Name: Frederick Douglass Birthday & Black History Month Celebration
Start: 2025-02-08T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-08T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Martha’s Table

Frederick Douglass Birthday & Black History Month Celebration

February 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

Celebrate Frederick Douglass’s 207th birthday and Black History Month at this event hosted at Martha’s Table!

Celebration includes, a puppet show by Ebony Sonshine, a Jazz performance by the Finn Murphy Quartet, and music by the Jubilee Voices of the Washington Revels. The event will feature hands on activities and stories such as “Meet Mary McLeod Bethune,” and explore the “Great Person Spaces”, that examine the lives of Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “the Father of Black History”. The winners of the annual Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest will be present to perform their award-winning Frederick Douglass speeches. A free shuttle will be provided between the Anacostia Metro Station, Martha’s Table, and the Frederick Douglass NHS so visitors can also take tours of Frederick Douglass’s Anacostia home, Cedar Hill.

This event is free and open to the public!

Details

Date:: February 8
Time:: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Event Categories:: Community Event, Partner Events
Event Tags:: Black History Month, Black History Month Celebration, Ebony Sonshine, Finn Murphy Quartet, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Birthday, Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest, Mary McLeod Bethune, Washington Revels

Organizer

: National Park Service
: View Organizer Website

Venue

: Martha’s Table
: 2375 Elvans Road, S.E.
Washington, DC 20020 United States

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