Silver Spring, Maryland - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is an urbanized, but unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It takes its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the surrounding land. Acorn Park in the downtown area of Silver Spring is the site of the original spring. Culture Silver Spring hosts the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Culture Center, on Colesville Road. The theatre showcases American and Foreign Films. Discovery Communications, a company that has wielded considerable influence in cable and satellite programming, has its headquarters on the same street. Silver Spring has many churches, synagogues, temples, and other religious institutions. History The Blair and Lee families are irrefutably tied to Silver Spring's history. In 1840, Francis Preston Blair, with.
Silver Spring - Silver Spring Silver Spring is the name of several places in the United States of America: Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring, Pennsylvania These are distinguished from places named Silver Springs. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Kensington, Maryland - Kensington, Maryland Kensington is a town located in Montgomery County, Maryland. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,873. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 Law and Government 5.1 Mayor or City Executive 5.2 Representative body 6 External resources 7 References History Kensington was incorporated as a town in 1894. Geography Kensington is located in Montgomery County, northwest of Silver Spring, northeast of Bethesda, southwest of Wheaton, and southeast of Rockville. Its latitude is 39o1'48" N, longitude 77o4'30" W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics.
Kemp Mill, Maryland - Kemp Mill, Maryland Kemp Mill is an unincorporated neighborhood located in Montgomery County, Maryland. As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood had a total population of 9,956. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 2 Culture 3 Commerce 4 Demographics Geography As an unincorporated area, Kemp Mill's boundaries are not officially defined. Kemp Mill is, however, recognized by the United States Census Bureau as a Census-designated Place, and by the United States Geological Survey as a populated place located at 39°2'2" North, 77°1'28" West (39.033832, -77.024541)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the neighborhood has a total area of 6.2 km² (2.4 mi²). 6.2 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Kemp Mill is considered by most of its residents.
Garrett Park, Maryland - Garrett Park, Maryland Garrett Park is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was named for a former president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, but whether specifically for John Garrett or Robert W. Garrett is a matter of some disagreement between sources. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 917. History Garrett Park was incorporated as a town in 1898. Geography Garrett Park is located at 39°2' North, 77°6' West. It is just west of Wheaton, due north of Bethesda, northwest of Silver Spring, and southeast of Rockville. It is approximately halfway between Rockville and Silver Spring. Its land area is 0.27 square miles (171 acres). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km².
Aspen Hill, Maryland - Aspen Hill, Maryland Aspen Hill is an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It got its name from aspen trees that once were found there. As an unincorporated area, Aspen Hill's boundaries are not officially defined. The United States Postal Service does not even use the name Aspen Hill (except as a station name in the Silver Spring Post Office), preferring to divide it between Rockville and Silver Spring. The United States Census Bureau, however, defines Aspen Hill as a Census-Designated Place located at 39°6' North, 77°5' West. The United States Geological Survey definition of Aspen Hill is centered at 39°4'46" North, 77°4'24" West, somewhat different from the Census Bureau's definition. Other organizations, such as the Aspen Hill Civic Association, have their own definitions. As of the 2000.
Wheaton, Maryland - Wheaton, Maryland Wheaton is an unincorporated but urbanized area in Montgomery County, Maryland, north of Washington, DC, northwest of Silver Spring. Wheaton takes its name from Frank Wheaton, a major-general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. As an unincorporated area, Wheaton's boundaries are not officially defined. The United States Census Bureau has not chosen to make Wheaton itself into a Census-Designated Place, but combines it with Glenmont into a single Wheaton-Glenmont CDP, centered at 39°3' North, 77°3' West, whose 2000 census population was 57,694. The United States Geological Survey, however, does consider Wheaton as a place whose center is at latitude 39°2'23" North, longitude 77°3'20" West. The United States Postal Service does not consider Wheaton as a place on its own, but treats it.
