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3 unusual facts about Walter Washington


John L. McMillan

When Walter Washington, the Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia, sent his first budget to Congress in late 1967, McMillan responded by having a truckload of watermelons delivered to Washington's office.

Judith W. Rogers

She worked in various legal jobs for the federal government and city of Washington, D.C. throughout the 1970s, including as a special assistant for legislation in the Office of the Mayor, primarily under Walter Washington, from 1974 to 1979.

Steeple, Dorset

The flag of the US capital hangs proudly inside the church, presented on 25th July 1977 by Walter E Washington, Mayor of Washington DC from 2nd January 1975 - 2nd January 1979


King assassination riots

These included federal justices Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, and Leon Higginbotham; government officials such as secretary Robert Weaver and D.C. Mayor Walter Washington; legislators Mike Mansfield, Hubert Humphrey (who was the vice president), Everett Dirksen, William McCulloch; and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, Clarence Mitchell, Dorothy Height, and Walter Fauntroy.


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