Silver Spring: Then & Again
Friday, September 19, 2014

Silver Spring's Georgia Avenue in Miniature

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Since our establishment in 1998, the Silver Spring Historical Society has acquired many unusual artifacts that document the history of our c...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Big Engine that Did

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One of the sites that I point out on my walking tour to Silver Spring's original "Silver" Spring is this section of mosaic m...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

So Monday Night I'm Gonna Party Like It's 1978

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Here are some of the places that folks rang in the New Year thirty-four years ago in downtown Silver Spring.  All of the advertisements are ...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Trash to Treasure

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Every morning when I walk out of my house to pick up the Washington Post (Now where has it been flung today?) I never know what trash I will...
Saturday, July 7, 2012

Thayer Avenue Setting for New Work of Fiction Set in WW II

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Last year New York author Cheryl A. Pula contacted me inquiring about an appropriate street in Silver SPring for the protagonist of her plan...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Silver Spring Realia

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Recently the Silver Spring Historical Society acquired this realia (library-speak for three dimensional object) with no information regardin...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Silver Spring Heritage Trail Finally Gets Props in the Post

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In April 2010 the Silver Spring Historical Society dedicated the first six signs of the Silver Spring Heritage Trail along historic "Ma...
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Reflections on downtown Silver Spring's past and present by Jerry A. McCoy, founder of the Silver Spring Historical Society. SSHS is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of downtown Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives. I may be reached at sshistory@yahoo.com or 301-537-1253. The society's web site is www.sshistory.org. PLEASE help us document Silver Spring's history by contributing informational comments on any subjects addressed on "Silver Spring: Then & Again." Thank you!
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