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Vincent R. Sombrotto Park

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Vincent R. Sombrotto Park is on National Park Service property at Louisiana Avenue, 1st and C Streets, NW in the Swampoodle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. across from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). It is named for Vincent Sombrotto President of the NALC from 1979 to 2002.

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Vincent R. Sombrotto Park
C Street Northwest, Washington

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