Bolling Plans to Add Native History to It's Website!

Today, Abigail Meyers, an associate PR person at Bolling, called to inform me that the Base is working on adding information on it's Native history to the Base website !

It probably won't be more than 1 or 2 paragraphs, but even that will be much greater than zero!

1936 News Reports on the Anacostan Remains Emailed to Bolling Base

9/12/19

Dear Ms Kelty,

Attached are 3 news articles from 1936 reporting on the Anacostan remains that were found on the Base.

The source of these items and a more extensive discussion of the ossuaries found at Bolling can be found in this 1999 book by Dennis Curry, Feast of the Dead: Aboriginal Ossuaries in Maryland.

Until you correct me about the absence of any historical markers on the Base regarding its extensive Native history, I will continue to discuss it as I have in this recent letter in the Washington Post (attached).

Best wishes,

Armand 

Armand Lione, Ph.D.

Director,

DC Native History Project

“Ancient Cemetery in Anacostia Yields Bones Held Prehistoric,” Washington Post, p. 1, September 11, 1936

The Washington Star 1936a "Skeletons Unearthed at Bolling Field" B1, September 11, 1936.

Letter to The Editor, "Remember The Anacostans" Armand Lione & Robert Engelman, Washington Post. A 17, September 7, 2019.

Where to find the latest updates about the DC Native History Project

This blog, started in 2016, includes the basics that led to the collection of volunteers who now form the DC Native History Project.

During the last month, there have been a number of developments relating to the commemoration of the Anacostans on Capitol Hill and in DC.
- Garfield Park Native History Day
- Presentations on Anacostan history to the students of Gonzaga High School and UDC.
- Comments on the content of the new ATT GW CITT app, A Guide to Indigenous DC, led to this letter on Sept 7, 2019 in the Washington Post (p. A 17).

Details and pictures from the above events can be found on this link.
Some double postings may be done in the future, but checking the Facebook page for the
DC Native History Project will probably get you the quickest updates for new events.