Journey through time and explore the history of Hyattsville Hardware - a building that has stood since 1940. See the old photo and view the building today on Google Street View.

Here’s a photo that we dug up from the Library of Congress. It shows a procession in the summer of 1913 coming from Hyattsville to DC to present a petition to Congress. Procession Summer 1913. Delegation Coming in from Hyattsville to present petition from all parts of the U.S.

Did you know that Muppet creator Jim Henson was from the Washington region? His father worked at the Department of Agriculture and they lived in Hyattsville.

In 1911, Henry Elphinstone from Baltimore won the marathon from Laurel to D.C., two minutes faster than the second-place runner. Read to learn more about the race, Henry Elphinstone's background and the results.