#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-radius: 5px;}.exco_video_caption{margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top:0; font-size: 14px; color: #272828; font-weight: 600; text-align: left;} This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker.In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker.(function(d,s,n){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s);js.className=n;js.src="//player.ex.co/player/42e90ec8-224b-4c84-994b-2946ff2263b8";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,"script","exco-player"));Each DC ward is getting a brand-new mural You may soon notice new murals in D.C., as part of the District’s DC250 Mural Project. Related stories UDC employees placed on leave after 6-year-old drowns at campus pool Road work ramps up as DC prepares streets for Freedom 250 Grand Prix DC to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with new murals in all 8 wards “Public art is a fantastic way to celebrate our country’s semi-quincentennial — through art, we can share our stories, celebrate our shared values, and inspire future generations,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a news release announcing the project. Coordinated by the city’s Department of Public Works, eight D.C.-based artists will create one new mural for each of the eight wards of the city over the next few weeks, with each mural reflecting the history and character of the neighborhood it appears in.
At least two of the murals have been completed, one in Ward 4 and artist Luis Del Valle’s mural in Ward 7. “To me, it just means that we’re celebrating the successes that happened, even when happening with the civil rights movement, we’re not where we want to be, but we have moved further (across) the line,” Del Valle said about the 250th anniversary celebratory murals. “So 250 anniversaries means that we get to celebrate some of the accomplishments, but we also get to acknowledge that we have a lot of work to do,” he said.
Del Valle’s Ward 7 mural is located near the Shrimp Boat Plaza at 4510 East Capitol Street in Southeast D.C. It features images of children, with bright colors and more. “On the right-hand side here, I have a eagle that is fishing.
The eagle is the symbol of the United States. And as you move through the mural in the middle, we have a little young girl that kind of repres…
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