Capital Area Bah Center Task Force

P.O. Box 441906

Fort Washington, Maryland 20749

To all Bahai Communities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC

Dear Friends,

June 8, 2011

The decade long search for a regional Bahai Center that ended in 2002 with purchase of the Fort Washington property was a well known and shared experience among the Metro DC Bahais in the 1990s. In the intervening 9 years many new Bahais have enrolled or moved to this area who dont know about the property and the evolving collective vision for this intercommunity project.
Therefore, the Capital Area Bahai Center Property Task Force under the Administration of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Prince Georges County South, Maryland wishes to invite all the Communities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC to a Day of Fellowship. A Day of seeing old friends, meeting new friends - enjoying the beauty and improvements on your property - and learning more about how you can participate in using and developing the property. The Property is owned by all the Washington DC Metropolitan Communities. Often the friends are asked, where do the Bahais meet or where is your Bahai Place this Property gives a measure to the Bahais of Visibility, Credibility and Stability. We Are One.
Welcome all, let us join hands in fellowship with old and new friends and to our brothers and sisters from Iran in our midst today we extend a special welcome.

Sunday June 19, 2011

Day of Fellowship at the Property - 10AM-7PM
12 noon Prayers
12:30-1:30 History of the Property
and
Mr. Lex Musta will offer Registration for the upcoming Tour of Sites in
Commemoration of Abdul-Bahas Visit to Washington, DC
1:30-7PM Fellowship, Picnic Tour of Property and Planting of Flowers
Sandwiches, chips, salads, hot dogs and hamburgers, $5-$10
Cold soda drinks $0.50 - tea and cookies will be provided.

For additional
Information
Please call:
Mrs. Manijeh Majidi 301-469-0420
Ms. Lecile Webster 301-585-0881

Capital Area Bah Center Task Force

P.O. Box 441906
Fort Washington, Maryland 20749

A bit of background
On February 27, 1997 the Assemblies of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC had a Vision to create a Regional Bahai Center. It would be erected in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area and would be a complex of buildings and gardens that would establish in the minds and hearts of visitors and the community of interest the supreme gift of love and unity that the communities of the Greatest Name is working to establish throughout the world.
On April 10, 2002 the Bahais by the Grace and Bounty of Bahaullah received the Deed of Trust for 11111 Riverview Road, Fort Washington, Maryland, 43.6 acres of beautiful land on the Potomac River. Our Vision had become a Historic Reality. It was through the call and response of the friends and communities in unity of purpose, of action and of commitment in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC and former residents that the Reality of the Vision was made possible.
Description
- 43.6 acres of old-growth forest land situated on the Potomac River in Fort Washington, Maryland,
just south of Washington, DC. This piece of American prehistory was home to the Piscataway/
Algonquin Indians and is known historically as "Tent Landing." It is referred to locally as the
"last piece of heaven" along this part of the river. The only current structure is a hundred year
old farm house.
Location
- Inside an "A" cluster. Within 35 miles of seven other "A" clusters.
- 18 driving miles from the Baha'i Ofce of External Affairs on
Dupont Circle.
- 11 miles (15 driving miles) from the U.S. Capitol Building.
- 8 miles (15 driving miles) from Reagan National Airport.
- 7 driving miles from National Harbor, with 2,000+ hotel rooms
and transportation access.

Facilities
- Two miles of trails of which one mile comprises a meditation
path with various prayer stations sponsored by area communities
including Baha'is of Native American ancestry.
- Amphitheater performance area.
- Restroom and kitchen facilities in the old house.

The 43.6 acre property is located a few minutes south of the D.C. Beltway at 11111 Riverview Road, Fort Washington, Maryland.
It is administered by the Spiritual Assembly of Prince Georges County South.

Development
- Initiated land beautication program for all age groups following the example of Abdu'l-Baha
and Beloved Shoghi Effendi of rst developing the land creating "green gardens" and when
conditions allow erecting buildings within the gardens.