FREE!

All On Board! All Ages!

11 am–noon

Story Hour with Montgomery Co. Agricultural History Farm Park director Lisa Berray and her “chicken” friend

Sharing a story and activity featuring special farm animal friends.

Plus…

Real Train Spotting, Toy Train Play Set, Permanent Model Train Display, Kid’s Toy Engine to Ride, Videos, including “Next Stop Silver Spring,” Gift Shop, Refreshments. View glowing B&O R.R. Drumhead Medallion!

Experience 1945 when Station was built on its Victorian moorings! See President Harry Truman & Wife Bess on B&O R.R. Train Bidding Farewell to S.S. in 1953 and pose next to Truman cut-out figure. Enjoy Station Agent Bob Davis’s R.R. Photos displayed, commencing when Davis took photos with his Brownie Camera in the 1940s.

Enjoy “Second Glance” by Randy Mays, Washington Post Magazine, 11/22/15, S.S. B&O Station Permanent Model Train Display.

Co-Hosted by Montgomery Preservation & Silver Spring Historical Society.