Mayor Marion Barry, I remember you! Thanks for being here. ‪Thanks For The Courage To Stand, And Serve.

District of Columbia residents are continuing to mourn their "Mayor for Life.''

From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Marion Barry's body will be taken by public procession to Temple of Praise (700 Southern Ave. SE), a church he regularly attended. (Map of route above.) Most of the route will be east of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, the section of the District where Barry lived. Barry also represented that portion of the city on the D.C. Council.

From the Wilson building the procession will travel as follows:

East on Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Right on Third Street NW
South to Independence Avenue SW
Left on Independence Avenue SW and travel Southeast on Washington Street to South Capitol Street SE
Turn right on southbound South Capitol
Proceed onto the Service Road toward M Street SE
Turn left on M Street to 11th Street Bridge
Cross bridge to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE
Pass constituent office 2100 MLK Jr. Avenue SE
Pass W Street at MLK to - Union Temple and Union Grill
Talbert Street SE – stop to acknowledge Barry’s last residence
Pass Sumner Road SE to acknowledge Barry Farm
Continue south on MLK Jr. Avenue SE
Pass St. Elizabeths
Highview – stop to acknowledge 12 year residence
Continue south on MLK Jr. Avenue SE
Left on 4th Street SE toward Mississippi Avenue SE
Left on Mississippi Avenue SE to Ballou High School
Continue down Mississippi Avenue past Southeast Tennis and Learning Center
Turn right on Wheeler Road SE
Continue on Wheeler Road to Southern Avenue SE
Continue on Southern Avenue to Temple of Praise Church, 700 Southern Ave. SE

After the processional, there will be a public viewing at Temple of Praise from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. The church will host a community memorial service for Barry from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy.

Replies

TheBlackList News December 5, 2014 at 11:42am
Brother Mikal Muhammad

District of Columbia residents are continuing to mourn their "Mayor for Life.''

From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Marion Barry's body will be taken by public procession to Temple of Praise (700 Southern Ave. SE), a church he regularly attended. (Map of route above.) Most of the route will be east of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, the section of the District where Barry lived. Barry also represented that portion of the city on the D.C. Council.

From the Wilson building the procession will travel as follows:
- East on Pennsylvania Avenue NW
- Right on Third Street NW
- South to Independence Avenue SW
- Left on Independence Avenue SW and travel Southeast on Washington Street to South Capitol Street SE
- Turn right on southbound South Capitol
- Proceed onto the Service Road toward M Street SE
- Turn left on M Street to 11th Street Bridge
- Cross bridge to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE
- Pass constituent office 2100 MLK Jr. Avenue SE
- Pass W Street at MLK to - Union Temple and Union Grill
- Talbert Street SE – stop to acknowledge Barry’s last residence
- Pass Sumner Road SE to acknowledge Barry Farm
- Continue south on MLK Jr. Avenue SE
- Pass St. Elizabeths
- Highview – stop to acknowledge 12 year residence
- Continue south on MLK Jr. Avenue SE
- Left on 4th Street SE toward Mississippi Avenue SE
- Left on Mississippi Avenue SE to Ballou High School
- Continue down Mississippi Avenue past Southeast Tennis and Learning Center
- Turn right on Wheeler Road SE
- Continue on Wheeler Road to Southern Avenue SE
- Continue on Southern Avenue to Temple of Praise Church, 700 Southern Ave. SE
After the processional, there will be a public viewing at Temple of Praise from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. The church will host a community memorial service for Barry from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy.

This reply was deleted.

TRIBUTES: Homage and Praises

Replies