D.C. Celebrates Emancipation Day with Parade (photos)
April 16, 1862 marked the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. On that date, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act effectively granting freedom to 3,100 enslaved […]
ANC 2E, June 1: Sidewalks, Jelleff, Former Dean & Deluca Space
The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its June meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, virtually — via Zoom or a conference call. The following is the agenda, […]
Citizens, ANC Sound Alarm on Sidewalk Repairs
May 15, 2021 [Via Electronic Mail] The Honorable Muriel Bowser Mayor, District of Columbia Re: Georgetown’s Sidewalk Repairs Dear Mayor Bowser, DDOT’s destruction of Georgetown’s sidewalks […]
D.C. Statehood Passes Committee: Now on to the House
The bill, H.R.5803, introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), is supported by 233 sponsors, a historic high number.