A boat house at Bladensburg Waterfront Park is home to several crew teams for local high schools and colleges and a community rowing school. Continue reading →

It’s official: Hyattsville’s Magruder Park will be renamed for David C. Driskell, a man who would not have been allowed to play in it as a child. Continue reading →

Built in 1929, the Little Church of Fort Lincoln may be small, but its architecture has won outsized praise. Continue reading →

When Henri Stier first built the Riverdale Park landmark in the early 1800s, he had  thousands of tulip and hyacinth bulbs planted around the property. Stier was a native of Belgium, which is second to the Netherlands in tulip production. Continue reading →

Nearly 30 years before the first electric passenger train went into service, a prototype of a battery-powered train made its way to Bladensburg. Continue reading →

Hyattsville looks likely to rename Magruder Park after either a prominent local artist or the Native American tribe that once lived in the area. Continue reading →

Charles Ball, who was once enslaved, is depicted heroically on the War of 1812 Bladensburg memorial, “Undaunted in Battle,” which is an 8-by-10-foot bronze sculpture located near the Peace Cross at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and Bladensburg Road. Continue reading →