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Feb 8, 20211 min read

Black History Month #7 - FSA Photographs of Black Workers

This photo of Black workers at the Greenbelt construction site is one of many taken by the photographers hired by the Resettlement...

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Black History Month #6 - Architect Paul R. Williams

Megan Searing Young

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Black History Month #6 - Architect Paul R. Williams

Paul R. Williams was the other Black architect who worked on Langston Terrace Dwellings with Hilyard Robinson. He was born and was...

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Black History Month #5: Langston Terrace Dwellings and Hilyard Robinson

Megan Searing Young

Feb 5, 20212 min read

Black History Month #5: Langston Terrace Dwellings and Hilyard Robinson

Langston Terrace Dwellings, which opened in 1938, was the DC area’s first federally funded public housing program and was built for low...

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Black History Month #4 - Langston Terrace Dwellings

Megan Searing Young

Feb 5, 20211 min read

Black History Month #4 - Langston Terrace Dwellings

We’re doing a fact a day in honor of Black History Month - we hope you’ll follow along! Greenbelt planners realized probably c. 1936 that...

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Black History Month #3 - More About Rossville

Megan Searing Young

Feb 3, 20211 min read

Black History Month #3 - More About Rossville

We’re doing a fact a day in honor of Black History Month - we hope you’ll follow along! The map above was discovered by Ben Fischler at...

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Black History Month #2 - Rossville Rural Development

Megan Searing Young

Feb 3, 20211 min read

Black History Month #2 - Rossville Rural Development

We’re doing a fact a day in honor of Black History Month! We hope you’ll follow along! Early plans for Greenbelt included an area to be...

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Black History Month #1- Sharing a Fact Each Day

Megan Searing Young

Feb 3, 20211 min read

Black History Month #1- Sharing a Fact Each Day

For Black History Month we’ll be posting a fact each day here on our blog. We'll put the same content on the Museum's Facebook and...

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What Are You Doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?*

Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

Dec 31, 20203 min read

What Are You Doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?*

If it is 1948 and you are living in the New Deal planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland, you’ve got some options. Almost every New...

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Exploring Some of Greenbelt's Holiday Traditions

Megan Searing Young

Dec 16, 20204 min read

Exploring Some of Greenbelt's Holiday Traditions

The holiday season in Greenbelt has always been a festive time, from when the first residents arrived in the experimental town in 1937 in...

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Sheila Maffay-Tuthill and Megan Searing Young

Nov 25, 20203 min read

Celebrating Thanksgiving in Greenbelt

Please note: We at the Greenbelt Museum recognize the complicated legacy of the Thanksgiving holiday as it relates to Indigenous peoples...

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Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

Oct 21, 20203 min read

Halloween From the Start

Since the first residents of Greenbelt were moving in just a little before Halloween, and the new town’s newspaper, The Cooperator,...

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Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

Oct 1, 20202 min read

Fala, President Roosevelt’s Beloved Dog

In accord with Greenbelt’s deep connection with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and keen interest in canines too, here is brief...

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Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

Aug 28, 20203 min read

Summer in Greenbelt

In a small community surrounded by trees and bejeweled with a lake, a swimming pool, picnic areas, playgrounds, tennis courts, ball...

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Rossville Rural Development: Housing for Black Families in Greenbelt that Was Never Built

Megan Searing Young

Jul 31, 20203 min read

Rossville Rural Development: Housing for Black Families in Greenbelt that Was Never Built

The Resettlement Administration's earliest plans for the land that would become Greenbelt included an area called the Rossville Rural...

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#MuseumFromHome - July 4th in the New Town

Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

Jul 2, 20202 min read

#MuseumFromHome - July 4th in the New Town

Greenbelt’s first July 4th was a very special celebration, brimming with the enthusiasm of the earliest residents about their new town....

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#MuseumFromHome - Lenore Thomas Straus, A Courageous New Deal Artist

Megan Searing Young

Jun 9, 20203 min read

#MuseumFromHome - Lenore Thomas Straus, A Courageous New Deal Artist

WARNING: The first image included depicts graphic violence and may be upsetting to some. Scroll down for the unedited version. This is a...

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#MuseumFromHome - Memorial Day Greetings

Megan Searing Young

May 22, 20203 min read

#MuseumFromHome - Memorial Day Greetings

Memorial Day is this Monday and there’s no doubt it will look and feel different for all of us as we adjust to the precautions we must...

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#MuseumFromHome Greenbelt's Five and Dime

Megan Searing Young

May 15, 20202 min read

#MuseumFromHome Greenbelt's Five and Dime

Retail stores are struggling in the midst of the pandemic, it’s clear that some may not survive being closed, but retail shopping in...

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#MuseumFromHome Dogs and Pets in Greenbelt - A Brief History

Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

May 11, 20203 min read

#MuseumFromHome Dogs and Pets in Greenbelt - A Brief History

The utopian planned community of Greenbelt has had a complicated history with “man’s best friend.” When families were first moving into...

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#Museumfromhome Can All You Can! Preserving Food from the Garden

Megan Searing Young

Apr 30, 20202 min read

#Museumfromhome Can All You Can! Preserving Food from the Garden

Interest in gardening is surging as Americans practice social distancing to keep everyone safe and although the growing season is just...

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