Historical Society Program to Look at Destruction of Queen City
“The Arlington Historical Society will present “Eminent Domain Destroys a Community: Leveling Queen City for the Pentagon” on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at Central Library.
Speaker Nancy Perry will discuss the federal government’s use of eminent-domain powers to displace more than 900 residents of the African-American community of Queen City in 1942. The government took 27 acres of land to build a road network around the Pentagon, which was then under construction.”
Sun Gazette 9 February 2014.
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