Years ago... From Our Pages

[Herb Fellow]

25 years ago this week
May 12, 1983: In Washington, Glen Burnie's Pony League Dodgers and Athletics play a one-inning exhibition game on the south lawn of the White House. Front-row spectators include President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush.

50 years ago this week
May 14, 1958: Annapolis waterfront businessmen ask the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate fill material drifting into the Severn River and Spa Creek from a Naval Academy construction site.

100 years ago this week
May 12, 1908: Construction is set for "New Era Park … a gigantic" amusement park at Anne Arundel County's Academy Junction. The 150-acre facility is to be to the county "what Coney Island is to New York City."

200 years ago this week
May 12, 1808: The secretary of the Navy asks for proposals to provide the Navy with American hemp, saying he "is disposed to pay … beyond the usual price … for clean American hemp."

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