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victorian suburb: Have an Old Fashioned Hometown 4th of July Celebration in Takoma Park, Maryland - 07/01/11 10:02 PM
This celebration is one of the oldest in the nation.  Takoma Park is an artsy enclave with tree lined avenues and Victorian Homes, the perfect setting for an annual patriotic Independence Day parade.  This celebration is one of the oldest in the nation and the Takoma Park Community has had 121 years of practice!
On Monday July 4th 2011, enjoy what people living in Silver Spring and Takoma Park have have been enjoying for the past 121 years.   This will be the 122nd annual Takoma Park 4th of July Celebration. 
ParadeThe parade starts at 10:00 am beginning at Carroll & Ethan Allen Avenues, follows Carroll … (3 comments)

victorian suburb: Takoma Park, Maryland A Victorian Suburb - 01/15/07 11:33 AM
 
Takoma Park, or "Granola Park" as some locals call it now, was the first planned suburban community of Washington, DC.  Founded in 1883, by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert, Takoma Park was developed along a branch of the B & O railroad. It was originally conceived as a "summer resort" area, as a healthful clean-water alternative to Washington, DC's malarial swamps. With a population of 18,000 it rests along the upper northeast boundary of D.C. and strattles Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland.  B.F. Gilbert named his community TAKOMA an Indian word meaning "High Up - Near Heaven".  Takoma Park has it's own city government, police department, library and … (0 comments)

 
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