Lakeland’s Legacy: Legacy can be a living thing
By Maxine Gross Stormy skies threatened as we Lakelanders gathered in April to unveil a historic marker for our community….
New Laurel Museum exhibit to tell histories of many neighborhoods
By Angie Latham Kozlowski The Laurel Historical Society’s (LHS) new museum exhibit, “It’s All Laurel: City Limits and Beyond,” which…
Anna Latta Owens
By Mary C. Cook College Park’s first and only female mayor, Anna Latta Owens, was just five years old…
Lakeland Day draws a crowd
By Maxine Gross An enthusiastic crowd gathered at Lakeland Park for a reunion on Aug. 27, many sporting T-shirts proclaiming…
Legacy comes alive at College Park Aviation Museum
By Jenna Bloom Barry Briscoe is a pilot, but that’s not why he went to the Aug. 12 unveiling at…
County museums researching the region’s history of slavery
By: Alexandra Radovic Putting meat on the bones of history brings it to life. This theme is front and center…
On the front burner at the Laurel Museum
By Mary Schneidau Sullivan If you can’t stand the summer heat, get out of your own kitchen — and then…
History of the Trolley Trail
By D.W. Rowlands Beginnings of streetcars in and around the District Although the first streetcar lines in the District were…
History of the trolley trail
By D.W. Rowlands Beginnings of streetcars in the District Although the first streetcar lines in the District were in service…
Celebrating the women of Lakeland
By Maxine Gross More than a decade ago, a group of neighbors in College Park’s Lakeland community had a conversation…
