"Capital Stars," DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Commissioned Project.

ID: 5529 ~ Source: Courtesy of the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities E-museum Collection
This file appears in: Public Art Tour: Capital Stars
"Capital Stars," DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Commissioned Project.
This file appears in: Public Art Tour: Capital Stars

The lives of Benjamin Banneker and Phillis Wheatley (Peters), two understated contributors to the foundations of our Nation’s Capital, are the inspiration for "Capital Stars." Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was a self-taught mathematician,…