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# Anacostia Community Museum Celebrates Earth Day With Daylong Activities

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                    -     What       Anacostia Community Museum hosts “Honor Earth: An Earth Day Celebration” and marks return of direct-to-consumer farm stand      Media Only
Katelynd Anderson

202-417-5045  

andersonk2@si.edu

Sophia Ancira

202-718-3290

anciras@si.edu
WhenSaturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pmWhere
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum1901 Fort Pl. S.E.

The Anacostia Community Museum will again celebrate Earth Day with its signature event “Honor Earth: An Earth Day Celebration.” This indoor-outdoor event will take place Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Visitors can engage with community partners, enjoy family-friendly maker activities and view the museum’s current exhibition “A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, D.C., 1900–2000.”

Additionally, this will mark the opening weekend of the 2024 FRESHFARM ACM Farm Stand, which will again return to the museum’s plaza each Saturday and is the only direct-to-consumer farm stand of its kind east of the Anacostia River in Ward 8.

Confirmed partners and activities include:
- National Park Service: National Capital Parks–East  will lead historical walking tours of Fort Stanton.
- FreshFarm Markets  will host a youth cooking and tasting activity, as well as feature a composting demonstration and help visitors plant their own seedling to take home.
- SWAP DC  will be onsite to have visitors trade up textiles and clothing and take new pieces home.
- Casey Trees  will be available for visitors to learn more about the importance of Washington’s tree canopy.
- Grounded Plant Shop  will teach about plant care and give away house plants for visitors to take home.
- Bloom Soil  will return to give away soil to help visitors get their garden going for this planting season. 

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