Banneker rec.........center.......named for this man................who redrew the plans to DC........from memory.............his house burned down the day after he died............

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2. Benjamin Banneker

   Surveyor
3. Benjamin Banneker was a free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. Wikipedia
5. Born: November 9, 1731, Baltimore County, Maryland, MD
6. Died: October 9, 1806, Baltimore County, Maryland, MD
7. Nationality: American
8. Parents: Mary Bannaky, Robert Bannaky