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Prince George’s County sits immediately east of Washington and has been deeply intertwined with the city’s history since the colonial era. From the Capital Centre arena that drew Washingtonians across the border for concerts and Redskins games to the suburban development that reshaped the county in the postwar decades, GoDC covers the parts of PG County that are inseparable from the DC story.

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Original 1973 theatrical poster for The Exorcist: a man with a hat and bag silhouetted under a streetlamp in front of a lit houseBehind The Exorcist: The 1949 Boy and the Wrong HouseOct 29EpisodeThe Maryland Goatman: The Real 1970s Story Behind the LegendNov 3, 2023Best OfGeorge Calvert - Baron of BaltimoreWho Was Maryland Named For?May 19, 2015

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Hyattsville Hardware in 1940Hyattsville Hardware at 5123 Baltimore Avenue in 1940Mar 6, 2015May 1st, 17601760 Maryland Gazette Ad for a Runaway Indentured ServantOct 10, 2013May 1st, 17601760 Maryland Gazette Ad: Fairfax Land for RentOct 1, 2013Detailed 1861 Map of Prince George’s CountyJul 3, 2013railroad tracksA Bizarre Discovery: Two Tramps Find a Newly-Born Infant on the Railroad TracksApr 9, 2013May 29, 1959. "Prince George Plaza, Hyattsville, Maryland. Night view." An actual mall (a long, open plaza) when it opened in 1959, the shopping center was enclosed in the 1970s and renamed the Mall at Prince Georges. Large-format safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho.Prince George’s Plaza in 1959: The Shopping Center That Defined the SuburbsFeb 22, 2013
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