Dupont Circle park
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Address
6-7 Dupont Circle NW View on Google Maps
Washington, DC 20036
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Located at the intersection of 19th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, and New Hampshire Avenue in Washington, D.C., Dupont Circle park has served as the epicenter of the neighborhood for over 150 years. Between 1880 and 1940, the neighborhood grew, from Victorian mansions to Beaux Art residences and then Georgian Revival commercial buildings.
In the 1970s, Dupont Circle became a welcoming place for the city's LGBTQ community. Activist Deacon Maccubbin opened Earthworks, a craft store and "headshop" that was the city's first openly gay business that wasn't a bar. Earthworks became a center for the gay community. Maccubbin expanded the business to open Lambda Rising, which he advertised as "The Largest Lesbian and Gay Liberation Bookstore in the U.S.A." Lambda Rising moved several times throughout the years to different locations around Dupont Circle, eventually settling at 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, where it operated until 2010. Maccubbin organized Gay Pride Day in June 1975 on 20th Street, a small community gathering that grew every year. The event is now called Capital Pride and draws tens of thousands of people to Dupont Circle for the annual parade.
Today, the park continues to serve the community as a popular gathering point for games of chess with 9 tables, concerts, political rallies, and people drinking coffee.
- National Park Service
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