WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Monday, leaders across Washington, D.C., cut the ribbon on a new plaza formerly known as “Dave Thomas Circle.”
On June 2, at 11 a.m., Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with the District Department of Transportation and the NoMa Business Improvement District, celebrated the transformation of the Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Plaza.
For nearly two years, construction had been underway at the intersection. The plaza was named after Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, who was the first woman to ever pitch in the Negro Leagues. She was a longtime resident of Northeast D.C., and graduated from Long Branch High School…