Ever wonder how the Shaw neighborhood got its name?
Shaw You Knew! 🙂

Shaw – An area of D.C. with a culturally rich history of African Americans, this neighborhood was a freed slaves camp on the outskirts of Washington. It got it's name during the Urban Renewal Era, when the neighborhood started to be referred to as Shaw due to the neighborhood's local Junior High School which was named after Civil War Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.