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Ward 5 is home to numerous historical sites and interesting attractions. Soldiers’ Home is located in Pleasant Hill. On the grounds
of the Soldiers’ Home is a cottage where President Lincoln spent the summers of 1862 to 1864 to escape the heat and
political preasures of Washington. The Brookland neighborhood includes the Mount St.
Sepulchre Franciscan Monastary, which is known for its breathtaking gardens, catacombs, and annual spring plant sale. The
Langdon neighborhood is the home of the 9/11 Memorial Grove. 
In Carver Langston, the first golf course to allow blacks
is located. Called the Langston Golf Course, boxing champion Joe Louis was one of its most frequent visitors. Langston Golf
Course is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort Lincoln contains a Civil War era fort that was constructed for the defense
of Washington. Similarly, Fort Totten was a medium-sized fort, located atop a ridge along
the main road from Washington to Silver Spring, Maryland—about three miles north of the Capitol.
A number of important and historical schools are located in Truxton
Circle/Bates. For example, Armstrong Manual Training School, where Duke Ellington received his high school diploma
is in Truxton Circle/Bates, as is Dunbar High School, the first all-black public high school in the United States.
Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation
of Labor in 1886, built a house for himself in Bloomingdale at 2122 1st Street, N.W. Gompers headed the AFL-CIO
until his death on December 13, 1924. His house was declared an individual landmark on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1974.
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