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Article: Mural marks Anacostia's renewal.(Metropolitan)(District)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2000
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A mural depicting restoration efforts and life along the Anacostia River, painted by four D.C. teen-agers, was shown for the first time yesterday at the Interior Department building in Northwest.
The nearly completed mural, celebrating the return of the bald eagle, a healthy fishing environment and indigenous plant life, located on the fourth floor of the building, was put on display yesterday by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and David C. Levy, president and director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
"The mural will be a symbolic reminder not only of the return of fish and wildlife to the river, but also of the efforts of the Earth Conservation ...