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WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the week of the 155th anniversary of the start of the Civil War—April 12, 1861—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today welcomed Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, to the District of Columbia as they completed their 400-mile journey from Newtown.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor whenever she can secure floor time this week for a series of speeches calling for statehood for the District of Columbia in anticipation of D.C. Emancipation Day on Saturday, April 16, 2016.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a Capitol Hill press conference with Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, today, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at the House Triangle (SE corner of the U.S. Capitol).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join President Obama and offer remarks at a designation of a new national monument honoring the movement for women’s equality today, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at 144 Constitution Ave NE. The Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, previously known as the Sewall-Belmont House, will protect the house that has served as the headquarters for the National Woman’s Party since 1929.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to the National Park Service (NPS) expressing her concern about the repeated delays on the project to rebuild and repave roads in Fort Dupont Park.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent statistics, February 2016, on the number of District of Columbia residents employed and D.C. small businesses contracted at federal construction projects in the city resulting from Norton’s legislative work, which show some improvement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Shepherd Park Citizens Association tonight, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at Shepherd Elementary School (7800 14th St. NW).