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Glen Echo Park offers an array of social dance events and classes in waltz, swing, contra, [36] [37] and salsa. Dances take place in the historic Spanish Ballroom, the Bumper Car Pavilion, and the climate-controlled Ballroom Annex (The Back Room). About 60,000 people attend Glen Echo Park's dances each year.
The documentary recounts the 1960 protests at Glen Echo Amusement Park and stories of Howard University students who sat on the segregated carousel.
The town is known for its Chautauqua cultural events [12] and for Glen Echo Park, a former amusement park that is now a U.S. national park. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, lived in Glen Echo, a streetcar ride from her office, [13] from 1897 until her death in 1912. [8]
Frederick Road Park Baltimore: 1920–1925 Glen Echo Park: Glen Echo: 1911–1968 Reappropriated as cultural and arts center in 1971 Gwynn Oak Park: Woodlawn: 1893–1973 Closed after damage sustained by Hurricane Agnes: Marshall Hall: Charles County: 1890s–1980 Pen Mar Park: Washington County: 1877–1943 Pleasure Island Edgemere: 1947–1962
Amusement rides introduced in 1921; Carousels in the United States; 1921 establishments in Maryland; Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Maryland; National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland
The Glen Echo Park Aquarium is a small public aquarium located on the premises of Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland. Labeled as a " Chesapeake Bay Discovery Center," their stated mission is to "promote awareness of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed through education, in order to encourage stewardship and conservation."
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