Glen Echo Park Carousel in Glen Echo, Maryland
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In 1891, the National Chautauqua Assembly established Glen Echo Park, just outside of Washington, DC, as a school for liberal arts and sciences, an endeavor that lasted only one year. By the early 1900s, the site had become Glen Echo Amusement Park, catering to the Capital’s pleasure seekers. Although the amusement park rides are long gone, Glen Echo Park still operates its iconic Dentzel Carousel—a lasting reminder of the park’s vibrant history. Today, Glen Echo Park’s century-old Carousel stan
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