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X-WR-CALNAME:History of Slavery - Obama Inauguration Event in Washingt
	on DC at Adams Morgan - Eventful
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SUMMARY:History of Slavery - Obama Inauguration Event
DESCRIPTION:SLAVERY & FREEDOM IN A WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD\nFREE PUBLI
	C WALKING TOUR MONDAY\, JANUARY 19\, 2009\n \nMark this historic inaug
	uration week by joining us for a free\, hour-long walking tour\, "From
	 Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan\," on Monday\, January 19 at 10:30
	 a.m. starting at the Sun Trust Bank Plaza at 18th Street and Columbia
	 Road\, N.W.  Washington\, DC 20009.  About an 8 minute walk from the 
	Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Red Line Metro Train.  Metro Buses nearb
	y 42\, L2\, H1 90\, 92\, 96\, or 98\, get off at 18th and Columbia Roa
	d NW.\n \nWe’ll walk first to Kalorama Park\, where\, in 1861\, an e
	nslaved young woman named Hortense Prout made a daring bid for freedom
	 from a lifetime of bondage on the cattle farm of John Little.  Becaus
	e of Hortense’s courageous effort\, the National Park Service has ju
	st named Kalorama Park a "National Underground Railroad Network to Fre
	edom" site.\n \nWe'll then walk to Walter C. Pierce Community Park\, t
	he site of Washington's first Quaker cemetery and the city’s largest
	 African American burial ground following the Civil War.  Howard Unive
	rsity archeologists\, with the support of the community\, are conducti
	ng a unique\, non-invasive (no digging!) survey of Walter Pierce Park 
	to determine where unmarked graves still exist so they can be protecte
	d and commemorated.\n \nPlease join us for this special journey into o
	ur city’s past!  Neighborhood historians Mary Belcher and Eddie Beck
	er will lead the walk\, rain or shine.  No RSVP required.  Questions? 
	 Call Mary Belcher at 202-462-9069\, or write Eddie Becker at eddie_be
	cker(at)yahoo(d0t)com.  This walk is co-sponsored by Washington Parks 
	& People and the Kalorama Citizens Association.
LOCATION:Adams Morgan @ 1815 Adams Mill Road NW, Washington, District 
	of Columbia 20009 United States
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