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    • The Naming of Chevy Chase
    • Chevy Chase History FAQs
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    • A Postcard View of History
    • Minnie's Historic Postcards
    • The Schools of Section Four
    • Chevy Chase Junior College
    • Chevy Chase Lake Amusement Park
    • Chevy Chase Reads
    • Cummings Lane
    • Young Reporters
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  • Previous Events

    The below chronological list highlights past lectures, workshops and history-go-rounds, which are group tours to local historical sites: 

    2025 Spring Gala May 18, 2025
    Nathan Franklin Barrett, 1845 – 1919, Landscape Architect November 16, 2022
    Chevy Chase Voices: Treasures from the Oral History Collection April 7, 2022
    Suburban Developers and The Making of Urban Inequality December 1, 2021
    A Closer Look at Francis Newlands April 28, 2021
    Marching for the Vote: The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession November 15, 2020
    Marching for the Vote: The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession March 8, 2020
    Votes for Women: How the Battle Was Waged and Won November 17, 2019
    Oral History Volunteer Workshop September 28, 2019
    History Go Round - Mansion at Strathmore Tour and Tea April 10, 2019
    The Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C. March 10, 2019
    The Glory Days of Washington’s Grand Department Stores: A Nostalgic Look Back November 18, 2018
    The History and the Mystery of Chevy Chase Lake October 27, 2018
    The History and the Mystery of Chevy Chase Lake April 14, 2018
    Montgomery Modern: The Spirit of Post-War Architecture March 18, 2018
    Kit Houses of Chevy Chase, Maryland November 5, 2017
    Readers Build Community: The Literary Culture of Early Chevy Chase March 19, 2017
    A Tale of Two Suburbs: Bethesda and Chevy Chase December 4, 2016
    History Go Round - National Capital Trolley Museum April 9, 2016
    Streetcar Suburbs March 20, 2016
    Beaver Tail to Baked Alaska: A History of the American Plate November 15, 2015
    History Go Round - A Tour of Peirce Mill April 11, 2015
    Down by the Old Mill Stream: The Story of Peirce Mill March 22, 2015
    History Go Round - A Tour of National Park Seminary December 7, 2014
    Rock Creek Park, Chevy Chase’s Wild, Wooded Neighbor November 24, 2014
    Memories and Melodies: Peggy Seeger in Conversation with Mary Cliff March 15, 2014
    The Proper "Finishing" of Young Women: Local Seminary Schools at the Turn of the Century November 24, 2013
    History Go Round - The War of 1812 March 23, 2013
    Dramatic Events in Maryland and Washington During the War of 1812 March 10, 2013
    History Go Round - A Tour of the Congressional Cemetery May 2, 2012
    History Go Round - A Tour of the Clara Barton National Historic Site March 24, 2012
    Clara Barton and Her Work During the Civil War March 18, 2012
    History Go Round - A Tour of the Mary Surrat House December 1, 2011
    "Wild Rose” Greenhow in the Civil War November 20, 2011
    The Ballad of Chevy Chase November 21, 2010
    Ruth Crawford Seeger: The Woman and the Artist May 5, 2010
    History Go Round - A Tour of National Park Seminary April 10, 2010
    The Music of John Philip Sousa October 18, 2009
    The Underground Railroad March 19, 2009
    Taste of the Times: Early Chevy Chase February 27, 2008
    How to Look at Chevy Chase Architecture November 7, 2007
    Where We Live, Where We Work: The Olmsted Influence in America May 16, 2007
    Friends of the Library February 12, 2007
    Conversation with Producers November 6, 2006
    Chevy Chasing History: A Heritage Fair October 7, 2006

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