Meridian Hill Park, grand terrace, showing the long-step-cascade in the center, April 1963

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This file appears in: Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)
Meridian Hill Park, grand terrace, showing the long-step-cascade in the center, April 1963

Credit: National Park Service, National Capital Parks

This file appears in: Meridian Hill Park (Malcolm X Park)

Meridian Hill Park, also known today as Malcolm X Park following a 1969 speech by activist Angela Davis, is a distinguished example of landscape design. The hilly, twelve-acre park with its Beaux-Arts design elements is notable for its elaborate…