Category Archives: Bladensburg
Since January, Runners SoHy has met at 9 a.m. on Sundays at Vigilante Coffee in Hyattsville for three- to four-mile runs around the neighborhood. Continue reading
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You can legally swim in the Anacostia River for a few hours in September. Swimming has been illegal in the river since 1971 due to pollution, but infrastructure improvements and other efforts have improved water quality enough that D.C. is allowing the sanctioned swim. Continue reading
Mount Rainier Pair Draw Attention to Devastation of Region’s Ash Trees
For the last three years, science writer Gabe Popkin and photographer Leslie Brice have visited ash tree groves to document trees dying from the emerald ash borer. Continue reading
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How a Bladensburg Man Rode the Underground Railroad to Freedom
The Underground Railroad had many routes, but one of them ran right through Bladensburg in the 1850s. Continue reading
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The Route 1 corridor’s newest mural celebrates influential rockabilly musician Link Wray, who got his start playing local shows. Continue reading
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- Tagged Hyattsville Armory, music
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This Enslaved Man Cast the Bronze Statue Crowning the Capitol at a Route 1 Foundry
Just before the Civil War, an enslaved man working in a foundry off what is now the Route 1 corridor helped cast the bronze statue on top of the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
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Former Bladensburg Sanitation Worker Set to Graduate From Harvard Law
A former sanitation worker in Bladensburg will graduate from Harvard Law School this spring and is using his story to help others in the industry. Continue reading
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