This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
U Street Heritage Trails Highlight Washington History
The pamphlets tour downtown DC landmarks from U Street’s jazz era to Civil War to civil rights sites. Notables like Ellington Vaughan Douglass Barton and Marshall are linked to Howard University, Lincoln, Douglass, and King. Willard Hotel features Lincoln and MLK moments. Security and pride accompany visitors.
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U Street
Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway
Pearl Bailey
Sarah Vaughan
Louis Armstrong
Billy Eckstine
Lyndon
Lady Bird Johnson
Lbj
Washington
Washington, D.C
Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Clara Barton
Walt Whitman
Frederick Douglass
American Red Cross
Douglass
D.C
Anacostia River
Howard University
South
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Marshall
Brown Vs. Board of Education
High Court
Willard Inter-Continental
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Lincoln Memorial
America
Hearst Newspapers