Saturday, February 8, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm | 2375 Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20020
- Celebration includes
- a puppet show by Ebony Sonshine
- a Jazz performance by the Finn Murphy Quartet
- music by the Jubilee Voices of the Washington Revels
The event will feature hands on activities and stories such as “Meet Mary McLeod Bethune,” and explore the “Great Person Spaces”, that examine the lives of Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “the Father of Black History”.
The winners of the annual Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest will be present to perform their award-winning Frederick Douglass speeches.
A free shuttle will be provided between the Anacostia Metro Station, Martha’s Table, and the Frederick Douglass NHS so visitors can also take tours of Frederick Douglass’s Anacostia home, Cedar Hill.
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