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December 2022
Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Santa Claus & Mrs. Claus Visit!
Join us for the Annual Odenton Christmas Tree Lighting which will be on Saturday December 3rd from 5PM until 7PM, at the Odenton MARC station located at 1402 Odenton Road (west side of the tracks). Parking is free. We'll have refreshments and music. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company firetruck around 5:15PM and will sit with children for photos after lighting of the tree. Bring your children to visit with Santa and meet your…
Find out more »OHS December Open House and Christmas Bazaar
The Odenton Heritage Society will be celebrating the holiday season on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at our Christmas Open House Bazaar and Bake Sale. Please join us as we continue to celebrate Odenton’s 150th Anniversary. There is much to learn and see about Odenton as you tour our museum. On sale will be a variety of handmade items, baked goods, and Odenton history related items. There will also be a “Silent Auction”. The OHS Historical Center Museum presents more than…
Find out more »January 2023
OHS January 2023 Open House
On the first OHS Open House of the new year, the Odenton Heritage Society will open a display spotlighting the failed Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad. A plan to build a railroad through Anne Arundel County to southern Calvert County captivated industrialists from the 1860's to the 1920's. The railroad was never completed, but organizers repeatedly tried to finance and build a line that would funnel freight to a new port near Solomons. Enjoy photographs of a still-existing right-of-way that…
Find out more »February 2023
OHS February 2023 Open House
On Sunday, February 5, the Odenton Heritage Society will celebrate Black History Month with a display about Sappington School, which welcomed Black grade school pupils during segregation from the early 1920s to the late 1940s. Local support made possible Odenton’s first educational facility for African Americans. When Anne Arundel County constructed a large, replacement school for white children in 1921, Macedonia Methodist Church, an African American congregation, obtained a small, surplus building at Camp Meade and moved it to the…
Find out more »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…
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