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Featured Events
November 19, 2024 History Conversations | Service, Sacrifice and the Creation of Camp Schmitt
with Kevin Patti |Tuesday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Kevin Patti traces the remarkable history of eight former members of Takoma Park’s Boy Scout Troop 33 who […]
November 25, 2024 History Conversations REWIND | An Exploration of Historic Ag Reserve Homes from the 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey
with Kenny Sholes | pre-recorded virtual event | In 1933, as part of the New Deal, the National Park Service launched the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). “Guided by field instructions […]