The National Park Service said it would remove Melvin Hazen’s name from a Northwest Washington park and trail.
Though a Post obituary hailed him as a “City Father,” the Park Service said Hazen, as a surveyor, promoted the destruction of Reno City, a Black neighborhood that stood in what is now Fort Reno Park.
On Wednesday, the National Park Service said in a statement that it would remove Hazen’s name from a Northwest Washington park and trail after “careful consideration,” calling him “a leading force in the systematic dismantling of Reno City.”“Melvin Hazen was instrumental in the displacement of Black residents,” the statement said.
Chuck Ludlam, a local resident who advocated for a name change after researching enslaved people who worked the land north of Connecticut Avenue, said he hoped the Park Service would solicit new names for future congressional action. He has suggested the name Catawba — the name of a grape possibly first cultivated by enslaved people on a nearby vineyard.For now, though, Ludlam said it is “appropriate that Hazen no longer be honored.
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