Silver Spring Historical Society

Twenty-three years after Little Tavern #1 was demolished, the footprint of the building at Georgia Avenue and Ridley Street is demarcated by a patch of weeds.

Even the Silver Spring Heritage Trail marker commemorating LT that the SSHS installed in 2009 is gone. It was hit by an errant automobile and destroyed.

At least a photo of the sign lives on the Internet…

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=75468

(Tap image of sign that comes up to enlarge.)

Happy 119th Birthday to Rachel Carson!

Have you visited the park dedicated to her that is located in the 1100 block of Ripley Street in downtown Silver Spring?

https://silverspringdowntown.com/go/two-roads...

What a bizarre juxtaposition between these transparent trash receptacles on the platform of the Wayne Avenue Purple Line Station and it’s 13 art glass panels depicting local trees and water imagery by artist Susan Zo***la!

All photos by Jerry A. McCoy, May 12, 2026.

Sixty-six years ago today presidential candidate John F. Kennedy was campaigning in south Silver Spring. Here he and his entourage are in the 1100 block of East-West Highway.

Did anyone meet him that day or in later years?