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Glen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center in Glen Echo, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Located about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the city's downtown area, the park's site was initially developed in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly.
Bethesda Meetinghouse. April 18, 1977 : 9400 Wisconsin Ave. ... Carousel at Glen Echo Park. July 4, 1980 ... (1891) and amusement park: 35: Glenview Farm: Glenview ...
The town is known for its Chautauqua cultural events [11] 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, [12] from 1897 until her death in 1912. [8]
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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."
Adventure Theatre (AT) is the longest running children's theatre in the Washington, D.C. area. Located in Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland, it has been holding performances since 1951, and educating children in creative drama since 1978. [1]
Celoron Amusement Park Celoron: 1893–1962 Cimarron City Monticello: 1950s–1960s Cloud 9 Olean: 1964–1976 Dreamland: Coney Island, Brooklyn: 1904–1911 Dreamland: Coney Island, Brooklyn: 2009–2009 Dreamland Park (Glen Haven) Rochester 1889–1910 A resort on Irondequoit Bay. A hill was flattened into a swamp to build the amusement park ...
In 1911, the WRECo built a trolley park, an amusement park near the end of a line to spur ridership—a practice pioneered by other streetcar companies, including several in the Washington, D.C., area. This was Glen Echo Amusement Park, constructed on the site of an earlier Chautauqua assembly that closed in 1903.