The Washington Post, February 22nd, 2003
The D.C. Heritage Tourism Coalition thanks Paul Brookman for a good catch [letters, Feb. 8]. The history in our "Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown Heritage Trail," which features 21 exhibit-style signs and banners, would not be complete without its villains as well as its heroes. However, we understand that banners, unlike signs, may be perceived as celebrating rather than educating, and we take Mr. Brookman's point that Lincoln's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church is not the best place for a banner with John Wilkes Booth's picture. Just as the information Mr. Brookman cites about President...
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