Benjamin Banneker Park

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    10th & G Sts SW, Southwest DC
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This park honors Benjamin Banneker, a free black, self-taught astronomer and mathematician. Banneker and another man, Andrew Ellicot, were hired by George Washington in 1791 to help lay out the 10-sq-mile plot that would define the District by using celestial calculations. Pierre L'Enfant then designed the city with Banneker and Ellicot's settings. It's a grassy circular spot near the Waterfront. You'll need to drive there.