Saturday, January 26, 2013

Ice Skating at Bowie's Foxhill Lake in 1969

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Foxhill Lake, January 24, 2013 January 26, 1969 (44 years ago today): The Washington Post published "Take Note: Washington's Wi...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

15-Year-Old Steals and Crashes Plane at Freeway Airport

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Piper Cherokee wreckage at Freeway Airport (Photo by Arnie Miles) January 12, 1975 (38 years ago today):  A 15-year-old boy suffered a b...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Lifetime Bowie Resident Gabriel "Flick" Nalley Passes Away at 95

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Lifetime Bowie resident Gabriel “Flick” Nalley passed away this week. He was 95. My condolences go out to the Nalley and Kuciemba familie...
Monday, October 8, 2012

Model Homes Open at Levitt's Belair at Bowie Development

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October 8, 1960 (52 years ago today): The model homes for Levitt & Sons' Belair at Bowie housing development opened to the public of...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sniper Shoots Student at Benjamin Tasker Middle School

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October 7, 2002 (10 years ago today): Thirteen-year-old Iran Brown was shot by the "Beltway Snipers" after his aunt dropped him...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Horse Racing Begins at Prince George's Park in Bowie

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Bowie Race Track, 1973 (Photo by Arnie Miles) October 1, 1914 (98 years ago today): Cardigan beat Ischgabibble by a head to win the firs...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

William Woodward, Sr., Owner of Belair Dies at Home in New York City

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Belair Mansion, September, 2012 September 25, 1953 (59 years ago today): William Woodward, Sr., owner of the Belair Mansion and Belair S...