The Dunbar Shaw Historic Society invites you to:
HISTORIC DUNBAR SHAW WALK
Saturday, October 27, 2012
(Rain dat e: Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012)
Meeting point: Florida Avenue Park, 11 am
Did you know that your neighborhood is adjacent to the
Historic LeDroit Park community and home of famous
African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar; and former
presidential candidate and DC Shadow Senator
Jesse Jackson; former DC mayor Walter Washington;
and many other prominent and history-making African-
Americans. Did you know that our community is the
center of population of the District of Columbia?
Come join ANC Commissioner Bradley Thomas and
Policy, Research Associate and local historian Jennifer
Ragins on a walking tour to get to know this neighborhood’s
rich history.
RSVP or Questions email historicdunbarshawdc@gmail.com
The Dunbar Shaw
community is a thriving
residential Old City
neighborhood located in the
northwest quadrant of Ward
5. It is part of the historic
Shaw School Urban
Renewal Area, named after
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw,
who led African-American
troops in the Civil War, and
lies within L’Enfant’s
planned City of Washington.
Bates Area Civic Association 