🏆 Aug 30 | Evening Walking Tour of the Churches of Frederick Douglass - Free event!

Join local reporter and historian John Muller on a special evening walk tour through Old Anacostia and Barry Farm, examining the history of the neighborhood churches Frederick Douglass regularly attended.

While Douglass' contributions to Metropolitan AME Church in downtown Washington City are well known, from laying cornerstones that remain today to teaching Sunday school Dr. Frederick Douglass was an active supporter of Bethlehem Baptist Church on Howard Road SE and Campbell AME Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in his local community.

Following a special sunset program at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM walk the same path Frederick Douglass planned to walk to Campbell AME the evening he took his last earthly breathe. 

Starting point and end point are NOT the same.

DEPARTURE : Frederick Douglass National Historic Site at 1411 W Street SE

CONCLUSION : Campbell AME Church at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Sumner Road SE in Barry Farm.* 

* The tour concludes up the street from the Anacostia Metro Station. *

Wear walking shoes, total travel is 1.5 miles.

Parts of the tour are not accessible for people with mobility issues. Tour is not ADA accessible.

Parking at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site will not be accessible. 

Metro: Anacostia (Green Line) / BUS: 92, V2, B2