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Visitors to Washington, DC flock to the National Mall, where grand monuments symbolize the nation’s highest ideals. This self-guided walking tour is the ninth in a series that invites you to discover what lies beyond the monuments: Washington’s historic neighborhoods. Forged from former slave plantations, Greater Deanwood early became a pre- dominantly African American community. Its location away from the city’s center prompted its country-town atmosphere and a do-it-yourself ethic. This keepsake guide summarizes the 15 signs of A Self-Reliant People: Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail.
Visitors to Deanwood’s Suburban Gardens amusement park, around 1935.
Scurlock Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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