Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
D.C. to install rainbow crosswalk near Dupont Circle
washingtonblade.comD.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday that in honor of the 50th anniversary of LGBTQ Pride Month, the city’s Department of Transportation would install “rainbow-colored bands” at the intersection of 17th and P Streets, N.W.
near Dupont Circle. The mayor’s announcement said the installation would take place at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 25, weather permitting.
John Falcicchio, the mayor’s chief of staff, told the Blade the rainbow-colored bands would consist of a “permanent rainbow crosswalk
