Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C.
City in the United States
Baháʼís of Washington D.C. early 1930's.
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Statistics:
Number of Bahá'ís
-	Bahá'í source
-	Non-Bahá'í source	653
History: Firsts
-	Local Assembly	1907
How to contact:
-	Phone	(202) 291-5532
-	Email	info@dcbahai.org
-	Address	5713 16th St NW Washington, DC 20011
Official Website		DC Baha'i community
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Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America.

History

See also Coverage of the Bahá'í Faith in Washington, DC.

Earliest period

A number of publications mention the earliest phase of the Faith and Bahá'ís in DC up through 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visits:

• Stockman, Robert (1985). Origins, 1892–1900. The Baha'i Faith in America. Vol. 1. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United States. ISBN 978-0-87743-199-2.
• Stockman, R. (May 1995). Early Expansion, 1900–1912. The Baha'i Faith in America. Vol. 2. Wilmette, Ill.: George Ronald. ISBN 978-0-87743-282-1.
• Christopher Buck (4 December 2018). "The Baha'i 'Pupil of the Eye' metaphor". In Loni Bramson (ed.). The Bahá’í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-7003-9. OCLC 1098186570.

Abdu'l-Bahá's visits

See ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West

• "DC Baha'i walking tour map". DCBahai.org. 2021. Retrieved Aug 18, 2021.
• Redman, Earl (2011). 'Abdu'l-Bahá in their midst. Oxford: George Ronald. ISBN 9780853985570. OCLC 755065100.
• Egea, Amín (2018). The Apostle of Peace. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 9780853986164. OCLC 1057776954.
• Stockman, R. (2012). Abdu'l-Baha in America. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United States. ISBN 978-1-931847-97-1.

Other times, other people

• Judy Hannen Moe (Dec 15, 2019). "Pauline and Joseph Hannen Book Summary: "Aflame with Devotion"" (Youtube). Wilmette Institute.
• Judy Hannen Moe (23 April 2019). Aflame with Devotion: The Hannen and Knoblock Families and the Early Days of the Baha'i Faith in America. Baha'i Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87743-395-8. OCLC 1086482806.
• "Gregory, Louis George (1874–1951)". The Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. 2012. https://www.bahai-encyclopedia-project.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63:gregory-louis-george&catid=37:biography. Retrieved Aug 18, 2021. 
• "Louis George Gregory". Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. Aug 18, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_George_Gregory. Retrieved Aug 18, 2021. 

Successive eras

On April 16, 1967, a Bahá’í Center for Washington D.C. was dedicated with 300 Bahá’ís attending the occasion.

See also

• Bahá'ís of Washington, DC