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National Park Ranger Talk: Dentzel Carousel at Glen Echo

When:
Friday, January 14, 2022, 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
Where:
Via Zoom

Additional Info:
Contact(s):
Douglas Gaddis
301-633-2030 (c)
Category:
Virtual ZOOM Event
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Join us as we commemorate the centennial of Glen Echo Park's crown jewel, the Dentzel Carousel, with this talk about its history. As we uncover the last one hundred years, we will learn of the civil rights protests to integrate the segregated Glen Echo Amusement Park that began with a sit-in on the carousel in 1960. We will learn of the heyday of the amusement park during the streetcar era, the closing of the amusement park in the sixties and the efforts to save the carousel and bring the park into the National Park System in the 1970s. We will also see pictures of the beautiful carousel animals carved by William Dentzel's carousel company that have now all been carefully restored.

 

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MEETING ID: 884 2167 8228

PASSCODE: 397923

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