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Save the Date for the 2025 Retro Town Fair!

Jul 2, 2025
1 min read

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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The idea of bringing back a town fair in a format inspired by Greenbelt’s early community events highlights how simple activities can preserve local traditions without feeling overly formal. Categories such as gardening, baking, canning, and sewing also give people a chance to contribute something personal while creating a shared experience across different generations. Events like this can have an educational side as well, especially when younger participants learn practical skills from older residents rather than only encountering local history through exhibits or written records. That connection between hands-on activities and community history is particularly valuable because traditions tend to stay meaningful when people actively participate in them. The same principle can apply to structured learning environments, where practical activities…

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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

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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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