The Rose Park tennis courts will be officially dedicated as the Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker Rose Park Tennis Courts on Saturday October 24th at 3 pm. There will be a bronze plaque honoring the sisters and their achievements, which was paid for by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, and his wife Susan Dimarco (who live across the street from the courts).
On hand at the celebration will be members of the Peters’ family as well as friends and community members who remember them. This includes ANC commissioner Monica Roché, who took tennis lessons as a child from the sisters.
Here’s a list of the speakers scheduled to appear:
- Mrs. Fannie Walker Weekes (daughter of Roumania Peters Walker)
- James Walker Jr. Esq. (son of Roumania Peters Walker)
- Jeh Johnson (Secretary of Homeland Security)
- Tom Birch (ANC commissioner)
- Monica Roaché (ANC commissioner)
- Keith Anderson (Director DC Department of Parks and Recreation)
- Rev. Adam Park (reverend of Epiphany Catholic Church, where the sisters attended)
- David Dunning (President Friends of Rose Park)
It will be a great day to refresh the legend of the Peters sisters and cement their connection to the Georgetown neighborhood they called home.
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