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Greenbelt, Maryland was the first community in the United States built as a planned city. Greenbelt was an experiment in both the physical and social planning. |
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The town of Garrett Park, Maryland declared the first nuclear free zone in the United States in 1982, thus affirming a tradition of peacefulness that began back in 1898 when it became illegal to harm any tree or songbird within the town limits. |
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Clara Barton National Historic Site commemorates the life of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. The house in Glen Echo, Maryland served as her home and headquarters for the American Red Cross and a warehouse for disaster relief supplies. |
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