Eddie Becker, 58, discovered the lost history of the Holt House, a crumbling 200-year-old mansion that sat on the property of the National Zoo. The findings led to a forgotten African-American cemetery in Walter Pierce Park where more than 7,000 people were buried shortly after the Civil War. On Sept. 29, Becker will lead the “Slavery and Freedom in Adams Morgan” tour.
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