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Symbol Description Adopted Image Ref. Beverage: Rickey: At the place of origin of the cocktail, Jack Evans, a city councillor, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, the House delegate for the district, unveiled a plaque honoring the Rickey. It was proclaimed "Washington, D.C.'s native cocktail". July was also declared as Rickey Month in the district.
Exhibition Exhibits of art, photography Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument: National Park Service: Historic house – History U.S. women's suffrage and equal-rights movements Smithsonian American Art Museum: Smithsonian Institution: Art American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States Textile Museum
The city set aside $300,000 for the design work. [3] In September 2021, Franklin Square reopened after a year-long, $21 million renovation. [5] During the renovation, 63 trees were replaced, and new landscaping, a children's play garden, flexible seating, and art exhibit spaces were added. [6]
The city's landmarks reflect its status as the national capital, including grand government buildings, homes of politicians, military facilities, and museums. The list also includes sites relating to support for the disabled, the Civil Rights Movement, pioneering urban infrastructure, and other historic themes.
Since its opening, the museum has generally staged multiple exhibitions each year, often hosting one separate exhibition in each floor. Among the most important recent exhibitions, was the first ever American exhibition of contemporary North Korean art, [5] which was held concurrently with an exhibition of art by notable immigrant Greater Washington area artists, [5] including Ric Garcia, Joan ...
Anacostia / æ n ə ˈ k ɒ s t i ə / is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue (formerly Good Hope Road) SE and the neighborhood contains commercial and government buildings, mid-rise mixed development, city-sanctioned art murals and galleries (under the "Art to Go Go" initiative), a performing arts center, a ...
This is a list of public art in Washington, D.C. organized by neighborhood wards. Ward 1 – Neighborhoods such as Adams Morgan , Columbia Heights , Howard University and the U Street Corridor . Ward 2 – Neighborhoods such as Downtown , Dupont Circle , Foggy Bottom , Georgetown , parts of Shaw and cultural areas like the National Mall and the ...
The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues.