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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.
Amusement park City Years of operation Notes Ref. Aquarena Springs: San Marcos: 1951–1996 Beach Amusement Park Galveston: 1920–1950 Formerly operated as Old Mill Park, and later as Crystal Park. Boardwalk Fun Park: Grand Prairie: 1982–1992 Busch Gardens: Houston: 1971–1973 Castle Golf and Games Houston: Early 1970s–2005 Clown Around ...
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.
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."
Bethesda Meetinghouse: ... Glen Echo Park Historic District. June 8, 1984 ... (1891) and amusement park: 35: Glenview Farm: Glenview Farm: October 10, 2007
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This was Glen Echo Amusement Park, constructed on the site of an earlier Chautauqua assembly that closed in 1903. The park would remain a fixture of Washington life until closing in the late 1960s; reopened in the 1970s by the National Park Service , the park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now operates as an arts and ...
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