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| The mission of the non-profit, all volunteer Silver Spring Historical Society (SSHS) is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives. PO Box 1160 Silver Spring, MD 20910-1160 sshistory@yahoo.com 301.537.1253 Jerry A. McCoy President |
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| Click HERE to listen to the arrival of Santa Claus at Silver Spring's Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station on Saturday, November 8, 1952. This event was broadcast the next day on WGAY-AM's "Community Forum," hosted by Ernie Tannen. Audio transfer from a 33 1/3 LP album housed in the archives of the Silver Spring Historical Society. |
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| The 1927 Silver Spring Armory was razed in 1998 for contruction, five years later, of the Wayne Avenue Parking Garage. Photo by Jerry A. McCoy. |
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