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Different Views, Different Voices: Historic Anacostia
Cedar Hill, the grand, hilltop home of famed abolitionist, orator, and editor Frederick Douglass is the centerpiece of this tour of a Washington visitors seldom see. This tour will take you through his historic neighborhood, created in 1854 as the first suburb of the nation's capital, and tell you the stories of the people who have called this area home, from English planters, to Native Americans, to African Americans. Across the Anacostia River from the city's monuments and memorials, this area of the city affords some of the best views of the nation's capital. It is also steeped in Civil War history, and the history of Washington's African American community. Today its historic homes and dramatic landscapes are on the edge of a renaissance. In addition to a tour of the Douglass Home, the experience includes the site of a major Civil War fort, the 19th-century architecture of historic Uniontown, and a visit to The Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture. (Sponsored by Washington Walks and
Cultural Tourism DC)
