More Ideas for Your Stay in D.C.
Our spring meeting host, Washington D.C. Governor Laura Belman, has shared more ideas for how to spend your free time during your stay.
Georgetown Walking Tours
If you are interested in a walking tour of Georgetown, call Dwane Starlin at (202) 368-2737.
The Signers’ Memorial
The Trust for the National Mall invites us to visit The Signers’ Memorial. If you walk east from the Lincoln Memorial, you will find it at the edge of the Reflecting Pool. It is very photogenic, and on a pretty day can’t be beat. The closest street address would be where 19th Street NW meets Constitution Avenue. If you want a taxi, note that all D.C. cabs are painted red. Read more here.
Revolutionary Beginnings Exhibit at the Society of the Cincinnati
The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati at 2118 Massachusetts Avenue is celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary with a special exhibit called “Revolutionary Beginnings: War and Remembrance in the First Year of America’s Fight for Independence.” Read more about the exhibit.
Last Living Child of a Signer
For Signer sleuths: At Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street NW, you will find the imposing funeral statue of Samuel Chase’s daughter Mary Chase Barney. According to the newspapers, she was the last living child of a Signer. She married William Bedford Barney, the son of Joshua Barney, the Naval hero of The War of 1812. Their daughter Annie Eliza Barney Steele is commemorated in the stained glass over the altar at St. John’s Church in Lafayette Square (given by the family in 1885).
Library of Congress Preview: A Signer’s Secular Song and The Two Georges
At the Library of Congress, DSDI has asked to see Thomas Jefferson’s own copy of the Declaration. Another request made at the suggestion of Rhode Island Governor Elizabeth Di Censo is pending–to see America’s first secular song written by a Signer, Francis Hopkinson–My Days have been So Wondrousfree.
On the scheduled Saturday tour, you will see the newly opened “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution.” Read more about the exhibit.