On this self-guided walking tour of Greater H Street, historical markers lead you to:
– Swampoodle, whose residents helped build the Capitol and the White House.
– The route British forces marched on their way to burn the Capitol and White House.
– Gallaudet University, recognized as the center of American Deaf Culture.
– Trinidad rowhouses, built on a former brickyard and baseball field.
– The small brick storefronts where hundreds of immigrant families got their toe-hold in Washington.
– Union Terminal Market, purveyor to the city.
– The arena where the Beatles performed their first U.S. concert and Malcolm X spoke.
– The performing arts center that is spurring the neighborhood’s most recent renewal.
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