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March 2023
OHS March 2023 Open House
In a display opening Sunday, March 5th, the Odenton Heritage Society will explore Odenton’s role in making train travel safer since the 1880s. “Railroad Accidents and Safety” examines local train wrecks and responses by railroad companies, from dual tracks to switch towers at junctions, modern train signals, and preventive track maintenance. The contributions of Odenton railroad workers, including tower operators and African American track inspectors and track maintenance workers, will be presented. The Odenton Heritage Society Museum shows how Odenton…
Find out more »April 2023
OHS April Open House and Maryland Day Weekend 2023!
Join us at our April Open house and as we participate in the Maryland Day Weekend 2023! Visit us on April 2nd from 1PM-4PM and learn about west Anne Arundel County’s colonial settlements in an educational experience, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Odenton’s 18th Century Past.” Costumed docents will provide a fun and engaging museum tour experience where visitors will have an opportunity to ask questions. See historical objects and displays that shed light on an early road network still in…
Find out more »May 2023
OHS May 2023 Open House
On Sunday, May 7th, the Odenton Heritage Society will open a special display, "Famous Farewells: VIP Funeral Trains through Odenton." Funeral trains for American dignitaries were not new in the 20th century, but the Pennsylvania Railroad (today's Amtrak and MARC Penn Line) made this form of remembrance an institution. Along the tracks, ordinary citizens paid their respects to Presidents William McKinley, Warren Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy as the trains rolled by.…
Find out more »September 2023
OHS September Open House
On Sunday, September 3, the Odenton Heritage Society will go back to school and back in time with Odenton Doo Wop Days, a look at Arundel High School student activities in the 1950s. AHS grads from the Class of 1953 to the Class of 1958 will share stories about student life and after-school activities. Photographs of school bands, popular “hangouts” (drive-in restaurants in Odenton), the Shamrock newsletter, “Best All Around” students, and Personality of the Month will be on display.…
Find out more »OHS at the Piney Orchard Street Festival
Come visit us as we will be at the Piney Orchard Street Festival again this year!
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