Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 2:45 PM
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Subject: [HistoricWashington] Walking tour of Bloomingdale / McMillan Park Environs - Saturday, 9 am
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] Walking tour of Bloomingdale / McMillan Park Environs - Saturday, 9 am
Friends
of McMillan Park (FOMP) announces another history walking tour through
Bloomingdale and around the perimeter of McMillan Park, led by a neighbor who
has compiled a tremendous amount of detail about the park and its role in the
neighborhood through the years since it was first opened to the public. The
tour will showcase McMillan Park, its vistas, unique history, and connection to
historic landmarks in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.
The
tour will last approximately 1 ½ hours and will start at the Big Bear Café
(located at the corner of 1st St. and R St. NW) on Saturday, June 24th at 9am
(rain date Sunday, June 25th at 9am). Light refreshments will be served and a
selection of some of FOMP's favorite mounted art photos of McMillan Park
offered for sale at the end of the tour. Please register by sending an
email to restoremcmillan@gmail.com or calling Kirby at (202) 213-2690. We are accepting
up to 20 people for this tour to make sure all who join it can hear and fully
participate, so we will accept the first 20 persons who register.
We are asking for a
suggested donation of $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the event, to benefit
the Friends of McMillan Park legal fund for the case that is now before the DC Court
of Appeals and will be returning to Court following remand hearings before the
Zoning Commission and the Mayor's Agent for
Historic Preservation. Those who are unable to join the tour, please
consider a donation to help support these legal efforts. Payment may be done
via PayPal or Crowdrise links on the web page, www.friendsofmcmillan.org/merchandise.
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