Star Spangled Banner Trail Opens in Bladensburg

Aeon principal Alfonso Narvaez attended another ribbon cutting just down the street from our office to celebrate the opening of the Star Spangled Banner Trail in Maryland. The event, held at Bladenburg’s Waterfront Park included an unfurling of a full-size replica of the Star Spangled Banner and such luminaries as Governor Martin O’Malley, Congresswoman Donna…

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New Potomac River Heritage Tourism Visitor Center

In a rare example of public private cooperation, Tanger Outlet and the Peterson Companies have supported local heritage tourism efforts by integrating local history into the new Tanger Outlets at National Harbor. On June 3 the Prince George’s County African American Heritage Preservation Group opened a new visitor center and memorial garden called Experience Salubria.…

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Star Spangled Banner Grant Award

Aeon principal Alfonso Narvaez was one of a number of folks receiving grant awards from Governor O’Malley at the Maryland Statehouse on Tuesday. The grant was awarded to the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area on behalf of the Potomac River Heritage Tourism Alliance (Alfonso is on the boards of both organizations). With him are Laurence Winston…

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