Celeste McCall

Celeste McCall is a freelance food and travel writer who contributes monthly restaurant columns to Capital Community News (The Hill Rag and Mid-City DC). Previously, she covered food, restaurants and other topics for The Washington Times. She has also contributed to The Washington Post, Roll Call, Delaware Beach Life and other publications. Celeste holds a BA in Art History from the University of Maryland. She is a member of the Washington DC chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international organization of women in food, wine and hospitality. She has written two books: CHOMPS: The Cookbook (for her neighborhood gourmet club), and Peter, There’s a Bug on my Plate, a memoir chronicling her travel and dining adventures with her husband, Peter McCall. The couple dwells on Capitol Hill with their two cats.

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Museum and monument

National Museum of African American History and Culture
Husband Peter and I launched our civil rights pilgrimage at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. In January 2019, we followed the footsteps of 1960s civil rights leaders. We began in Montgomery, Alabama at the Legacy Museum, which chronicles the enslavement of thousands of Africans. (Actually, the historic 1965 march went from Selma to Montgomery.)

Memorial for Peace and Justice

National Memorial for Peace and Justice, recalling the lynching of thousands of African Americans
Nearby, haunting sculptures lead visitors into the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which recalls the lynching of more than 4,000 African American men, women and children between 1877 and 1950.

Memorial for Peace and Justice

National Memorial for Peace and Justice, recalling the lynching of thousands of African Americans
At the outdoor memorial, 800 steel monuments are engraved with the names and counties of the lynching victims. More names will be added.

Memorial for Peace and Justice

National Memorial for Peace and Justice, recalling the lynching of thousands of African Americans
Here is another view of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.