LinkLinks DCist: New NoMa Park Will Be Named For The Woman Who Helped Open First D.C. Schools For Black Children By Editor On Aug 29, 2018 45 Share NoMa has a name drawn from a buried piece of D.C.’s African American history for a new large park in the works. The new 2.5-acre park adjacent to the Metropolitan Branch Trail just north of the New York Avenue bridge in NoMa will be called Tanner Park. It is named for Alethia Browning Tanner, a former slave who helped open the District’s first school for African American children, the Bell School, in 1807. DC HistoryNoMaParks 45 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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