‘ Feature photo of the Montgomery County Jail building in Rockville (1935), where John Diggs-Dorsey was dragged from to his lynching on July 27, 1880 courtesy of Montgomery History. Per Montgomery…
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True Crime Docuseries on the 1986 Death of Keith Warren Coming Soon to Discovery+
Discovery+ will begin airing Uprooted, a three-part docuseries on the death of Keith Warren beginning February 18. Warren was found hanging from a tree on July 31, 1986 near his…
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‘ “I’m never going to stop calling it Peoples.” – a bunch of people who call it CVS now Don’t worry. Many people said the same thing when CVS announced…
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Glenview Mansion and Peerless Rockville Present the History of Rockville’s Sister Cities on January 13
‘ Per the City of Rockville: Rockville’s sister cities are the focus of a Glenview Mansion and Peerless Rockville Speaker Series program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13. The…
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By Susan Soderberg of the Germantown Historical Society When standing at the Germantown Library or BlackRock Center for the Arts, ever wonder what was there before Germantown Town Center was…
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‘ Realizing a Dream – Providing Opportunity Through Education Researched and Written by Sharyn Duffin In Part 1 of African-American Education, courtesy of Peerless Rockville, Sharyn Duffin looks at slavery…
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O’Donnell’s has Been Serving Seafood in the DC Area for Almost 100 Years
The story of O’Donnell’s began almost 100 years ago when Tom O’Donnell opened the first restaurant in 1922, the Sea Grill in downtown Washington, D.C. at 1207 E Street NW.…
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After filing for bankruptcy in 2004 due to the collapse of physical album sales and the rise of digital music, Tower Records closed its Rockville location just after the holiday…
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‘ Learn about the Germantown family that worked the land more than a century before Milestone took shape. By Susan Soderberg Germantown associates the name Milestone with a shopping Center…
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‘ Below you’ll see a list of notable Rockville women of the 20th century, courtesy of Peerless Rockville– an award-winning nonprofit, community-based organization founded in 1974 to preserve buildings, objects, and…