tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8600394709757466282024-02-08T05:35:11.224-08:00Turtle's Webb Raising Hell at Eastern MarketThis is a first person narrative about the exhibitor community at Eastern Market, Market 5 Gallery's Arts and Crafts Festival at Eastern Market and The Flea Market at Eastern Market on Capital Hill in Washington, DC. @Sonda T. Allen-Turtle's Webb 1978-2017
Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-35296235414026924412016-09-16T11:43:00.001-07:002016-10-05T18:46:44.109-07:00Letting it rip: The Do's Don'ts and What the fuck is this shit here: For Art Markets Flea Markets Holiday Markets Farmers Markets Gallery shows and...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Artist Farmer Craft Flea Holiday Markets and Galleries have become trendy and gentrified. A community is not trendy cool nor hip, but it takes years and generations to nature build and maintain. By most measures gentrification is the negation "Columbusing" and destruction of an established community.<br />
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For those folks who have built community and been regular customers for decades and in some cases centuries these venues, are the life's blood of where one calls home. They are places that one travels to as touch stones of humanity for food art simple pleasures unexpected merchandise and joy. Many have moved to areas just to be apart of vibrant rich diverse multicultural community based markets art shows and galleries.<br />
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After more that a quarter of a century as an artists exhibitor client historian and human being at Eastern Market galleries artist craft Holiday and flea markets in United States and Europe- these are the rules...<br />
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1. Do follow the<b> golden rule</b> ... at ALL TIMES!<br />
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Mathew 7:12 <b><i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you</span></i></b><br />
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3. Do bring your friends and family to purchase at Markets and Galleries<br />
4. Do bring your well behaved children and if permissible (one hopes not) pets to Markets<br />
5. Do ...do your research before you coming to Markets and Galleries all have websites face book <br />
twitter and instagram.. So that you know what kind of art produce and products are on offer and of those items which ones you wants to purchase when you come.<br />
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6. Do ask informed questions of the artists merchant gallerist or farmer after you have made a <br />
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7.* Do remember at all times that the artists merchants farmers etc. are in business.<br />
8.* Do keep in mind at all times that the artist merchant farmer are at these markets to SELL!<br />
9. Do keep informed about the success new products new produce new pieces and....by following those merchants farmers artists on thier social media platforms: Face book instagram twitter and or....as well as on thier websites.<br />
10. Do purchase often or exclusively from the markers artists farmers and small local merchants.<br />
11. Do LOOK! Do listen! Do be present!<br />
11a. Do remember to quote Market Manger <b>Vernon Burnett</b>..."<strong>These are small businesses, they can't </strong><strong>survive
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<strong> </strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>12*. Do remember that you are interacting with artists merchants and farmers that have spent decades making marketing and growing. It is thier life's work that you are in the presence of. Do Respect it and them.<br />
13.* Do be aware that many markets art shows etc are very very expensive many costing thousands of dollars for just a few days or a weekend. We are there to SELL<br />
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1.Do not come to markets to LOOK! We ain't animals in a zoo. We ain't the entertainment. Come and buy or stay your ass at home.<br />
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From the Washington Post<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"For some growers, farmers markets just aren't what they use to be"</b></span><br />
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2. Do not come to markets art shows galleries and take pictures. We are not animals in a ZOO! We are not a sightseeing side trip. It's a market for those who want to buy produce collectibles art and or rare products... not photography them. If you are so compelled that you want to take a photo AFTER you have at least brought something from the human being working at the stand...on bended knee ask politely and be gracious as hell if the person tells you to fuck off or that you can take a picture of them or their products or there presentation. Slavery was is evil -we artist farmers and merchants own our image our products our presentations not you.<br />
3. Do not touch unless you ask first or are directed to do so.<br />
or to quote<b> Tom Rall </b>Founder of the Flea Market at Eastern Market ... " <strong>When you're looking at items that are filed by category, replace them in
the proper category when you're finished looking"</strong><br />
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4. Do not bring poorly raised or trained children or pets. We will correct them and or you.<br />
5. Do remove sunglasses ear buds and phone when entering a booth. Otherwise you are rude poorly raised and will be ignored.<br />
6. Do NOT ask stupid questions. These are generally asked by morons who have zero interest in purchasing ...or asked by asses who have the horror of a little knowledge and want to show off and not a buyer. If you ain't seen it before tasted it before...you ain't gonna buy it. YOU are at a Market to shop. YOU want to be educated or curious or just want information for trivial pursuit- go to a museum or website or ask you damn momma.<br />
7. Do not come to visit a artists merchant or farmer at Markets or Gallery shows. We are there to<b><span style="font-size: large;"> sell </span></b>not chat. Do take us to dinner or drinks if you are in town, but at the markets be a customer.<br />
8. Do not be rude ...don"t assume we don"t understand you ....many merchants artists and farmers are polyglots. Silence is golden<br />
9. Do not bargain with the merchant artists or farmer!<br />
10. Do not ask the merchant artist or farmer to donate thier work! No we don't need the 'exposure! If the rich folks at your charity or event love art et. al. so much they will/would come and buy it directly from us and donate it to the event charity themselves other wise...they are soul sucking asses that aren't worth shit and should not be catered too.<br />
11. Do not ask the merchant farmer or artist how much money they make or made.<br />
12, Do not try and sell products services to merchants artists farmers at Markets or galleries.<br />
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Prejudice happens...history is an evil bitch so deal with your shit. History whether we like it or not has taught folks ignorant shit about other peoples history and cultures...<br />
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1. If you have never seen a...person making doing being. Really really that"s a shame, but don"t share...we give not two fucks.. We are ....and we are at these venues like everybody else that you find normative to SELL....not be your cultural experience.<br />
2. To quote ...<b>Doris Little</b>..."you might be my color but you ain't my kind"....Jesus wept at the amount of time one can watch folk head over to look at....as if staring at an exotic creature....Folk who look just like the artists merchant or farmer....YOU looking ....you ain't doing me Us Them "a favor" by coming by...folk fought and died and still are dying for all of us to be appreciated based on our skills artistry humanity character....not color race or ethnicity. If you don't like our work produce products based on there merits ...that is to say aesthetics design taste texture color smell ....keep moving . We give not a fuck that our parents or grandparents came from the same countries or our hair kinks in the same way or our eyes tilt in the or....WE ARE THERE TO SELL not be your paysano cousin auntie sister or brother.<br />
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3.Men- women are not there to SMILE at you or with flirt or....they are there to SELL there work period.<br />
4.Same goes for men and transgender folk...they ain't there to be your piece of...buy or leave.<br />
5. On intersectionality of bigotry classicism or just on being a moron.<br />
a. Yes -were you in the Peace corps...wow...and you know that in said country this hand made object in front of you in America costs....in local money. Wow so...since plane tickets to said country are so damn cheap not to mention hotel transport food. Take your I want a bargain ass back to said country and buy if for...that local price. Oh and yeah and for some reason you did not buy it in the first place...when you were their...but now your cheap bigoted stupid ass wants a bargain...sick!<br />
b. yes it is recycled...yes it is abstract...and yes I do have a masters degree from...in Sculpture Art History Psychics or I was a full time....for....before I changed careers. Yes, I have been doing this for thirty or twenty years. Yes, I have a studio a workshop with tens of thousands dollars of tools equipment...but yeah it is recycled....<br />
6.Yes this shit happens ....we artists merchants farmers are human...so...if after more than a quarter of a century the vast majority of...purple or orange or blue folk that one encounters never buy anything and are by artists farmers merchants standards rude cheap vulgar ill informed and or....prejudice happens. If you have no interest in buying...spare us the interaction...it leaves a stench and while there is a small minority of orange blue and purple folk that perhaps will buy... truth is....school your people for all our sakes.<br />
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7.Do not waste our time. We know ...we see...we feel...ya'll got energy. This is our lives...if you ain't buying keep moving. Your low self esteem ...total lack of imagination....sexism bigotry racism or envy poverty small mindedness etc.- are your problems- don't make them ours. We do not want to waste a millisecond of our precious life energy on you. We can tell before two seconds are up that you ain't buying shit...so don't bother...life is to beautiful to sweet to short.<br />
