Posted on 03/03/2018 2:23:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Marion Barry served four terms as D.C.'s mayor and 16 years on the D.C. Council before his death in 2014
An 8-foot statue of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was unveiled Saturday, giving the "Mayor for Life" a permanent legacy outside the seat of the city government.
The statue depicts Barry with is hand held high, waving to anyone passing by.
Thousands Mourn Barry, DC's 'Mayor for Life' Marion Barry Jr. served four terms as the District's mayor and also served 16 years on the city council. He was serving on the D.C. council when he died in November 2014.
D.C. radio personality Donnie Simpson presided over the the dedication ceremony outside the John A. Wilson building on Pennsylvania Avenue, focusing on Barry's accomplishments and not his complicated legacy.
Mayor Muriel Bowser praised Barry for championing home rule, revitalizing neighborhoods from Chinatown to the H Street Corridor and launching programs that continue to serve young people, including the Summer Youth Employment Program.
"Sometime after Martin Luther King had a dream, and before President Obama gave us hope, it was Marion Barry that gave opportunity to Washington, D.C.," current Mayor Muriel Bowser said at the ceremony.
Cherry Blossom Festival 2018: Your Essential Guide "He embodied the spirit of Washington," Bowser said. "Where you fight hard and speak up."
“””Liar
Perjurer
Criminal
Doper
Convicted Criminal
Philanderer
Racist provocateur
Race Hustler
Bigot
etc.”””
Yah, I’m kinda triggered by all of those personalities. We better tear it down, paint it white or cover it with a tarp
He also served 6 mo for cocaine possession.
Demonrats really love crooks.
That sidewalk will henceforth have snow shoveled before anywhere else in DC.
Revitalizing Chinatown and the H Street corridor? Someone has been smoking Barry’s crack pipe. There is an extraordinary wave of remarkable revitalizations transforming DC. All of them started after Barry finally left the mayor’s office. The renaissance actually began with Anthony Williams and the control board era. Amazing what a difference honest and reasonably competent government makes.
If it weren’t for disgraced politicians, they’d have no politicians at all.
If it weren’t for disgraced politicians, they’d have no politicians at all.
He was a crack head but he was their crack head....Bitch!
Hopefully the pigeons will have a field day with that statue.
give the street artists time to decorate newest statue
The Left have told us it is OK to tear down offensive statues.
I certainly hope a good Patriot decides turnabout is fair play.
In honor of a liberal crook.
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