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  • Projects
    • 250: Building America in CCDC
    • Black Land Loss: Chevy Chase DC in the Arc of American History
    • Historic District Campaign (2004-2008)
    • Lafayette-Pointer Project
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  • Oral Histories
    • Eighty, Meet 18: Seniors Talk, Youth Listen, and a Valuable Collection is Born
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  • Projects
    • 250: Building America in CCDC
    • Black Land Loss: Chevy Chase DC in the Arc of American History
    • Historic District Campaign (2004-2008)
    • Lafayette-Pointer Project
    • Historic House Plaques
  • Oral Histories
    • Eighty, Meet 18: Seniors Talk, Youth Listen, and a Valuable Collection is Born
    • Oral History Archive: Local Memories
  • House Histories
    • HOUStories: People, Places & Streets of Chevy Chase DC
  • Archives
  • About
  • Membership

Remembrances

Vera Rubin Gets Her Telescope!

Former Chevy Chase resident, the late Vera Rubin, passed over for a Nobel Price in physics for her contributions in identifying dark matter, finally gets an observatory named in her honor.

Read moreVera Rubin Gets Her Telescope!
Mae Scanlan

Washington Post Honors Mae Scanlan

A photographer and poet who was dubbed “one of the wittiest poets ever born.”

Read moreWashington Post Honors Mae Scanlan

Author Laura Hillenbrand’s obituary of her father

Author Laura Hillenbrand submits obituary of her father, long time Chevy Chase resident Bernie Hillenbard.

Read moreAuthor Laura Hillenbrand’s obituary of her father

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