Sunday, September 22, 2019 On Monday, Mayor Bowser will attend the general meeting of the AARP’s Penn Branch Chapter 3473 and provide updates on the District’s investments to enable seniors to live independently in their homes and communities. On Wednesday, Mayor Bowser will meet with 3rd grade students at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School […]
Sunday, September 22, 2019 (Washington, DC) – According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the current temperature in Washington, DC is 93 degrees with a heat index of 95 degrees. Because of the heat, Mayor Bowser has activated the District’s Heat Emergency Plan. When the temperature or heat index in the District reaches 95 degrees, […]
Friday, September 20, 2019 10:30 am Attend Urban Land Initiative Conference Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW Room 209 ABC Open Press *Closest Metro Station: Mt. Vernon Sq./7th St-Convention Center Station* *Closest Bus Lines: 70,79* 12 pm Unveil DC Statehood Art Activation Created By Local Artist & Residents Location: Parking […]
Thursday, September 19, 2019 Art unveiling to close out Historic DC Statehood Week On Friday, September 20, at 12 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will unveil a special work of art highlighting the District’s call for statehood. The artwork was commissioned in August by Mayor Bowser, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic […]
Thursday, September 19, 2019 10 am Deliver Testimony at Historic House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on DC Statehood, Urging Congress to Grant DC Residents Their Full Democratic Rights by Making DC the 51st State Location: Capitol Hill 2154 Rayburn House Office Building 45 Independence Avenue, SW Open to Pre-Credentialed Press *Closest Metro Station: Capitol South […]
Thursday, September 19, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee at a hearing on the Washington, DC Admission Act (H.R. 51), the first House hearing on DC statehood in over 25 years. H.R. 51 has been cosponsored by a record 219 Members. Below is the Mayor’s […]
September 19, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine released the following statement on today’s landmark Congressional hearing on making the District of Columbia the 51st state: “I applaud Chairman Elijah E. Cummings and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for holding this morning’s landmark hearing on H.R. 51, a bill to make the District […]
Thursday, September 19, 2019 10 am Deliver Testimony at Historic House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on DC Statehood, Urging Congress to Grant DC Residents Their Full Democratic Rights by Making DC the 51st State Location: Capitol Hill 2154 Rayburn House Office Building 45 Independence Avenue, SW Open to Pre-Credentialed Press *Closest Metro Station: Capitol South […]
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:30 am Host DC Veterans for Statehood Roundtable in Support of Statehood Location: Busboys and Poets 2021 14th Street, NW Open Press *Closest Metro Station: U St/African American Civil War Memorial/Cardoza Station * *Closest Bus Lines: 52, 54, 59*
Monday, September 16, 2019 11:30 am Kick Off DC Statehood Week with 51-Star Flag Salute Along Pennsylvania Avenue Start Location: The John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW End/Media Availability: Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street (South Side) Open Press *Closest Metro Station: Federal Triangle and Metro Center Stations*
