Black History on Pennsylvania Ave

About this experience

Walk Pennsylvania Avenue and learn about the emancipation of enslaved DC residents, a grand march for the women’s vote, the infamous Snow Riot, the evolution of Home Rule, DC local history, and much more.

Stops include Old City Hall, the National Council of Negro Women, National Archives (outside), FDR’s original memorial, Newspaper Row, Freedom Plaza, and the new World War I Memorial.

Pennsylvania Avenue is one of DC’s most recognizable thoroughfares. It has been home to inaugural parades, mass protests, street festivals, and storied institutional buildings past & present. This tour focuses on the Black history of DC and the country as a whole!

Other things to note:
This tour ends at the intersection of 14th & Penn Ave NW, 11 blocks from the starting point.

Typically I hold tours rain or shine.

Written for ages 12 and up.