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Engraving at Dupont Metro dedicated to HIV/AIDS caregivers
 Councilmember Graham (center) at Dupont North Metro |
On Saturday, July 14, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) dedicated a tribute to area HIV/AIDS caregivers with an engraving of a poem by Walt Whitman at the Dupont Metro North entrance, as well as a work by local poet E. Ethelbert Miller.
From left to right: D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D); Graham; Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8); Dolores Kendrick, D.C. poet laureate; Gerald C. Francis, WMATA deputy general manager; and Miller.
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