Montgomery County, Maryland - Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County is a suburban county located in the U.S. State of Maryland north and west of Washington, D.C. Its county seat is Rockville. This county is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Law and Government 4.1 County Executive 4.2 Legislative body 5 Cities and Towns History The area now known as Montgomery County was originally a part of Charles County when counties were first established in Maryland. In 1696 parts of Charles and Baltimore Counties were split off to form the new Prince George's County. In turn, in 1748, a portion of Prince George's County produced Frederick County. Montgomery County was formed in 1776 by the splitting of Frederick County. The former.
List of cities in Maryland - List of cities in Maryland List of cities in Maryland, arranged in alphabetical order. Aberdeen Abingdon Adamstown Annapolis, the state capital Ashton Baltimore, the largest city Bel Air Beltsville Berlin Berwyn Bethesda Bladensburg Bowie Brandywine Brunswick Burkittsville Burtonsville Cambridge Cape St. Claire Catonsville Centreville Chesapeake City Chestertown Cheverly Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Village Clinton College Park Columbia Crisfield Crofton Cumberland Damascus Darnestown Deal Island Deep Creek Lake Delmar Denton District Heights Dundalk Easton Eldersburg Elkton Ellicott City Emmitsburg Essex Fallston Federalsburg Frederick, the second-largest city Friendship Frostburg Fruitland Fulton Gaithersburg Garrett Park Germantown Glen Burnie Glen Echo Glenmont Grantsville Greenbelt Hagerstown Hampstead Hancock Havre de Grace Hyattsville Indian Head Kennedyville Kensington La Plata Landover Hills Laurel Leonardtown Lexington Park Linthicum Manchester Middletown Mitchellville Montgomery Mount Airy Myersville Nanjemoy.
John Walker Lindh - John Lennon, whom his parents liked a great deal. Walker was born in Washington, DC to parents Marilyn Walker and Frank Lindh. He was baptized Catholic and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, until he was ten years old and his family moved to San Anselmo, California in Marin County. In 1997, at age 16, Walker converted to Islam. In 1998, he traveled to Yemen for about ten months, to learn Arabic so that he would be able to read the Qur'an in its original language. He returned to the United States in 1999, living with his family for about eight months before returning to Yemen in February 2000, whence he left for Pakistan to study at an austere madrassa (Islamic school). He is believed to have entered Afghanistan in the.
USS South Carolina (BB-26) - until mid-September 1918, she cruised the eastern coast of Mexico protecting American interests at Tampico and Veracruz. She was overhauled at Norfolk from late September 1918 until early January 1914, and then headed for maneuvers off Culebra Island. On 28 January, the battleship landed marines at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to guard the United States legation and to establish a field radio station during that period of political convulsions. She departed Port-au-Prince on 14 April after the restoration of some order under General Orestes Zamar, the new Haitian President. She coaled at Key West, Florida, then steamed to Veracruz where she sent a landing force ashore to join in the occupation of that city until her departure a month later. South Carolina spent the troubled summer of 1914 investigating conditions in Santo Domingo.
USS Albacore (AGSS-569) - March 1957, for operations out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The submarine returned to Boston, Massachesetts, on 2 April 1957 and operated locally out of Boston and Portsmouth until entering the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard early in 1958 for an overhaul which lasted until June. The ensuing tests emphasized sound reduction and included extensive evaluation of Aquaplas, a sound dampening elastic which had been applied to the ship's superstructure and tank interiors. In October 1958, her bow planes were removed to cut down still more on noise. The submarine ended the year with a fortnight's run to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and back to serve as a target ship for Canadian warships. In 1959, a newly designed 14-foot propeller was installed and tested. Albacore sailed south late in May.
Antonio Borja Won Pat - a Democrat as Guam’s first representative to Washington, DC. He served until 1970, then was reelected in 1972 and served from January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1985. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1984 for reelection. He retired to Sinajana, Guam, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is intered in the Veterans Cemetery, Piti, Guam..
