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In keeping with its goal of building a stronger, kinder, more thoughtful community, the Capitol Hill Community Foundation established the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project to give our neighborhood a better knowledge of its past and a deeper understanding of the everyday lives of its citizens.

 

The Project collects oral histories from longtime Capitol Hill residents and former residents to create a permanent, accessible record of the people and events that have shaped our community. As a first priority, the all-volunteer effort focuses on elderly residents whose stories might soon be lost, but its ultimate goal is a many-voiced narrative from across the generations, representing all backgrounds and walks of life and illustrating the richly inter-connected life of our neighborhood over time.

 

To inform and inspire the broadest possible audience, we actively promote and publicize our collection and also sponsor lectures that explore our neighborhood’s history.

 

We undertake this Project in the spirit of its namesake, Ruth Ann Overbeck, who devoted much of her life to the exploration of our neighborhood’s history and the preservation of its historic treasures. We share her strongly held belief that a community must know its own past in order to plan wisely for its future, and that the life of even the humblest citizen is worthy of study and respect.

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Overbeck Lecture: 200 Years of Botanic Garden’s Contributions SOLD OUT!

Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States

Dr. Susan Pell The eye-catching conservatory and variety of plant displays of the US Botanic Garden at the base of Capitol Hill has long been a treasured destination for residents and tourists. At the Overbeck History Lecture on Monday, March 11, at Hill Center, Old Naval Hospital, Dr. Susan Pell will look back at the…

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Overbeck Lecture: Thomas Smallwood, the Underground Railroad, and Capitol Hill

Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States

Thomas Smallwood has been a “lost” hero of the U.S. abolition movement for over 100 years. Born into slavery in 1801, Smallwood bought his freedom, educated himself and became a shoemaker living near the Navy Yard. Then in 1842, Smallwood along with a young white partner began organizing escapes from slavery for wagonloads of people. Adding…

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Boathouse Row: DC’s History Seen from the Anacostia SOLD OUT!

Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States

Washington’s historic Anacostia boathouses, sometimes called Boathouse Row, include four clubs dedicated to motorized recreational boating - Eastern Power Boat Club (1905), Washington Yacht Club (1910), Seafarers Yacht Club (1945), and the former District Yacht Club (1950) – all located on the west bank of the Anacostia along M and Water Streets SE. The clubs…

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Historic Congressional Cemetery: A Vision through the Centuries

Hill Center DC 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, United States

Over 200 years ago, in a new city, a group of residents looked around and saw that there was a need for a burial ground in the eastern section of the city. So began what we now call Historic Congressional Cemetery (HCC), designated a National Landmark in 2011.  On Monday, December 16, at 7:00 pm…

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