

• Trouble Funk

• The National Office for Black Catholics

• The Washington Afro-American

• The Washington Informer

• Twelfth Street YMCA Building

• Washington Bee

• Washington Black Senators

• Washington Pilots

• Washington Potomacs

• Whitelaw Hotel

• William Syphax School

• WMMJ

• WOL (AM)

Resources
Neighborhood History History of Go-go Historic Sites
 * Anacostia - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Capitol Hill - Online Resourcea via DC Public Library
 * Congress Heights - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Fort Dupont - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Benning Heights - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Brookland - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Deanwood - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Eckington - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Langdon - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * H Street - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Trinadad - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Lamond Riggs - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Navy Yard - Online Resources via DC Public Library
 * Bulleted list item
 * O Say Can You See? - Smithsonian Blog
 * Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75, But Will Live on at the Smithsonian - Smithsonian.com
 * National Park Service - Washington, DC List Historic Sites