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This is a reminder that these markets are thousands of years old. They have existed through out every country or peopled place in the world. They are not new hip cool or trendy but ancient. We farmers artists and merchants have spent in some cases the last moments days weeks of our lives...at markets some knowing that there days were numbered...some just gone before the next festival market opening harvest. This is our life. It is rare! It is precious. The goal in this list is not to have a second wasted on folk who do not come to these places and spaces to buy.<br />
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Witnessing<br />
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Sonda T. Allen<br />
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<b> http://easternmarket.net/</b><br />
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OK so,,, I ain't open minded. After 30 years After welcoming ten of thousands of customers hundreds of exhibitors many still there and working after being an incubator for businesses in the DMV after surviving several take over and destruction fights with the DC government after founding and growing the <b><span style="color: red;">Downtown Holiday Market</span></b> after losing half its spaces to construction redevelopment and gentrification an again surviving* again* after being the life line for many artists we all know it is the Best Flea Market in DC....the country...the world....just saying...I ain't open minded.<br />
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Founder of <b>The Flea market at Eastern Marke</b>t : <b>Tom Rall.</b>..looking into the future and the past at the same time....<br />
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"The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. The great artist is thus a solitary figure. He has, as Frost said, a lover's quarrel with the world. In pursuing his perceptions of reality, he must often sail against the currents of his time. this is not a popular role. If Robert Frost was much honored in his lifetime, it was because a good many preferred to ignore his darker truths. Yet in retrospect, we see how the artist's fidelity has strengthened the fibre of our national life.<br />
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If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our Nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.<br />
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. And as Mr. MacLeish once remarked of poets, there is nothing worse for our trade than to be in style. In free society art is not a weapon and it does not belong to the spheres of polemic and ideology. Artists are not engineers of the soul. It may be different elsewhere. But democratic society--in it, the highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation. And the nation which disdains the mission of art invites the fate of Robert Frost's hired man, the fate of having "nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope."<br />
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I look forward to a great future for America, a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past, and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.<br />
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I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. And I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well. And I look forward to a world which will be safe not only for democracy and diversity but also for personal distinction.<br />
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Because of Mr. Frost's life and work, because of the life and work of this college, our hold on this planet has increased."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Twas' the night before <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The DownTown Holiday Market</b></span></span><br />
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And all through the DMV not an exhibitor was sleeping not even those who were not going to set up for weeks. There houses were packed with art objects and such- soaps jewelry paintings scarfs maps and even hats The exhibitors were hoping wishing and praying that lots of customers would come down there and shop. The DMM team was all nested snug at there desks while visions of what could go wrong danced in their heads. Tom Rall in his hat and Mike Berman in his beard had just settled down to there PC and MAC. When down at the Holiday Market there rose such a clatter that Rudy Coates got on the phone and told them something was the matter.<br />
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They both tore down town in a flash. Mike was so upset his hair almost grew back. The moon, on the breast of new fallen snow gave the place an eerie glow. When, what to there wondering eyes should appear, but a man and some friends gone on not so long ago: on the wind could be heard a Coltrane riff, while the breeze blew and moaned like Dizzy and Miles.. Tom said , "hey man" it was <b>John</b> <b>Harrod</b> and crew...there was <b>Alex Becky Gene Kent Larry</b> and <b>Mr. Booker </b>too- <b>Danny Bill Tom Cathy Marta</b> <b>Mitch and Isaiah </b>. To the top of the tents they sailed in a sench<br />
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He was dressed all in fur from his foot to his crown and his clothes were all fly with a red Kango on his head and stacy adams on his foot. His eyes- how they twinkled! His cheeks were so rosy his paunch shook like jelly. With a pull on his eggnog and a tug on his cigarette he gave a shout out to Rudy an a handshake to Tom then looking Mike right dead in the eyes said, " don't be a shit, remember what I taught you ,the city and exhibitors can both act like twits." Then in a flash, on the top of the tents he flew. With a quick wit and a chuckle Rudy shouted, as John flew ..."ya'll here to do some early holiday shopping too!" And in each little tent, the next day it was true, the exhibitors were to find a small pile of money waiting - it was true. In a wink of John's eye and a twist of his head- he and his heavenly crew started fading away. Tom Rudy and Mike heard them exclaim as they were fading into night...<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">.Happy Christmas to all and may the sales be just right!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Downtown Holiday Market </span></b><br />
http://downtownholidaymarket.com/<br />
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5a0476fce4b0204d0c1714e1<br />
https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/11/17/7-dc-holiday-markets-that-you-dont-want-to-miss/<br />
http://www.10best.com/destinations/district-of-columbia/washington/articles/festive-shopping-awaits-at-d-c-s-downtown-holiday-market/<br />
https://www.facebook.com/DowntownHolidayMarket/?fref=ts<br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-38294679368831420432015-10-27T06:42:00.001-07:002015-11-10T13:29:49.960-08:00"I, too, am America.": Meechai Phulsuksombati at Eastern Market <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You came to America when? In the late 1960's... I remember you telling Daniel Jessie Cleveland Ms. Doris I and... about your long hair pony tail and motorcycle riding days back then. You came to America already trans cultural being both Thai and Chinese. Like many folk you have worn many hats...having owned stores sold flowers worked in almost all capacities in restaurants and...</div>
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Not in Thailand but in America you met and married...Pia a women from home in this new land. Then came as your wife has always called her "My Michelle" your daughter. At the market it was always Michelle is studying this Michelle is doing that Michelle graduated from Michelle is going to...</div>
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Back in the day from 1992 until the fire in 2007 on Sundays at the Flea Market at Eastern Market I set up across from you and Pia... It was the best time...In 2009 when I started writing about the market the love fun community friendship silliness kindness generosity diversity that I lived and witnessed was the driving force behind my words. </div>
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Meechai Phulsuksombati, Charles Ellis and Sheila Little ( Oct. 2010)<br />
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It was these gifts that Meechai brought with him and gave freely to his new home: America. Like many after years of hard work and sacrifice Mr. Phulsuksombati suffered no fools if disrespected. It was on more than one occasion; his voice could be heard...(even above Jessie's) telling some idiot where to go to find the bridge they could jump off.</div>
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Meechai was ole school" don't start none won't be none". There are many many many Meechai stories...that ....well.... I aint telling but ask....Daniel about that time they lived together in West Virginia or about Meechai's Elvis impersonations or the many times he would cook up a huge pot of spicy chicken Thai style and bring it to the Market to share or about...</div>
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On a personal note: Once at a show in Bethesda; I was not having a good moment, my tent was blowing all over the place...from out of know where here comes Meechai with weights and wise counsel...He and his wife had a kiosks in the same area and saw me...</div>
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A gift given...it was not long after 9/11 that he and Pia became American citizens. I was honored to be asked to attend. I have a complex relationship with my country because of that 'pecular institution' and all the preceding history. However...the folk that come here like Meechai have added changed shared overcome given so much ...that, that day sitting there with Meechai and his family in this room full of everybody...what I realized was that they have given me America...our America.</div>
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It's Fall at Eastern Market so....it's time to<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> JAM!</b></span><br />
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The glory of the almost tropical outside shopping experience that is the <b><span style="font-size: large;">Arts and Craft festival </span></b>on Saturdays and<b><span style="font-size: large;"> the historic Flea Market at Eastern Market</span></b> on Sundays in the summer time. I mean who needs a vacation in some exotic clime when you have the market every weekend.<br />
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The star of this show is the 'real' fresh fruit and veg. that one can purchase from <b>Knopp farmers</b> and Greenhouse,<b> Sunny Side Farm</b> or other farmers and produce merchants under the<b> farmers shed.</b><br />
