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Save the Date for the 2025 Retro Town Fair!


The summer is speeding by, so start thinking about what you'd like to enter into this year's Retro Town Fair! Download the form below or click here!


This event is much like those the the earliest Greenbelters enjoyed starting in 1939. Ribbons will be awarded for the best entries in a number of categories including flowers, vegetables, baked goods, canned goods and needlework/sewing. Entries will be accepted from 10 to 11:30am and the winners displayed from 1 to 4pm. All items must be picked up between 4 and 5pm. Questions can be sent to education@greenbeltmuseum.org



 
 
 

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This sounds like such a fun way to bring the community together, especially with the connection to Greenbelt’s early traditions. With the fair having specific entry and pickup times, planning ahead definitely makes sense. I like using a date difference calculator when preparing for upcoming events because it makes it easy to see exactly how much time is left before the date.

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This sounds like a wonderful community event, especially with the connection to Greenbelt’s early traditions dating back to 1939. I like that the Retro Town Fair gives people a chance to showcase flowers, vegetables, baked goods, canned goods, and needlework while bringing the community together. Events that encourage families and neighbors to participate and have fun together are always enjoyable. For some entertainment at home afterward, family games can also be a great way to spend quality time together.

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Community events like the Retro Town Fair are interesting because they turn everyday skills into something that can be shared across generations. The categories mentioned here, from gardening and baking to sewing and preserving food, also highlight how practical knowledge often develops outside formal settings and gets passed along through participation. That connection is easy to overlook when thinking about education, since learning does not always happen in a classroom or through a long academic programme. In fact, the difference between a diploma and a certificate can partly be understood through the level and purpose of structured learning, while community activities offer a more informal way to develop and demonstrate practical abilities. Events like this can therefore have value beyond the…

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VISITOR INFORMATION 

Historic House  

 

10B Crescent Rd.

Greenbelt, MD 20770

Open Sundays 

Tours on the 1/2 hour

1pm to 4:30pm

Admission $5

Exhibition Gallery  

 

Lenore Thomas Straus Exhibit

Greenbelt Community Center

15 Crescent Rd. 

Greenbelt, MD 20770

Open M-Sat 9am-10pm, 

Sundays 10am-7pm

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Greenbelt Museum Office


15 Crescent Road

Greenbelt, Maryland 20770

301-507-6582 

info@greenbeltmuseum.org

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The strength of Greenbelt is diverse people living together in a spirit of cooperation. We celebrate all people. By sharing together all are enriched. We strive to be a respectful, welcoming community that is open, accessible, safe and fair.

Preserving and sharing the New Deal history of an experimental planned community built by FDR in suburban Maryland in 1937 and still thriving today.

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