LeDroit Park / Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Meeting – Thursday, 04/19/2012

Join Cultural Tourism DC as we re-start the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail.

Please share your stories about living in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, and bring suggestions (and contact information) about subjects for oral history interviews (such as neighborhood elders, community leaders, and longtime residents). Family photo collections are particularly valuable.

Even if you haven`t participated before, the Working Group would love to see you.

We will meet on Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:00 pm, at St. George`s Episcopal Church, 160 U Street NW (corner of Second Street).

To learn more about the Washington, DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails Program, contact Jane Freundel Levey at Cultural Tourism DC: 202-661-7581, or visit http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/tours-trails/neighborhood-heritage-trails

We hope to see you.

Robert Sullivan

LeDroit Park & Bloomingdale Heritage Trail working group is soliciting volunteers

See this 1/12/2011 message from Bloomingdale resident Christian Seitz:

LeDroit Park & Bloomingdale Heritage Trail needs your help!

Share our history!

LeDroit Park & Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group needs volunteers, participants, old family photos & stories.

Many believe Washington is a city of politicians. We know better! It is a city of great neighborhoods.

LeDroit Park & Bloomingdale are working together to develop our Heritage Trail. Heritage Trails are self-guided walking tours of historic neighborhoods featuring trail signs that combine stories, historic photos, and maps. These trails teach residents and tourists alike about the rich history that makes up the fabric of our city. You've seen these trail signs in the U Street Corridor, Shaw, Adams Morgan, Barracks Row, Pleasant Plains, and several other neighborhoods.

Heritage Trails are developed in coordination with community working groups. The working group shapes the trail; collects neighborhood stories and images, decides what sites are important to neighborhood history, what should be included on the signs, where the signs should be placed, what the trail should be named, and more. We are beginning the process of developing a trail for LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, and we need your help. A little time can go a long way. Volunteers / participants can share a photo and a story, organize responsibilities, pass out flyers, reach out to former residents or their descendants, record stories, or conduct research.

If you're interested in participating in this wonderful project, please contact Robert Sullivan at 202- 365- 8542 or rbsll@yahoo.com .

For more information on Heritage Trails, follow this link:
http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/trails-tours/neighborhood-heritage-trails

LeDroit Park-Bloomingdale Heritage Trail working group meeting tonight

See this Email from LeDroit Park resident Eric Fidler:

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Eric Fidler wrote:

Neighbors,

You’ve seen them around DC. Those tall signs with historic photos and narratives explaining what happened in that neighborhood 70 or 200 years ago. Several neighborhoods in DC have heritage trails, courtesy of Cultural Tourism DC.

We in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale are on our way to getting our very own heritage trail, but the LeDroit Park-Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group needs your help.

The Working Group will meet Wednesday, May 12 at 7 pm at St. George’s Episcopal Church (Second & U Streets NW) to collect stories, old photos, and to plan how to interview our neighborhoods’ long-time residents.

All the material we collect will be used to plan the heritage trail that will lead through the neighborhood.

Do you have an old photo or an old story to tell or are you interested in local history? LeDroit Park has hosted many notable residents from Civil War generals, to Duke Ellington, to Walter Washington, and even Jesse Jackson!

Come join us Wednesday night and learn how you can help.

Wednesday, May 12
7 pm
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Second & U Streets NW

--ericfidler

join the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group

See this message from Bloomingdale resident Cassandra Costley:

Come make history with the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group!

You are invited to join the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group on Wednesday, May 12, 7 pm at St. George's Episcopal Church (160 U St., NW).

Find out what a Heritage Trail is, what progress has been made on the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail, and how you can help. Bring your input, your stories, your photographs, and your neighbors!

Share this message with friends, neighbors, former residents, community organizations, churches, businesses, and everyone else who has a story to tell about LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, or an interest in helping to shape the Heritage Trail. All are welcome!
For more information on the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail effort, contact Cassandra Costley at 202.462-3737 or bloomingdaleca@gmail.com. You may also send relevant information or photos to LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Working Group, c/o Cassandra Costley 2006 First St, NW Washington, DC 20001.

To learn more about the Washington, DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails Program, contact Jane Freundel Levey at Cultural Tourism DC: 202- 661- 7581.

District of Columbia Neighborhood Heritage Trails are developed by neighborhood working groups and the nonprofit Cultural Tourism DC with funding by the District Department of Transportation, the Washington Convention and Sports Authority, and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.