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Nothing says, I Love You like objects made with love by local Artists an Artisans from the historic <b><span style="font-size: large;">Art's and Craft Festival on Saturdays </span></b>or the historic<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Flea Market at Eastern Market on Sundays</span></b>. Shop now on line via there websites or on the weekend...Every weekend snow rain cold wintry mix wind or when oh when il fait beau encore! </div>
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What it was, What it is, What it always shall be...The Eastern Market Exhibitor community.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday </span>at</b><span style="font-size: large;"> Eastern Market </span><br />
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<b>http://easternmarket.net/</b><br />
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then...<br />
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with this as the foundation the folk at<br />
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The Flea Market at Eastern Market<br />
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Diverse Market Management<br />
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<b>http://diversemarkets.net/</b><br />
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Brings you several wonderful <b>local HOLIDAY Shopping opportunities</b><br />
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it goes without saying of course the nations top rated flea market<br />
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One of the Best HOLIDAY MARKETS in the country:<br />
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according to <b>Travel and Leisure</b> magazine and...the thousands of customers that shop there every year!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY MARKET </span></b><br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-23391090277719168162014-10-03T10:50:00.001-07:002015-02-21T15:52:21.333-08:00John Harrods Legacy and Eastern Market <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong>African proverb</strong><br />
<em><strong>"Until the lion writes its own history the story of the past</strong></em><br />
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<strong><em>You’ve taken my blues and gone—</em></strong><br />
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<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>You sing ’em on Broadway</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And you sing ’em in Hollywood Bowl,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And you mixed ’em up with symphonies</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And you fixed ’em</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>So they don’t sound like me.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Yep, you done taken my blues and gone.</em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>But someday somebody’ll</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Stand up and talk about me,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And write about me—</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Black and beautiful—</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And sing about me,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And put on plays about me!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>I reckon it’ll be</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Me myself!</em></strong><br />
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Recently, I told a story of one of my oldest and most cherished memories of my mother. She was taught that folk who looked like her had no history.<br />
In that remembrance, I saw my mother watching Congresswomen Barbara Jordon on T.V. during the impeachment hearing, for then President of the United States: Richard Nixon. Congresswomen Jordon spoke about faith, in this instance of The Constitution of the United States. She stated, "<strong><em>My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution."</em></strong> And that is how I feel about "History". I believe that the recording of history has a value far beyond what one can perceive. I believe in the importance of the history of the common, everyday, ordinary folk. After all I am one of them.<br />
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<b>Angie Brunson</b> , (" Blue Iris Flowers" Eastern Market)</div>
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kept the Plaque Honoring John Harrod (Founder of Market 5 Gallery and The Flea Market at Eastern Market) in her stand inside the market for years. This plaque was payed for by the Exhibitor Community at Eastern Market as well as others.</div>
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October 3, 2014...almost ten years after the passing of Mr. Harrod, The plaque honoring his many contributions to...The World, The Nation, The District of Colombia, The Capital Hill community and his beloved north hall...: was unveiled and dedicated by The Mayor of the District of Columbia Vincent Gray and....<br />
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John Harrods son</div>
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<b>Tom Rall</b> (co- founder The Flea Market at Eastern Market )</div>
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Grand Dame of the exhibitor "One of the first exhibitors at Market 5 Gallery in the 1970's"<br />
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It was only after former Mayor Barry died, that one could take his measure...Mayor Barry in the over 20 years that I have been at the Market is the only Mayor of Washington who use to come to the market and shop...every Sunday he would be gripping grinning and hand shacking...he would buy flowers from Angie (Blue Iris) I hear tell he would even ask for a discount ( he was so wrong and so right). He would stop into 'the office' and speak to John. Mayor Marion Barry had our backs (the exhibitor community at Eastern Market). John Harrod and Marion Barry came from the same school. They witnessed lived manipulated survived the horror the hypocrisy the pain and triumphs of those years before and after the marches sit-ins peace protest ...'the riots:, They were what Leroi Jones called "Blues People" and to my mind they lived life with a field holler, Yoruba back beat, a Lead Belly hollow colored with a jazz rhapsody. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the vernacular..." so back in the day inside Market Five Gallery, or The Flea Market at Eastern Market or outside on the plaza in front of the flower stand "Blue Iris- Angie and Isiah's " one saw this man in the French beret painting away. He would speak, but for conversation it was best</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.3;"> to talk to his wife...she would tell you stories. He would too - if in the right mood. He was resolved too live and too work on his own terms...He had painted...his work was in the collections of...he was...he had study at...with...he taught at...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, later you wondered "WHY" there was never stories written about...not just this man or that women. but this community. You had been asked once years before in that room...in front of your jury "In what manner had your investigations been a contribution to the disciple of... the study of...to the field of...</span><br />
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So back in the day at the same time he had painted or was painting...Mr. Knox and his wife were also holding it down and keeping it real at Market 5 Gallery and The Flea Market at Eastern Market.<br />
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It was being born...in Africa- Cape Coast, Ghana. It was losing a mother when only a little girl. It was leaving home, crossing an ocean a kind of middle passage where on the other side was a world of folk with no knowledge and to many thoughtless questions.<br />
It was Dignity....It was Dignity...that had you answering question when only a child about your home land. It was saying "NO My people in the land of Kwame Nkrumah do not live in trees like monkeys...."NO" NO" . It was after to many questions like this that school and formal education in that new land was left behind. <br />
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It was coming from folk with infinite grace focus beauty and determination that you made a way in this "New World" with ancient eyes. It was becoming a 'market women' at festivals, on the streets on D.C. and being a founder in the 1970's, one of the pillars of the exhibitor community at Arts and Crafts festival at Eastern Market that you found freedom. You found a way ... an in doing so you helped make a way for many many others. You did this with joy, honesty and an ability to mix combine blend and create phrases of such arabesque beauty that left no one who heard them used- deluded that you would tolerate being treated poorly by anyone. It was giving birth to you daughter Olivia...it was Olivia ...It is Olivia...who delighted lifted and made you even stronger.<br />
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It was that day I saw you standing outside the market door turning purple because of the cold, while the rest of us where inside. And you just smiled. Vous etiez si forte si belle...You were determined , you needed to make money your daughter was sick, you were not going to let anything defeat you. You held it down for all of us that day. More than that you set a bar of what could be done. What it is possible to endure.<br />
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It was the stroke you had and came back from about ten years ago. It was the friends you made Kim Betty Daniel Eleanor Angie Linda Bernadette Katrina... It was the food you cooked spicy chicken stew with fou fou. It was your love of dancing. It was the stories you told. It was Olivia winning honors and graduating from high school and entering college. It is your radiant smile that you greeted folk and the world with every day...<br />
that will be missed.<br />
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Witnessing,<br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allen<br />
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<b>Becky Mensah</b> and Linda Brown in 1988 at the reception at Market 5 Gallery in Eastern Market for Tom Rall's wedding.<br />
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<pre style="font-family: 'Poets Electra Web', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 1.26316em; margin-top: 1.26316em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><i>Weep not, weep not,
She is not dead;
She’s resting in the bosom of Jesus.
