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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 22, 2012
Caption: Neighborhood Gathering Spot.
Additional Description: The Silver Spring Armory served as the community's town hall and community center from 1927 to 1998, hosting recreational, cultural, civic and political events. Performed on November 20, 1934 was the classic temperance play "The Drunkard, or the Fallen Saved, A Thrilling Drama of Life in Five Acts and 12 Scenes" by William H. Smith. Roller skating in the Armory's huge Drill Hall was a popular pastime. Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society and Gordon Townsend
Submitted: December 26, 2012, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p229852
File Size: 0.813 Megabytes

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