Bordered by Wayne Avenue, Fenton Street, and the no longer extant Pershing Drive*, this monumental structure was eventually replaced five years later by the Wayne Avenue parking garage. The Armory is "commemorated" by architectural fragments scattered along the sidewalk in front of the garage.
*So much for Silver Spring's honoring of General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing. The only segment of the drive that remains in the Central Business District is the short section that essentially serves as Whole Foods' entrance off of Cedar Street.
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| Regular U.S. postage stamp issued in 1961. |
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| Summer dance program at the Silver Spring Armory. Photo copyright 1998 Jerry A. McCoy. |
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| Silver Spring Armory front (west) elevation. Photo copyright 1998 Jerry A. McCoy. |
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| Silver Spring Armory architectural fragments placed alongside Wayne Avenue parking garage. Photo copyright 2005 Jerry A. McCoy. |
The ultimate sacrilege committed against the Silver Spring Armory was the severing of the concrete bas-relief Maryland State flag into four quadrants. Two of the quarter sections were placed back to back, on this pylon, and erected at one of the parking garage's entrances. The other two quarter sections were similarly placed at the opposite end of the garage. This disrespect would have never been shown if this had been the United States flag. The same etiquette applies to state flags but our Montgomery County Government was/is ignorant of this fact. Photo copyright 2005 Jerry A. McCoy.
