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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-243
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 28, 2016
To honor Frida Frazer Winslow Burling and recognize a longtime community leader for her numerous contributions to the citizens of the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling was born on September 16, 1915 in Newport, Rhode Island;
WHEREAS, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling’s family settled in Washington, D.C. in 1928, and in 1934 she graduated from Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland;
WHEREAS, in 1938, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling married Walter Thacher Winslow, who had come to Washington, D.C. to work in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and who died in 1955 after a heart attack;
WHEREAS, in 1959, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling married Edward Burling Jr., who was a senior partner and son of the founder of Covington & Burling, a Washington, D.C. law firm, and who died in 2002;
WHEREAS, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling was a Washington, D.C. volunteer for 80 years and her beneficiaries ranged from the Junior League and Planned Parenthood to a Georgetown market clerk who delivered her groceries for 50 years;
WHEREAS, at 99 years of age, she began volunteering at the weekly feeding to the homeless program at Mount Zion United Methodist Church; and
WHEREAS, Frida Frazer Winslow Burling died May 26, 2016, peacefully and surrounded by family and love, having led a life that allowed her to dive into causes with fervor that was fueled by self- assurance and compassion.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Frida Frazer Winslow Burling Recognition Resolution of 2016".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes and honors Frida Frazer Winslow Burling as one of Georgetown’s oldest and most community-minded citizens.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