Heart-broken husband--weep no more;
Grief-stricken son--weep no more;
Left-lonesome daughter --weep no more;
She only just gone home.
Day before yesterday morning,
God was looking down from his great, high heaven,
Looking down on all his children,
And his eye fell on Sister Caroline,
Tossing on her bed of pain.
And God’s big heart was touched with pity,
With the everlasting pity.
And God sat back on his throne,
And he commanded that tall, bright angel standing at his right hand:
Call me Death!
And that tall, bright angel cried in a voice
That broke like a clap of thunder:
Call Death!--Call Death!
And the echo sounded down the streets of heaven
Till it reached away back to that shadowy place,
Where Death waits with his pale, white horses.
And Death heard the summons,
And he leaped on his fastest horse,
Pale as a sheet in the moonlight.
Up the golden street Death galloped,
And the hooves of his horses struck fire from the gold,
But they didn’t make no sound.
Up Death rode to the Great White Throne,
And waited for God’s command.
And God said: Go down, Death, go down,
Go down to Savannah, Georgia,
Down in Yamacraw,
And find Sister Caroline.
She’s borne the burden and heat of the day,
She’s labored long in my vineyard,
And she’s tired--
She’s weary--
Go down, Death, and bring her to me.
And Death didn’t say a word,
But he loosed the reins on his pale, white horse,
And he clamped the spurs to his bloodless sides,
And out and down he rode,
Through heaven’s pearly gates,
Past suns and moons and stars;
on Death rode,
Leaving the lightning’s flash behind;
Straight down he came.
While we were watching round her bed,
She turned her eyes and looked away,
She saw what we couldn’t see;
She saw Old Death. She saw Old Death
Coming like a falling star.
But Death didn’t frighten Sister Caroline;
He looked to her like a welcome friend.
And she whispered to us: I’m going home,
And she smiled and closed her eyes.
And Death took her up like a baby,
And she lay in his icy arms,
But she didn’t feel no chill.
And death began to ride again--
Up beyond the evening star,
Into the glittering light of glory,
On to the Great White Throne.
And there he laid Sister Caroline
On the loving breast of Jesus.
And Jesus took his own hand and wiped away her tears,
And he smoothed the furrows from her face,
And the angels sang a little song,
And Jesus rocked her in his arms,
And kept a-saying: Take your rest,
Take your rest.
Weep not--weep not,
She is not dead;
She’s resting in the bosom of Jesus.</i></pre>
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Last weekend Mary Belcher came by my booth - she wanted me to see something. Now I want you to see something. What makes a community...who maps the details of its diversity...<br />
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<i>Belcher, 62, moved to Washington in 1970 from Ohio. In exploring the park, she soon found what she calls her “power spots”: settings with striking natural beauty (Pulpit Rock) or historical resonance (the former site of Blagden Mill<span class="@notes" id="U8001488653824ZAH" style="-webkit-user-select: auto !important; display: inline; font-family: 'MillerDailyThree Roman';"></span>). She also got involved with efforts to protect a historic cemetery that lay partially on parkland, sparring occasionally, she says, with the National Park Service. Today, she can see the park’s treetops from her home studio in Adams Morgan.</i></div>
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<i>To guide her painting, Belcher consulted an 1866 map by Maj. Nathaniel Michler of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Congress had directed him to scout locations for a public park and a new executive mansion, far from the stench and heat of the city’s core. Michler’s renderings of the Rock Creek valley — a “wild and romantic tract of country,” he wrote — were the beginning of a nearly 25-year effort to create the park. Belcher sells the map for $395 framed, $300 unframed.</i></div>
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"<b><i>Since 1963 when President John F. Kenney first officially introduced Small <a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Business</a>Week, every president has signed the proclamation to recognize the entrepreneurial spirit that drives most small business owners. From Main Street to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/wall-street/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Wall Street</a>, small business is an important part of the U.S. Economy. The 30 million or so small businesses in the United States create roughly two out of every three jobs. What’s more, most communities depend on the strength of their local businesses to grow and thrive.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>On Monday, President Obama declared June 16-22, 2013 as National Small Business Week and stated, “America’s small businesses reflect the best of who we are as a Nation—daring and innovative, courageous and hopeful, always working hard and looking ahead for the next great idea.”</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I couldn’t agree more with the President when he proclaims, “In America, we believe that anyone willing to work hard and take risks can get their good idea off the ground and into the marketplace. It is a notion that has made our Nation bold and bright, and the best place to do business for generations—from small-town storefronts to pioneering startups that keep our country on the cutting edge. This week, we celebrate America’s entrepreneurial spirit, and we recommit to helping our small businesses get ahead.”</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I grew up in a small business family and worked in the family business. I’ve spent my entire career working in small businesses as an employee as well as a business owner. When most people think of “small business,” they think of the businesses you’d typically find along Main Street. Most of my career has been in Main Street type businesses. And, <a href="http://www.lendio.com/?campaign=forbes" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Lendio</a>, where I work now, is a small business.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>When I’m on the road I love traveling through the small towns that dot the old highways. It doesn’t matter if it’s the small towns that line the Oregon Coast or little towns like Marysvale, Circleville, or Orderville, Utah, I can’t help but smile as I see local shopkeepers revitalizing towns simply by doing business. Nevertheless, being a Main Street business owner is not for the faint of heart. When I see Main Streets scrubbed and polished, I know it’s the grit and determination of the local small business community that’s making it happen—and I stop to participate a little in their local economy.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The importance of doing this was reinforced last summer as some friends and I opted to ride the <a href="http://byways.org/explore/byways/2033/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Loneliest Road in America</a> across Nevada. We stopped for lunch at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/toiyabe-cafe-austin" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Toiyabe Café</a> in Austin. In it’s heyday, silver mining was this part of Nevada’s claim to fame. In fact, some of these little towns once boasted some pretty impressive population numbers for the time.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Over hamburgers and milkshakes I asked the owner what kept her place in business—it was obvious there was no industry to support her town. She said, “It’s Highway 50 and folks like you that keep us alive these days.”</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Nevada Department of Tourism has created a passport that encourages travelers to get off the interstate and experience something a little different. In each town you can stop and get a stamp on your passport and collect a souvenir by sending in the completed book at the end of your trip. The $5 or $6 here and there along the route was actually keeping many of these businesses alive.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to take the trip again, if for no other reason than to support the small business owners along the route. With that in mind, here are a couple of things you can do to celebrate small business week and help the local businesses in your community:</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1. Enjoy dinner in a locally owned and operated restaurant:</span> My favorite place to eat is a local <a href="http://www.lacostamexicanrestaurantutah.com/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Mexican restaurant</a> my wife and I go to every week. The food is great, the service is good, and they recognize that I’m a regular. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/local/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Local</a> businesses depend on local patrons to keep them in business. They don’t have the media budgets the big chains do and depend on word of mouth to bring traffic in the door. This week, expand your horizons and visit a local restaurant you’ve never been to before.</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2. Buy your groceries from a local grocer or the farmer’s market:</span> The few dollars you might spend buying groceries this week from a local business will put the money back into the community and you might be surprised at how good the produce from the farmer’s market will taste.</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. Tell a friend about a favorite local business:</span> With social media it’s easier than ever to tell your friends about your favorite local restaurant, bookstore, or other business. Visit their <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/facebook/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Facebook</a> page and “Like” their page or even comment about the things you like about them. This week, you might even share the Facebook page of one of your favorite local businesses. Dime City Cycles may not be in Utah where I live, but they’re a Main Street business I follow. If you’re into motorcycles, you might want to check out their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dimecitycycles?fref=ts" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Facebook page</a>.</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. Share with your friends and family the important role small businesses play within the national economy: </span>Teaching your children about small business or sharing your thoughts about the American dream with your friends might sound corny, but who knows, you might be encouraging a future entrepreneur and put a spark into the next generation of small business owners.</i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5. It starts with appreciating small business:</span> The small businesses in your area are what helps keep your community alive and thriving. But it doesn’t stop there. Collectively, small businesses have been the single biggest job creators in the U.S. since the 70s. I think that’s worth appreciating.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I’ve always been impressed with the resilience of Main Street business owners regardless of where their business might be located. By patronizing and sharing your favorite places with your friends, they might be able to celebrate small business week too.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This week I’m going to make sure I do as much business as I can with local businesses—will you?</i></b>"</div>
