FRIENDS CLEAN UP AFTER LINCOLN PARK FIREWORKS
LINCOLN PARK NEWSLETTER: The largest nonprofit group serving Lincoln Park — Friends of Capitol Hill Parks — steps up to clean up.
AMATEUR FIREWORKS SHOW DRAWS CROWDS
Independence Day annually draws fireworks enthusiasts and observers to Lincoln Park. While some fireworks might have been purchased at legal fireworks stands in D.C., certainly others were illegal.
Shows broke out all over the city.
That kept firefighters busy.
Washington’s citywide fire operation's command center for D.C. at Engine Company No. 16 responded to a total of 835 calls.
D.C. Fire and EMS says that's more than three times about the average number of calls they get in a typical day, NBC 4 reported.
"The sun goes down and the informal fireworks really begin, often the illegal fireworks," said Vito Maggiolo, spokesperson for DC Fire and EMS. "We are just racing from fire to fire, extinguishing fires."
Nearly 300 of the calls on Thursday were non-EMS related — just focused on fires.
“Many of those calls for fire emergencies [were] presumably related to fireworks — trash fires, brush fires, all sorts of miscellaneous outdoor fires," Maggiolo said.
SUPREME LEADER MARY FARRAN ORDERS CLEANUP
FRIENDS OF CAPITOL HILL PARKS SWEEPS UP DEBRIS
A LOT OF DETRITUS REMAINS, BUT LOOKING BETTER FOR NOW.
Friends of Capitol Hill Parks launched a clean-up of the leftover fireworks debris. They showed up with brooms and bags.
Before
After
Joining them was the youth-owned Workers on the Hill, led by Danny, Gabriel, Myles and Chase. Workers on the Hill would love to do work for you, from walking your dogs, watering your garden while you’re away, yard work, power washing, window-washing or other chores around the house.
You can reach them at workersonthehill@gmail.com.
WHAT THE DUCK?!
Ducklings found wandering in Arrighi Alley
Eleventh Street NE residents Paula and Kip came across two lost baby ducklings in Arrighi Alley on Friday afternoon, and they managed to catch one. The other escaped. Both were crying and clearly separated from the mom.
They contacted April Linton, president of City Wildlife, who came to fetch the duckling to join another flock they are working with.
On Saturday, neighbors could hear what sounded like a duckling. On Sunday, two ducklings were located in a locked yard.
The ducks were frightened but eventually sat in a bowl of water.
April Linton was called again, and she and a co-worker, Ann, came to pick up the ducklings.
Ann (left) and April of City Wildlife.
City Wildlife is located at 15 Oglethorpe St NW, Washington, D.C. 20011 and is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Click here for directions.
If you’ve found an animal, call City Wildlife at (202) 882-1000.
Here’s what to do if you find an injured wild animal: https://citywildlife.org/found-animal/
April, who lives near Lincoln Park, can be reached at (202) 999-2742.
If you cannot bring the animal to City Wildlife or if you are calling after hours, call the Humane Rescue Alliance at 202-723-5730, ext. 2. PLEASE CALL US WITH URGENT ANIMAL CONCERNS. DO NOT EMAIL.
Annual Lincoln Park Turf Improvement
Brown grass across the middle of the turf, not caused by dogs.
Reopening of the central turf in Lincoln Park
The central turf in Lincoln Park is set to reopen on July 8, 2024.
GOLDEN WATERING CAN TO BE AWARDED ON JULY 21
The annual potluck for urn gardeners will be on Sunday, July 21.
At that time, we will have the annual urn contest at which the coveted Golden Watering Can, along with a cash prize of up to $10 million, will be awarded for the best-designed urn.
Get ready for the competition.
This is a good time to refresh your urns to get ready for the contest and the big rededication of the Bethune statue on July 13. Let's show our best for this ceremony.
Please check your urns and remove any dead plants. We've noticed a dead boxwood and other plants. The urns near the Bethune statue are very parched from the sun. Let us know if you need help with dead plants, watering or finding plants that would work well there.
Less than one week to go!
Let us know if there are any questions.
Mary McLeod Bethune is greeted as she is deplaning in Indianapolis. She is met by Crispus Attucks High School principal Russell A. Lane and others. Mary Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist known for starting Bethune-Cookman College, a private school for Black students in Daytona Beach, Fla. Photo from Indiana Historical Society.
COUNTDOWN TO BETHUNE REDEDICATION: NEXT SATURDAY
We are less than a week away from the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in Lincoln Park.
Next Saturday, July 13, the memorial will be rededicated in a ceremony hosted by the National Park Service, with support from the National Council of Negro Women and Bethune-Cookman University, the Florida university founded by Mrs. Bethune.
Special guests to include the Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, D.C., and Dr. A. Lois Keith, National Chair of the NCNW Board.
The formal rededication ceremony is slated for 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., followed by music and informal activities starting at 5 p.m.
The ceremony is designed to mirror the original 1974 program, including speeches by leaders of the National Park Service and NCNW, reading of Mrs. Bethune’s Last Will and Testament by students from the Washington School for Girls, performances by the “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Corps Band and the Bethune-Cookman University Choir, and a grand unveiling and rededication of the memorial.
Mary McLeod Bethune, left, then director of Negro Affairs for the National Youth Administration, launches SS Booker T. Washington. Joining Mrs. Bethune is Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and other committee members. Photo 1942, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Mary McLeod Bethune, then President of Bethune-Cookman College, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at a meeting of the National Youth Administration, a New Deal program created in 1935 within the Works Progress Administration. Mrs. Bethune was the only woman in President Roosevelt's influential “Black Cabinet.” The photo is undated, but believed to be between 1935 and 1942. Photo: Library of Congress
Here is the urn map
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1VAZgfCet1HjsOZBS8_WRa9vYzJILYqlRLcaXCnOL7Lw/edit?usp=sharing
Time to start thinking about planting your summer flowers.
The view from Pacci’s on a summer night.
Tommy makes new friends at Pacci’s.
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Through consultation with NPS, PLANTS volunteers will purchase and install plants, which will also include aromatics.