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Meleney Park

Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc.

 
 
Meleney Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2023
1. Meleney Park Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to Bethesda Ever Green's First President
1988 - 1992
Peter Meleney

 
Erected 1996 by Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkParks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1988.
 
Location. 38° 58.814′ N, 77° 5.643′ W. Marker is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is on Woodmont Avenue east of Miller Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4809 Leland St, Chevy Chase MD 20815, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: We Drivers! (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); We Are Still Here / Seguimos aquν (about 700 feet away); The Georgetown Branch Railroad (about 700 feet away); Madonna of the Trail (approx. Ό mile away); Caroline Freeland (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Loving Memory of Robert W. Lebling (approx. 0.3 miles away); Five Points, historic crossroads (approx. 0.3 miles away); This Complex of Buildings and Gardens (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethesda.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Looking North up Wisconsin Avenue at Old Georgetown Road in 1940 (was approx.
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0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed); The First Building for the Bethesda Fire Department (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing); The Bank of Bethesda Building (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Old Georgetown Road (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).
 
Meleney Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 7, 2023
2. Meleney Park Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 238 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jun. 22, 2026