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area - metropolitan area consisting of Washington, DC, Baltimore, Maryland, and parts of Northern Virginia, Central Maryland, and Eastern West Virginia. Officially, the area is designated the Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA includes the Baltimore, MD Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA) the Hagerstown, MD PMSA and the Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Counties and Districts 1.1 District of Columbia 1.2 Maryland 1.2.1 Counties 1.2.2 Independent Cities 1.3 Virginia 1.3.3 Counties 1.3.4 Independent Cities 1.4 West Virginia 2 Full List of Cities 2.5 Central Cities 2.6 Suburbs with over 100,000 inhabitants 2.6.5 Virginia 2.7 Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants 2.7.6 Maryland 2.7.7 Virginia 2.7.8 West Virginia 2.8 Suburbs with less than 10,000 inhabitants 2.8.9 Maryland 2.8.10 Virginia 2.8.11 West Virginia 3 See Also 4 External Links.
Brady Anderson - Anderson (born January 18, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was a Major League Baseball player noted for hitting 50 home runs in 1996. He was also noted for his sideburns. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Career 2 Best Years 3 Accomplishments 4 Teams 5 External Links Early Career Brady attended Carlsbad High School in California where he was a star baseball player and won team MVP several times. After graduation, he studied economics at the University of California, Irvine. He played OF and first base for the college team and graduated in 1985. Brady was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on April 4, 1988. A lacklustre spring resulted in a trade to the Baltimore.
Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Plane passengers - Power Conversion Marie Pappalardo Patrick Quigley, 40, Wellesley, Mass., partner at PriceWaterhouse Cooper Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician James M. Roux, 42, Portland, Maine, lawyer Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Massachusetts, off-duty flight attendant Kathleen Shearer, 60s, Dover, N.H. Robert Shearer, 60s, Dover, N.H. Jane Simpkin, 35, Wayland, Mass. Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass., business consultant Timothy Ward, 38, San Diego, information technology project manager, Rubio's Restaurants William "Bill" Weems, Marblehead, Massachusetts, commercial producer American Airlines flight 77 IAD-LAX (The Pentagon): 64 people: 58 passengers (including 5 hijackers), 4 flight attendants, 2 pilots Charles F. Burlingame III, 51, Virginia, Naval Academy graduate - Class of 1971, captain David Charlebois, 39, Washington, D.C., first officer Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Maryland, flight attendant Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant Kenneth Lewis,.
Cuneiform Records - Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland. The label releases a mixture of of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, experimental rock & roll, the Canterbury Scene (and related artists) and electronic music. Artists on the Cuneiform lable include Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Daniel Denis, The Claudia Quartet, and Forever Einstein. See also: List of record labels.
Richard Montgomery High School - Montgomery High School is a Montgomery County, Maryland public school located in Rockville, Maryland. It is named for Richard Montgomery, an American General who died while attempting to capture the British-held (now Canadian) city of Quebec. Its name is not shortened in everyday parlance by its students or alumni, presumably because shortening it to Montgomery would be too vague, and also perhaps to distinguish it from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. Academics The school houses Montgomery County's International Baccalaureate program, which attracts top students from the entire county. Notable Alumni Tori Amos, Musician.
Planning and execution of the September 11, 2001 attacks - and fifteen others were all members. The cell was set in Germany as only one man in the German government had the part- time job of keeping tabs on radical Islam. The men arrived in Germany over a course of five years, starting in 1992, when Mohammed Atta arrived from Egypt. A friend of Atta's recalled meeting him at the Al-Quds mosque in 1993; it is not known when he started going there. Atta had always lived as a strict Muslim. He studied architectural planning at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. Atta went to Mecca in 1995. Ramzi Binalshibh went under the name "Ramzi Omar". He claimed to be a political refugee from Sudan. He asked for asylum in 1995. The judge refused the asylum request, and Binalshibh returned to the.
Preakness Stakes - Saturday in May of each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness is the second and shortest leg in thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. (The phrase "Triple Crown" was not coined until the 1930s.) Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873. Governor Bowie had named the mile and one-half race in honor of Dinner Party Stakes-winner, Preakness. The first Preakness drew seven starters; John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, galloped home easily by ten lengths--still.