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Tom Rall (founder and manager of The Flea Market at Eastern Market 1984-2011) finished college the same year I was born, 1967. Sometime in 2010, Tom loaned me piles of photos and other documentation of his life at the market. Something was happening,without fanfare or ceremony a torch was being passed. I had thought back in 2009 when I started writing about folk at the market that "I would not allow 'my group and our shared past to be causally erased' not this time - not on my watch. By entrusting me with these images Mr. Rall was telling me, 'yes it is your watch now.'<br />
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One of the ways that the telling or rather construction of history can be judged is on the writers or tellers ability to obtain primary documentation (* the concept of written documentation as most important is a construct of 'western civilization'). I could not get better primary documentation than those of Mr. Rall.<br />
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Who built this community...Eastern Market<br />
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<strong>John Harrod</strong><br />
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If one is lucky, one of the things that happens in a life time is you grow up, older, wiser and you watch children grow into adulthood. As an introduction to these images, a conversation with one who grew up at Eastern Market- Mr. William Mc Dougle.<br />
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Who built this community, maintained, nourished, supported it, and watched it grow? <br />
What has this place and these people meant to folks....<br />
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The following images are from a photo essay published on the eastern market dot net website in November of 2003. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"<strong>The Many Faces of Eastern Market" : A Photo Essay Online</strong></span><br />
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by:<strong> Bill Severe</strong><br />
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Tom gave me a copy of the images and and he also included an email dating 11/21/2003. In that email he spoke about his life experiences at the market, <br />
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<strong><em>"For me Eastern Market has always been about the people, Rall said, and Severe has captured the great diversity among our exhibitors. I truly feel they make my job one of the most interesting in the world. </em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>In the future we plan to expand the essay to include more and more of the important people-the South Hall merchants; the Center Hall potters; the North Hall Market 5 Gallery, the Saturday Market Festival arts and crafts exhibitors and, finally the customers without whose support w wouldn't exist."</em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>The photos were taken the first Sunday in November, a 77F- degree day, and the next Sunday, a 50F degree one with a wind chill near freezing. It takes a strong, adaptable person to do this kind of work every week, Rall said in admiring the determination of his fellow exhibitors. </em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>Rall, who has manged the Sunday flea market for 20 years, is also an exhibitor, who sells vintage photographic lantern slides and stereo views, contemporary art pottery, antique maps and prints along with a few other interesting items of inventory."</em></strong><br />
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What city would not celebrate this achievement? This diverse multicultural and generation community is what folk dreamed of, fought and died for. And it is real! Every weekend one can take part: and become apart of this beauty. Who would think of destroying it? Money can not rebuild it, neither can lies, corporate or personal greed. What are the elements, factors, structures, belief, cultural mores that build a community. How quickly can one abandon, erase, negative and forget it? <br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allen<br />
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Post Script: June 2015- Tom Rall's 70th birthday party and The Flea Market at Eastern Market<br />
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by: Brady Rall </div>
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"<b>I don’t want to be an artist.</b></div>
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<b>I don’t want to be a superhero.</b></div>
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<b>I don’t want to be a doctor, a politician, a lawyer, or a journalist…</b></div>
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<b>I want to be a thinker,</b></div>
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<b>a dreamer,</b></div>
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<b>a believer in trust and love.</b></div>
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<b>I don’t want to separate humanity,</b></div>
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<b>work for a destructive power plant,</b></div>
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<b>or cry salty tears of dissatisfaction.</b></div>
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<b>I want to revel in the hopes of others,</b></div>
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<b>work towards a common goal,</b></div>
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<b>find solidarity in a creative community.</b></div>
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<b>America:"</b></div>
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<strong>Freedom's Plow</strong><br />
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<strong>By: Langston Hughes</strong><br />
<strong><em></em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>When a man starts out with nothing,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>When a man starts out with his hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Empty, but clean,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>When a man starts to build a world,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>He starts first with himself</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the faith that is in his heart-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The strength there,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The will there to build.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>First in the heart is the dream-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Then the mind starts seeking a way.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>His eyes look out on the world,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>On the great wooded world,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>On the rich soil of the world,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>On the rivers of the world.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The eyes see there materials for building,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>See the difficulties, too, and the obstacles.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The mind seeks a way to overcome these obstacles.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The hand seeks tools to cut the wood,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>To till the soil, and harness the power of the waters.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Then the hand seeks other hands to help,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>A community of hands to help-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Thus the dream becomes not one man’s dream alone,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But a community dream.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Not my dream alone, but our dream.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Not my world alone,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But your world and my world,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Belonging to all the hands who build.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>A long time ago, but not too long ago,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Ships came from across the sea</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Bringing the Pilgrims and prayer-makers,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Adventurers and booty seekers,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Free men and indentured servants,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Slave men and slave masters, all new-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>To a new world, America!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>With billowing sails the galleons came</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Bringing men and dreams, women and dreams.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>In little bands together,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Heart reaching out to heart,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Hand reaching out to hand,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>They began to build our land.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Some were free hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Seeking a greater freedom,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Some were indentured hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Hoping to find their freedom,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Some were slave hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Guarding in their hearts the seed of freedom,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But the word was there always:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Freedom.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Down into the earth went the plow</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>In the free hands and the slave hands,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>In indentured hands and adventurous hands,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Turning the rich soil went the plow in many hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That planted and harvested the food that fed</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the cotton that clothed America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Clang against the trees went the ax into many hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That hewed and shaped the rooftops of America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Splash into the rivers and the seas went the boat-hulls</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That moved and transported America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Crack went the whips that drove the horses</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Across the plains of America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Free hands and slave hands,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Indentured hands, adventurous hands,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>White hands and black hands</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Held the plow handles,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Ax handles, hammer handles,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Launched the boats and whipped the horses</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That fed and housed and moved America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Thus together through labor,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>All these hands made America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Labor! Out of labor came villages</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the towns that grew cities.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Labor! Out of labor came the rowboats</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the sailboats and the steamboats,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Came the wagons, and the coaches,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Covered wagons, stage coaches,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Out of labor came the factories,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Came the foundries, came the railroads.