Annual Meeting 2

Mr. Brian Lang of the Brightwood Historic Committee discusses the proposed Brightwood Heritage Trail for which MRSPT will provide some assistance.

Military Road School alumnus Mary Lewis Jones expresses gratitude to Dr. Cooling for re-living many of her childhood memories about the Brightwood neighborhood.

Dr. Cooling discusses Civil War history with MRSPT Board Member Nelson Rimensnyder and a guest.

Dr. Cooling lectures on the Civil War battle at Fort Stevens during which President Abraham Lincoln, who was visiting the Fort, came under fire and thus became the only sitting U. S. President to bear that distinction.

Mr. J. Brendan Meyer, Project Manager for Cultural Tourism DC outlines the procedures involved in exploring and establishing a neighborhood Heritage Trail

Mr. Gerrard Jolly, Board Member, briefs attendees on MRSPT's significant accomplishments in 2004, including our 140th Anniversary Celebrations in his State of the Trust address. Mr. Jolly also unveiled MRSPT's recently published brochure on the Military Road School

Mr. Gerrard Jolly, Board Member, briefs attendees on MRSPT's significant accomplishments in 2004, including our 140th Anniversary Celebrations in his State of the Trust address. Mr. Jolly also unveiled MRSPT's recently published brochure on the Military Road School

Gerrard Jolly, Board Member, briefs attendees on MRSPT's significant accomplishments in 2004, including our 140th Anniversary Celebrations in his State of the Trust address. Mr. Jolly also unveiled MRSPT's recently published brochure on the Military Road School

MRSPT Annual Meeting ---March 19, 2005

Dr. Frank Smith, Director of the African American Civil War Museum, views a map of Fort Stevens with MRSPT's President, Mrs. Barbara Johnson and Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Tyson.

Photo by Victor Holt, courtesy of the Washington Informer (April 14-20, 2005 edition)