College Park Considers How to Address Damage to Historically Black Neighborhood
The city of College Park is looking to rectify the damage done to the historically Black community of Lakeland in the 1970s.
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Wills Decorating in Hyattsville Makes Iconic TESST Sign Its Own
/in Hyattsville/by Alison BeckwithWills Decorating is revamping a piece of Hyattsville history. The interior design store is redoing the iconic TESST sign on its front exterior with the letters changed to read “WILLS.”
A Woman Who Lived Off Route 1 Invented Monopoly, But Was Long Overlooked
/in Hyattsville/by Alison BeckwithA Cottage City woman who lived just off Route 1, neighboring Brentwood and Mount Rainier, invented the game that eventually was marketed as Monopoly, but her contribution was covered up for decades.
New Hyattsville ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Ties in Local History
/in Hyattsville/by Alison BeckwithA new Hyattsville mural that is one of the Route 1 corridor’s first honoring the Black Lives Matter movement has been completed.
Couple Purchases Home Off Route 1 Without Knowing ‘The Exorcist’ Backstory
/in Mount Rainier/by Alison BeckwithA house on the border of Cottage City and Mount Rainier that inspired “The Exorcist” has new owners, and they were not aware of its storied past before purchasing the home.
Noted D.C. Playwright to Highlight Freedom Fights in Prince George’s County
/in Mount Rainier/by Alison BeckwithAward-winning D.C. playwright Psalmayene 24 will adapt the book, “A Question of Freedom,” about the fight for freedom in Prince George’s County, into a play that will debut at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier next year.
Five Victims of Sept. 11 Were Residents of University Park
/in University Park/by Alison BeckwithFive University Park residents who were among those who died on the Sept. 11 attacks are remembered today at a small memorial at the end of Wells Parkway.
See the ‘Tower of Light’ Sept 11. Memorial at the Pentagon From Route 1
/in Bladensburg, Brentwoods, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge/by Alison BeckwithFrom most parts of the Route 1 corridor this weekend, you will likely see a long beam of blue light shining towards the sky. That’s the “Tower of Light” tribute on display at the Pentagon which marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
Inside Riversdale House’s Historic Garden
/in Riverdale Park/by Alison BeckwithIt’s the end of summer and the eight plots at the Riversdale House Museum historic garden are thriving with a variety of flowers in full bloom, summer vegetables and other field crops typical of the early 1800s.
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