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Came the marts and markets, shops and stores,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Came the mighty products moulded, manufactured,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Sold in shops, piled in warehouses,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Shipped the wide world over:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Out of labor-white hands and black hands-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Came the dream, the strength, the will,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the way to build America.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Now it is Me here, and You there.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Now it’s Manhattan, Chicago,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Seattle, New Orleans,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Boston and El Paso-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Now it’s the U.S.A.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>A long time ago, but not too long ago, a man said:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL--</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS--</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>AMONG THESE LIFE, LIBERTY</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>His name was Jefferson. There were slaves then,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But in their hearts the slaves believed him, too,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And silently too for granted</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That what he said was also meant for them.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>It was a long time ago,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But not so long ago at that, Lincoln said:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>TO GOVERN ANOTHER MAN</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>WITHOUT THAT OTHER’S CONSENT.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>There were slaves then, too,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But in their hearts the slaves knew</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>What he said must be meant for every human being-</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Else it had no meaning for anyone.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Then a man said:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>BETTER TO DIE FREE</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>THAN TO LIVE SLAVES</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>He was a colored man who had been a slave</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But had run away to freedom.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the slaves knew</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>What Frederick Douglass said was true.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>With John Brown at Harper’s Ferry, Negroes died.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>John Brown was hung.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Before the Civil War, days were dark,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And nobody knew for sure</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>When freedom would triumph</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>"Or if it would," thought some.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But others new it had to triumph.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>In those dark days of slavery,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Guarding in their hearts the seed of freedom,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The slaves made up a song:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Keep Your Hand On The Plow! Hold On!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That song meant just what it said: Hold On!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Freedom will come!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Keep Your Hand On The Plow! Hold On!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Out of war it came, bloody and terrible!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But it came!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Some there were, as always,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Who doubted that the war would end right,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That the slaves would be free,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Or that the union would stand,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But now we know how it all came out.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Out of the darkest days for people and a nation,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>We know now how it came out.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>There was light when the battle clouds rolled away.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>There was a great wooded land,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And men united as a nation.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>America is a dream.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The poet says it was promises.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The people say it is promises-that will come true.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The people do not always say things out loud,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Nor write them down on paper.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The people often hold</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Great thoughts in their deepest hearts</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And sometimes only blunderingly express them,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Haltingly and stumblingly say them,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And faultily put them into practice.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The people do not always understand each other.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>But there is, somewhere there,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Always the trying to understand,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And the trying to say,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>"You are a man. Together we are building our land."</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>America!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Land created in common,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Dream nourished in common,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Keep your hand on the plow! Hold on!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>If the house is not yet finished,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Don’t be discouraged, builder!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>If the fight is not yet won,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Don’t be weary, soldier!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The plan and the pattern is here,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Woven from the beginning</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Into the warp and woof of America:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>TO GOVERN ANOTHER MAN</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>WITHOUT HIS CONSENT.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>BETTER DIE FREE,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>THAN TO LIVE SLAVES.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Who said those things? Americans!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Who owns those words? America!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Who is America? You, me!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>We are America!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>To the enemy who would conquer us from without,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>We say, NO!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>To the enemy who would divide</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>And conquer us from within,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>We say, NO!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>FREEDOM!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>BROTHERHOOD!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>DEMOCRACY!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>To all the enemies of these great words:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>We say, NO!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>A long time ago,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>An enslaved people heading toward freedom</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Made up a song:</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Keep Your Hand On The Plow! Hold On!</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>The plow plowed a new furrow</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Across the field of history.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Into that furrow the freedom seed was dropped.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>From that seed a tree grew, is growing, will ever grow.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>That tree is for everybody,</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>For all America, for all the world.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>May its branches spread and shelter grow</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>Until all races and all peoples know its shade.</em></strong><br />
<strong><br /><em></em></strong><strong><em>KEEP YOUR HAND ON THE PLOW! HOLD ON! </em></strong><br />
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Do you want to be a part of an effective economic change? If so, buy local. Shop from small merchants, farmers, artists/crafters, and markets....and in the nation's capitol there is no better "first stop and shop" than the open air markets on Saturday and Sunday at Eastern Market. These markets were started by local folk John Harrod (The Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturdays) and Tom Rall (The Flea Market at Eastern Market on Sundays) for local folk, the Capitol Hill Community, who have been loyal supporters for three decades.<br />
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Manatho Masani: upclycling sculpture, surrounded by some of his many adoring fans </div>
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There is nothing more satisfying that sitting down to a home cooked meal made from locally grown produce. Any holiday celebration or regular meal is richer, tastier, and healthier when it's locally grown.</div>
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Mr. "Bunk" Knopp of Knopp Farm and Green houses. His family has been farming since 1889<br />
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<em>“Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still be part of a garden community and share in what is garden grown by buying your produce from farmers’ markets.” Michelle Obama in AMERICAN GROWN</em><br />
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Another of the many special aspects of the outdoor weekend markets are the wide variety of products on offer.<br />
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One can find handmade soaps, jewelry, paintings, <em>objets d'art</em>, clothes, "fair trade" international imports like grass woven bags from Madagascar, and much more.<br />
