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DC road closures for MLK Jr. Peace Walk and Parade

The Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade will commemorate the civil rights leader’s life and legacy Monday in D.C.

The parade will close roads in Southeast.

The following streets will be posted as emergency no parking until 2:30 p.m.:

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE from Good Hope Road to Malcolm X Avenue, SE.

The following streets will be close to vehicle traffic from around 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.:

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue from Good Hope Road to Malcolm X Avenue, SE;
  • U Street from 13th Street to Shannon Place, SE;
  • V Street from 13th Street to Shannon Place, SE;
  • W Street from 13th Street to Shannon Place, SE;
  • Pleasant Street from 13th Street to MLK Avenue, SE;
  • Maple View Place from Mt. View Place to MLK Avenue, SE;
  • Morris Road from Mt. View Place to MLK Avenue, SE;
  • Talbert Street from Mt. View Place to Shannon Place, SE;
  • Howard Road from Sayles Place to MLK Avenue, SE;
  • Stanton Road from Wade Road to Suitland Parkway, SE.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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