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Saturday's birthday celebration a historic event at Benjamin Banneker Museum

Friends and descendants of Benjamin Banneker gathered Nov. 10 to mark the 281st birthday of the famed African-American astronomer and mathematician who is also known for his work surveying the land that eventually became Washington, D.C.

By Mary K. Tilghman

November 13, 2012

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