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Wow, there is so much to see at the market someone should...write about it. And someone has--so try a little research! Find out what to look for before you shop. There is so much here to see, hear, smell, and taste (though please don't touch or take pictures without asking). An informed consumer is a wise one. Plus, the merchants/farmers/artists loves it when one tells them -'I have read about you or wow I saw a piece of yours on a friend/colleague or at so and so's house or ..." And after this conversational ice breaker these hard working merchants/artists/farmers will tend to me more talkative and informative about there wears.</div>
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However, that is not all: one of the creators of this market, Tom Rall, in partnership, has grown the Market to include a wonderful once a year event- <span style="color: red;">The DownTown Holiday Market</span></div>
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Many of the merchants and artists/crafters at Eastern Market helped found this must-see, must-shop holiday treat.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">The DownTown Holiday Market</span>: 2011</div>
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Still not sure? Really, why should we shop local? The site Sustainable Connections puts it best. </div>
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<em>Top Ten reasons to Think Local - Buy Local - Be Local</em></div>
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<em><br /></em><em>1.Buy Local -- Support yourself: Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms -- continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community.</em></div>
<em></em><em><br /></em><em>2.Support community groups: Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller business owners than they do from large businesses.</em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>3.Keep our community unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun -- all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of this place. Our tourism businesses also benefit. “When people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation Trust</em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>4.Reduce environmental impact: Locally owned businesses can make more local purchases requiring less transportation and generally set up shop in town or city centers as opposed to developing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.</em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>5.Create more good jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally... </em><em></em><em><br /></em><em>6.Get better service: Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers. </em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>7.Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future. </em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>8.Put your taxes to good use: Local businesses in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.</em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>9.Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy: A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.</em><br />
<em><br /></em><em>10.Encourage local prosperity: A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.</em><br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-79840204208550149552012-07-03T20:19:00.001-07:002012-07-03T20:19:09.901-07:00Washington DC City Council Hearing on 2012 Legislation governing Eastern MarketWashington DC City Council Hearing on 2012 Legislation governing Eastern Market <br />
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Most of The Flea Market at Eastern Market will be eliminated under a development proposal for the site of Hine Junior High School that will go before the DC Zoning Board on June 14.</div>
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Developers Stanton-EastBanc and the DC Zoning Board have to find a home for The Flea Market at Eastern Market that will work for the exhibitors and their legions of customers. <br />
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The market provides up to 150 spaces for vendors and approximately 15,000 people visit the flea market on a typical weekend. Everything from antique furniture to maps, art, photography, clothing and textiles are sold. The Flea Market at Eastern Market has been a vibrant incubator space for small businesses as well as a treasured neighborhood meeting place. When the original Eastern Market building was gutted by fire in 2006 The Flea Market at Eastern Market carried on. It’s a neighborhood institution and a landmark in its own right.<br />
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Despite pledges of the developers to preserve the market, albeit at half the current size, the proposal actually cuts by two-thirds the space for vendors and customers, eliminating 38,000 square feet of market space from the current configuration. Water features, street furniture and plantings are continually being added to the design that will further reduce usable space.<br />
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A reconfigured design could accommodate the Flea Market. It is the responsibility of the developers and the DC Zoning Board to resolve these issues and secure a viable home for the market before the project is allowed to proceed.<br />
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<strong>Mrs. Doris Little (80 years young ) " The Button Lady" at The Flea Market at Eastern Market </strong><br />
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<strong>Please sign the petition for her and all the exhibitors at The Flea Market at Eastern Market. </strong><br />
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When one says "Back in the Day" that signifies a long time ago or before it changed (gentrified). However, it is possible to be there at the advent of conception. <br />
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I came to the market in 1991 I was in my early 20's. He came to the north hall in 1974, he was 21 years old. <br />
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Social history: "<em> is a branch of history</em><em> that includes history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life"</em><br />
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So, back in the day when you walked into the north hall -Market 5 Gallery. One did not have to ask twice who was in charge. John Harrod was "The MAN". He did not take any shit off any body. Ask people who knew him. Some of the stories will make the ears burn. He had a heart of gold. But he could and would cuss you out. And at times would greet you in the morning with, "What the hell are you doing here?" That was his way of saying good morning. But John gave a damn about people-poor people, odd folk, artists, outcasts, and street kids etc. He helped people. He went the extra mile and then some. He did not give up on people. He gave "a brother" a dime, he had "yo back", he was something else. <br />
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<strong> "The MAN" Mr. John Harrod</strong> <br />
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Mr. Harrod was not an easy man. But there was such vision and beauty inside him. When he walked through the doors of the north hall, which was an empty DC storage unit back in 1974 ,he did not come alone. He brought his right hand man. A bad ass, a what the fuck you looking at young man, an "inner city tough", a brother from "roun' the way". The sayings go "lifting as you climb, each one reach one, each one teach one". John Harrod did not talk the talk of these sayings. He walked the walk and gave these words flesh, bone, blood and life. When Mr. Harrod walked through the doors of the north hall in 1974 he came to show someone " a young brother" his vision. <br />
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In writing about the exhibitor community at both Market 5 Gallery's Arts and Crafts festival on Saturdays and The Flea Market at Eastern Market on Sundays, I have been given many gifts of trust. There were folks that were at the top of my "I want to tell there stories list". Last year, well I thought I was done. I had done the best I could with what I had been given. Then last Sunday, <strong>Charles Ellis </strong><br />
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On the phone, Rudy muses about why there are banners on the market honoring the German Architect of the building yet no plaque, memorial banner,and/or statue about the American humanitarian, social activist and visionary who conceived and built a community: <strong>John Harrod</strong>.<br />
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At the end of our conversation on Monday. I am told a story. The story is about grace: "unmerited mercy". Mr. Coates says to me: "I just feel like I owe him". <br />
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<em>Do you remember "Market Joe"? He was the alcoholic, thin, salt and pepper straight hair, clean most of the time. He'd sit or lie down at the picnic tables. Sometimes he'd sit on the benches at the natatorium. As a matter of fact, he died on a bench at the natatorium. One Sunday morning when we were setting up, he was laying down on the bench and when someone tried to wake him, they realized that he was deceased</em><br />
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The best stories, that I have been told are ones I can not tell. John Harrod gave folk a chance, then a second and then a third. He nourished and cultivated those seeds that fell on rocky ground. Now one can witness the garden that grew from his rough tending, every weekend at Eastern Market.<br />
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Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comEastern Market Metro Station, Washington, DC 20003, USA38.884148 -76.9950138.881058 -76.9999455 38.887238 -76.990074499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-21373856008581091062012-01-22T20:06:00.000-08:002012-01-22T20:06:58.765-08:00The historic Flea Market at Eastern Market: A Meditation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is a short viewing of the historic Flea Market at Eastern Market. How many exhibitors can you name? How many exhibitors have you brought from? What makes a community? Do you know who built this one?<br />
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Turtle's Webb </div>Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-11201458932293618742011-12-12T18:38:00.000-08:002011-12-12T18:38:03.534-08:00The Eastern Market Exhibitor Community: Salutes Tom Rall founder and co-founder of The Flea Market at Eastern Market and The DownTown Holiday Market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Eastern Market Exhibitor Community Salutes: Tom Rall-Founder and Co-Founder of <strong>The Flea</strong> <strong>Market at Eastern Market</strong> and <strong><span style="color: red;">The DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Rall getting his shop on at the<strong><span style="color: red;"> DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong> </td></tr>
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We are so grateful for his stewardship of The Flea Market at Eastern Market and the phenomenal success of the The<strong><span style="color: red;"> DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong> ( <a href="http://www.downtownholidaymarket.com/">http://www.downtownholidaymarket.com</a> ). His tireless hard work, easy going, calm, steadfast manner allowed the growth of both these enterprises. While now 'retired' as the executive manager of "The Flea Market at Eastern Market" he still is part of the management team and maintains a booth in the school yard selling vintage/antique prints, maps, photos and contemporary pottery- etc.<br />
