Monday is officially a holiday for people born and raised in The District

WASHINGTON -- If you were born in the District -- Monday is officially a holiday for you!

 May 20 is now "D.C. Natives Day" in the District of Columbia. The goal is to celebrate the culture and the people of this city we call home.

The D.C. Council approved the holiday earlier this month.

"It may seem strange that any city needs a day to celebrate residents who grew up on its streets, but this is not just any city," Theresa Vargas, a columnist for the Washington Post wrote earlier this year. "We have to listen to what the D.C. natives pushing for a day of recognition are really trying to tell us. And it is this: Don’t forget we’re part of this city, too."

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Washington, D.C. has experienced the worst gentrification in the country since 2000 among large cities, according to a new study by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity on how American neighborhoods have changed.

According to the study, D.C. had the highest rate of economic displacement – or gentrification – of all large cities in the U.S., with nearly 36 percent of its population living in areas experiencing “strong displacement.”

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"While our city's diversity is to be celebrated, we must also acknowledge that the city once hailed as 'Chocolate City' now has an African American population of under 48 percent," Kenyan McDuffie, the Ward 5 councilman, said at the DC Council meeting when the motion was approved. "And many who left the city and are leaving the city were and are residents of color."

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The concept of celebrating Washington D.C.'s roots isn't new, but in recent months has taken on a whole new meaning. After a resident in one of the new high-rise condos in Shaw complained of go-go music from the Metro PCS store speakers, the city found a new rallying cry in #DontMuteDC.

Protesters took to the streets in several different rallies and the music came back on.

The largest celebration was May 7, when thousands of people danced to live music at the intersection of U and 14th Streets . 

As music blasted people online commented how there is nowhere like DC. 

Now, there is a day to commemorate that sentiment.