Abstract Arturo Griffiths tells the story of how he got involved as a Latino immigrant teenager in the very first D.C. Latino Festivals held in Adams Morgan. He tells the story of various presidents, many of whom were elected before he was elected President in 1987. Griffiths, together with his committee, organized the last D.C. Latino Festival to b e held in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. In 1989 Griffiths took the Festival “downtown” – to the grounds of the Washington Monument. He tells the story...

Abstract Lois Athey tells the story of the Latin American Festival in the years 1988 - 1990. As a volunteer during those years, Athey organized the food booths and helped the volunteer Festival Committee secure their 501c3 status after the 1988 Festival. When the Festival President Arturo Griffiths moved the Festival to the Washington Monument grounds in 1989, Athey helped the team negotiate permits for the use of the Mall. She describes the problems and issues that the Festival faced during those...

Abstract Lois Athey tells the story of the Latin American Festival in the years 1988 - 1990. As a volunteer during those years, Athey organized the food booths and helped the volunteer Festival Committee secure their 501c3 status after the 1988 Festival. When the Festival President Arturo Griffiths moved the Festival to the Washington Monument grounds in 1989, Athey helped the team negotiate permits for the use of the Mall. She describes the problems and issues that the Festival faced during those...

Abstract This project interviewed a group of people who were present during the 1989-1990 annual D.C. Latino Festival. It documents the first time the DC Latino immigrant community was given a permit to occupy a public space so sacred to national history- the national Mall and the Monument grounds. The project asked important research questions such as: 'why did the D.C. Latino community decide to move the parade to Constitution Avenue NW and the festival to the National Mall and what impact did that...