Garfield Park Native History Day 2021

Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, we will host our second Garfield Park Native History Day! This year will include the documented archaeology of the Carroll Estate that adjoins the park, and the finds made when the park was built - we will also describe the new finds that have been made nearby since our last event in Garfield Park in 2019. Here are the flyer (excellently designed by Ben Aronson) and a press release for the day.

Garfield Park History Poster - Nov. 1, 2020

     To mark the beginning of Native American Heritage Month, this poster was put on the Garfield Park bulletin board on Nov. 1, 2020!

It's only a start, but it is the 1st version of a Native Village Marker on Capitol Hill!

Garfield Park Native History Day, Aug 24!

There's a new Facebook page to help promote Garfield Park Native History Day:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/498983764237328/?ref=bookmarks

Here's the flyer to help spread the word -

Skeleton of a Native Girl was found in 1883 when Garfield Park was being built

After the Washington Post article was published, Mark Herlong was kind enough to email me the news links from 1883 about the Anacostan relics that were found during the construction of Garfield Park. They included skeletal remains and hair from a young Native girl.  Here are the citations from the two original articles, from The Evening Star and the Washington Post.  Copies can be viewed online by searching through the DC Public Library (and other public libraries) using the digital newspaper links:

Washington Post, Aug. 12, 1883 p. 8 

"Some Curious Discoveries. An Indian Girl’s Skeleton and Other Relics of the Past."

Evening Star, Aug. 22, 1883 p. 1 

"Indian Remains, Etc., Found. What the Workmen Grading a Public Reservation Have Dug Up."