The DC Preservation League invites you to an event celebrating Elizabeth Keckly's Washington! Elizabeth Keckly was a seamstress, businesswoman, philanthropist, and author. Born enslaved in 1818, Keckly eventually moved to Washington, DC in 1860 with her son after purchasing their freedom a few years prior. Her dressmaking business gained a number of prominent clients with ... Read more

Join the DC Preservation League on Thursday, March 10th at 12:00pm EST for a virtual talk with authors and DCPL Trustees John DeFerrari and Douglas Peter Sefton about their recent publication, Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions! Sixteenth Street NW in DC has been called the Avenue of the Presidents, Executive Avenue, and the Avenue of ... Read more

Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress, 2010.    DC Preservation League Members are invited to join us on Wednesday, March 16th at 2:00pm for an in-person tour of President Lincoln's Cottage, a National Monument and contributing site to the Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District. Originally built in 1842-43 as the summer cottage of banker George Washington Riggs, the site has ... Read more

Washington, DC is home to a diverse collection of monuments and memorials that exemplify the role of the national capital as a commemorative setting. Join the DC Preservation League on Friday, March 18th at 12:00pm EST for a free virtual program and panel discussion about the histories and preservation of a few of these sites; the District of Columbia War ... Read more