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Feb 28, 2006

African-American Heritage Trail Marker Unveiled

Just in time to close out Black History Month, Cultural Tourism DC, in partnership with the Historic Preservation Office of the D.C. Office of Planning, is unveiling its first African-American Heritage Trail marker. The marker is to be placed at the Recorder of Deeds office at 515 D Street, NW. The Recorder of Deeds office is historically significant because in 1881 President James A. Garfield appointed American abolitionist and reformer Frederick Douglass as Recorder of…

 
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