Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Part of National Capital Parks – East
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 10, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 326 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Hilltop Anacostia mansion and, from 1877 to 1895, home of famed African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
BEAUTY (4/10)
Cedar Hill is located at what might be the highest point in Southeast Washington, D.C. The wide vista from the [...]

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African American Civil War Memorial

Part of Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 11, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 303 of 353
Local Website

WHAT IS IT?
A circular statue located at the corner of Vermont Avenue and U Street NW that commemorates the African Americans who fought for the Union in the American Civil War.
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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Part of National Capital Parks – East
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 11, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 330 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Stately Victorian-era home of Mary McLeod Bethune and longtime headquarters of the organization she founded, the National Council of Negro Women.
BEAUTY (4/10)
This three-story Second Empire Victorian house blends benignly with the other townhouses along Vermont Avenue. Its [...]

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Carter G. Woodson House National Historic Site

Part of National Capital Parks – East
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 11, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 329 OF 353
NPS Website

WHAT IS IT?
1915-1950 Shaw neighborhood home of Carter G. Woodson: professor, pioneering historian and founder of Black History Month.
BEAUTY (1/10)
The Woodson House is an abandoned row house in a not so picturesque part of NW Washington, D.C. A trompe [...]

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United States Navy Memorial

Part of Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 11, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 303 of 353
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
An elaborate memorial complex located along Pennsylvania Avenue that honors the naval branch of the U.S. armed forces.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

Part of George Washington Memorial Parkway
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 10, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 328 of 353
NPS Website

WHAT IS IT?
Fragrant grove of shady trees whose windy paths converge to an imposing red granite slab. The narrow Park is a living memorial to our 36th president, Lyndon Baines Johnson.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Nothing says greatness like a fifteen-foot high block of [...]

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Theodore Roosevelt Island

Part of George Washington Memorial Parkway
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 10, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 327 of 353
NPS Website

WHAT IS IT?
100 acre Potomac River island that serves as a memorial to our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt.
BEAUTY (5/10)
Many D.C.-area sites advertise themselves as an “urban oasis.” Theodore Roosevelt Island is one of the few that delivers. You enter [...]

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Greenbelt Park

Part of National Capital Parks – East
Greenbelt, Md.
Visited: November 10, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 325 of 353
NPS Website

WHAT IS IT?
Over 1,000 acres of pine and deciduous forests nestled in between the sprawling metropolises of Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Md.
BEAUTY (4/10)
Greenbelt Park greeted us with colorful foliage, falling leaves, expansive meadows, rippling creeks, well-marked trails and [...]

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Anacostia Park and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Part of National Capital Parks – East
Washington, D.C.
Visited: November 10, 2006
NPS Site Visited: 292 of 353
Anacostia Park NPS Website; Aquatic Gardens NPS Website

WHAT IS IT?
1,200 acres of shoreline which clings both sides of the Anacostia River for nearly 11 miles.
The Aquatic Gardens are located within Anacostia Park’s borders. They are an interconnected 12-acre rectangular-shaped series [...]

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