56. Under Our Feet: Rediscovering the African American and Quaker Cemeteries at Walter Pierce Park

Two invisible 19th-century cemeteries lie under foot at Walter Pierce Park in Adams Morgan, DC: a Quaker burying ground and the city's busie
About this Event

Tour description:

Two invisible 19th-century cemeteries lie under foot at Walter Pierce Park in Adams Morgan, DC: a Quaker burying ground and the city's busiest Reconstruction-era African American cemetery. Learn how John Quincy Adams once loved this land and how the cemeteries almost disappeared from public memory in the 20th century. See what neighborhood activists, descendants of the buried, and university anthropologists did to commemorate this site in the tour's final stop: the Ancestors Pavillion at Walter Pierce Park.

Tour Guide: Mary Belcher; DC historian, writer, artist

Ward: 1

TOUR INFORMATION

Tour Starting Location: The Adams Morgan Kiosk
Columbia Road and 18th Street, NW
Meet on the public plaza.
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• Closest Metro or Bus Line: Metrorail: Red line Adams Morgan/Woodley Park/Zoo station. Buses: D72, D74, C51, C53.
• Tour Ending Location: Adams Mill Road side of Walter Pierce Park, 2630 Adams Mill Road, Washington, DC 20009
• Tour Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Tour Distance: 1 miles
• Fitness Level: Low Level (slow walking, flat terrain)
• Audio Enhancer: Yes
• ASL: Low Level (slow walking, flat terrain)
• Wheelchair Accessible: No
• Stroller Accessible: Yes