Earlier this school year, 7th grade scholar, Ziyahn Richardson, learned that his great-great-great grandmother is Emily Edmonson, one of the Edmonson siblings, who tried to escape slavery here in Washington, D.C. on a ship called the Pearl.

On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, former first lady Barbara Bush died at the age of 92 years old of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as the First Lady of the United States.