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His keen eye for talent and his love of a new challenge lead him to co-found the DownTown Holiday Market. Both "The Flea Market at Eastern Market and<strong><span style="color: red;"> The DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong>" have allowed many artists, crafters, antique dealers, to "incubate" there businesses and /or live there creative dreams. Come celebrate all year round at the <strong>'Historic Flea Market at Eastern Market</strong> and every December -<strong><span style="color: red;">The DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crowed side walks of this years 7 annual<strong><span style="color: red;"> DownTown Holiday Market</span></strong></td></tr>
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</div></div>Sonda Tamarr Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192220299073553898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860039470975746628.post-60703704944963409512011-11-15T18:02:00.000-08:002011-11-17T08:04:53.087-08:00A Petition, No to the "Eastern Market Preservation and Development Amendment Act of 2011"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">* written by: <strong><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Belcher</span></strong>: Eastern Market watercolourists and Washington, D.C. historian <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells has introduced legislation that would strip Eastern Market outdoor weekend vendors of their rights and protections. The proposed bill, titled the “Eastern Market Preservation and Development Amendment Act of 2011,” would create a new nonprofit entity to control all Market operations, replacing a law in effect since 1999. <br />
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Under current law, the vendors—including artists, artisans, antique dealers and other flea-market exhibitors—are given priority to rent outdoor spaces at the Market on weekends. They have protections to continue selling their wares under subleases with Market management. They can make and appeal grievances to an elected tenants’ council. And those who have maintained their small businesses at Eastern Market since 1997 have a right of first refusal if asked to give up their spaces.<br />
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Council member Wells has proposed the creation of a politically top-heavy, nonprofit “trust” to operate the Market. Its 11-member board would be made up eight political appointees—five of whom would be appointed by the Ward 6 council member--with only three representatives from the Market’s indoor and outdoor vendor community. In addition, he wants to expand the geographic boundaries of Eastern Market activities along 7<sup>th</sup> Street south to Pennsylvania Avenue; he would require that “other privately owned or controlled land or buildings that are directly adjacent to the area” be “subject to a lease or management agreement” with the nonprofit trust. The legislation does not specify the need for or purpose of such a lease or agreement.<br />
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Under the proposed legislation, priority for Eastern Market spaces “throughout the week” would be given to food vendors. The proposal doesn’t make any special distinction, or list priorities, for outdoor weekend vending, most of which is currently conducted by artists and flea market exhibitors. The newly proposed legislation, which purports to simply amend the existing 1999 Eastern Market law (D.C. Law 12-228, Code section 37.101), in fact strips from the law all language regarding outdoor-exhibitor leases, grievance and appeal processes, and the right-of-first-refusal on spaces occupied by long-time vendors. <br />
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<b>Eastern Market is the workplace of Washington, D.C.’s most ethnically and culturally diverse group of artists, artisans, and flea-market exhibitors. We are D.C. at its best and most inclusive. Do not allow the City Council to throw the fates of our small businesses into the hands of political appointees. We want competent Market management—not politically connected overseers.<br />
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<b>Help us defeat Tommy Wells’ assault on the rights of Eastern Market’s weekend vendors! Sign our petition in support of maintaining our current rights under the law!<br />
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Mary Belcher, artist<br />
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Joseph Snyder, artist <br />
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Sonda Allen,<br />
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Cherie Lester, artist<br />
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Tom Rall,<br />
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Jenae Michelle, designer<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">PETITION TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">To see the full text of the “Eastern Market Preservation and Development Amendment Act of 2011,” introduced by Council member Wells on October 11, 2011, and the full text of the existing Eastern Market law, go to:<br />
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Chairman Kwame R. Brown, </span></span><a href="mailto:kbrown@dccouncil.us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">kbrown@dccouncil.us</span></span></span></span></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"> Mary M. Cheh, </span></span><a href="mailto:mcheh@dccouncil.us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">mcheh@dccouncil.us</span></span></span></span></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"> Michael A. Brown, </span></span><a href="mailto:mbrown@dccouncil.us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">mbrown@dccouncil.us</span></span></span></span></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"> Phil Mendelson, </span></span><a href="mailto:pmendelson@dccouncil.us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">pmendelson@dccouncil.us</span></span></span></span></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"></span></span></span></a><br />
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<div>The<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> MAN</strong></span> or the<strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">MEN</span> </strong> want<strong> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">YOU</span></strong> to ...</div><div><table align="center" class="imgCaptionTable" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 366px;"><tbody>
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<em> HEART OF DOWNTOWN</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>The 7th Annual Downtown Holiday Market returns for 22</em><br />
<em> delightful days, December 2 through 23, 2011, on the F </em><br />
<em>Street sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian American Art</em><br />
<em> Museum & National Portrait Gallery between 7th</em><br />
<em> & 9th Streets, NW. Bringing a unique and festive</em><br />
<em> shopping "village" to the heart of Downtown DC, the </em><br />
<em>Noon to 8pm market features more than 175 regional</em><br />
<em> artisans, crafters and boutique businesses of ethnically</em><br />
<em> produced goods. </em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Hundreds of diverse gift items, such as jewelry, pottery</em><br />
<em>, paintings, and textiles will be offered by 60 exhibitors </em><br />
<em>each day. Check back as the exhibitors rotate and the </em><br />
<em>selection of goods will vary daily. You're sure to find something</em><br />
<em> special for everyone on your list.</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>While you're shopping, enjoy lively seasonal entertainment,</em><br />
<em> plus great snacks and festive treats. Located across from</em><br />
<em> the Verizon Center and convenient to Metro and nearby</em><br />
<em> parking, the market is a creative and convenient way to </em><br />
<em>fulfill all your holiday shopping needs right in the heart of Downtown.</em></div></div></div></td></tr>
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<div><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">La Hell Raiser Says...</span></div><br />
<div><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Vote "No"</span> to the</div><div></div><div>"<strong>Eastern Market Preservation and Development </strong><br />
<strong>Amendment Act of 2011"</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div><a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/doc208/1102686630764/doc/s5LaINo7MVwhzD1I.pdf" linktype="document" ref="ACCOUNT.DOCUMENT.270" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">Eastern Market-Proposed New Legislation 2011</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">______________________________________________________________</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a class="imgCaptionAnchor" href="http://www.marybelcher.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><img alt="Mary Belcher " border="0" height="240" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.259" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs095/1102686630764/img/259.jpg?a=1108133063871" vspace="5" width="320" /></a><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Mary Belcher </strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">long time Eastern Market and Washington, D.C. water colorist <br />
and historian<br />
has done a service to all who love the Eastern Market<br />
Community by taking<br />
the time to compare and contrast the current purposed<br />
New Legislation for<br />
the Market with the current existing law. It is a very<br />
interesting read. Many<br />
thanks are due to Ms. Belcher for her detail oriented,<br />
clear ,and well written <br />
analysis.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/doc208/1102686630764/doc/fxhejJNR95HtNOVS.pdf" linktype="document" ref="ACCOUNT.DOCUMENT.274" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">Mary Belcher's Analysis of the proposed Eastern </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Market 2011 legislation </strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">_________________________________________________________________</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div>Please send your letters of support for the<br />
Eastern Market Exhibitor Community to: </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>The Council of the District of Columbia </strong></div><div><strong>Address: John A. Wilson Building,</strong><br />
<strong> Suite 5, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004 </strong></div><div><strong>E-mail: <a href="mailto:dccouncil@dccouncil.us" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">dccouncil@dccouncil.us</a> </strong></div><div><strong>phone: 202 724 8000</strong></div><div><strong>fax: 202 347-3070</strong></div><div><strong> </strong> <br />
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</div><div></div><div>To understand the destructive aims of the new amendment</div><div> please compare it to the present law which among many</div><div> other things protects and grandfathers in long term exhibitors</div><div> who made it possible for Eastern Market to grow and thrive.</div><br />
<div><a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/doc208/1102686630764/doc/8o8603nhkD0aVZdK.pdf" linktype="document" ref="ACCOUNT.DOCUMENT.272" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">Eastern Market Legislation 1998</a></div></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Preservation</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> and Development Amendment</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> Act of 2011</strong></span>"</div><br />
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