Bethesda Magazine

These mostly forgotten islands on the Potomac are finding modern-day uses

Among the stretches of land with newfound purpose are Adventure Island, Minnie's Island and Sycamore Island

How one man built a booming tobacco business in Montgomery County

If wealth in 18th-century Montgomery County was measured in land, then the richest man...

The growth of the Jewish community in Montgomery County

Bethesda in the early 20th century was built in part on restrictive covenants. Land...

Answering the call

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for a device...

Bottoms up

In January 1919, America embarked on an audacious and uncertain experiment: Prohibition. The newly...

Off track

In 1873, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opened its new Metropolitan Branch, a modern...

Animal farm

At the end of Norwood Drive in Chevy Chase, in the middle of a...

Hollywood east

In 1964, New York City played host to the premiere of Lilith, a psychological...

Home of the dome

In 1959, as a tidal wave of baby boomers approached high school age, Bethesda...

Flashback: A Fight for Freedom

On July 8, 1845, Montgomery County residents living along the old Rockville Pike north...

Farmerettes to the Rescue

  America resisted entering World War I. President Woodrow Wilson preached neutrality, reasoning there was...

Carved in Stone

In 1921, Lilly Moore Stone’s husband, Frank, passed away from a debilitating stroke. Soon...

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