The public image of the Anacostia River as a sewage-ridden repository for pollution has tended to overshadow the river’s vast ecological diversity and vibrant life.
Not more than three days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, students from New Orleans, other parts of Louisiana and Mississippi had set up a table in Red Square to raise money for hurricane victims.
When Molly Jaye Moses finally heard from her family in Biloxi, Miss., her mother said they had found her car on Highway 90, just where they had left it.