She knew Walter Pierce, the namesake of the park on Adams Mill Road NW who died in 1991. ADDavis captured the spirit of Pierce Park — and of the diverse neighborhood it serves — in an NPR radio essay in 2003. “One day, I came, and the whole garden had been dug up into rows and rows and rows. “People tend to think of cemeteries as sad places,” said Mary Belcher, historian for the Walter Pierce Park Archaeology and Commemoration Project. ADThe entire park is more button-down than it was in Walter Pierce’s day.

Source: Washington Post August 29, 2020 20:26 UTC