Fabulous! Thanks for making this. Glen Echo Amusement Park was a big part of my teen years. I actually won a dance contest to the live music of Link Wray and the Wraymen out there one Saturday night. Good years, for sure.
@klinkins
7 ай бұрын
My dad ran the shooting gallery and my god father ran the guess your weight! I had free run of the park! Man what a great childhood!
@OneAdam12Adam
8 ай бұрын
There was a lot of evil back then too. Causing a false malaria scare was a very evil thing to do and caused the Chautauqua to shut down. Why are people such trash?
@OneAdam12Adam
8 ай бұрын
We need to go back to the national Chautauquas again. They really are the best thing to do during the summer.
@OneAdam12Adam
8 ай бұрын
I find it interesting that at 2:57 on the counter that the dude was proud of the fact that he got kicked out of the park for his criminal behavior. He says I got thrown out of the park many times, many times. He's probably one of the folks who can't understand why he needed to give his kids structure and consequences. Now we have tons of kids that just don't want to follow rules. Gee, thanks for not caring about your asinine behavior.
@originalfallinggirl
8 ай бұрын
Can you please help me find any Milt Grant episodes from 1961-64. My mother, “Nancy Bailey,” was Miss Teen Washington DC and was a regular on Milt Grant. I never got to see any of her episodes and I just recently lost her. It would mean so much to me if you have anything with her? Can you please let me know or if you can point me in another direction I’d be so grateful. 🙏
@echoecho3108
9 ай бұрын
Thank you thank you thank so very very much for this little nostalgia trip! My mom was born in 1926, and I came along in 1949. We both grew up visiting Glen Echo park. I remember all of the events you mentioned in your film. My grandparents and parents told stories of Glen Echo 'back when', and I lived through the rest of it. We met Willard Scott at Glen Echo. In his Bozo persona. Mama and Daddy danced to the Dorsey orchestras, among others. Bill Haley was performing at the Park when we were there, but we didn't stay for his performance. My friends and I had planned to go to the Park on a day in the late 1960s, but due to car trouble, we didn't make it. Later, on the evening news, we heard that there had been a race riot at the Park. I remember Capt. Tugg, and Milt Grant, and the news people and tv stations mentioned in this film. And Peoples Drug Store. I don't remember anyone i knew ever calling it a 'trolley' ride out there. We always called it a street car ride. I remember the Park rides --- especially that beautiful Carousel --- and the games, and the fun. Oh, the fun! I had quite a few happy birthday parties at Glen Echo, too. Thank you again for sharing this little treasure. I'm 74 now, and don't live in Maryland any more, so it's not likely that I'll ever get back to Glen Echo again, so thanx muchly for the virtual visit. I do wish I could ride that wonderful, magnificent carousel just once more, though. (sigh)
@AnnaNolanOfficial
4 ай бұрын
I’m going to Geneco tomorrow to take pictures with my fiancé and I will remember the story for you while I’m there
@echoecho3108
4 ай бұрын
@@AnnaNolanOfficial 😊👍 I hope you'll post your pictures, so that I may see them? Enjoy your day!
@user-xd8pj2mm4t
11 ай бұрын
What a life us kids had!
@susanlazarou3968
11 ай бұрын
It's because Democrats are in power that we haven't improved
@susanlazarou3968
11 ай бұрын
It hadn't changed for the good
@susanlazarou3968
11 ай бұрын
Those were the good old days. Nice video.
@Steve-tj9on
Жыл бұрын
F that shitty racist park. I'm glad the riots there closed it in the 60s.
@sjtom57
Жыл бұрын
One thing I've always noticed in life is those who scream racism are themselves the most racist.
@drakeallen3501
Жыл бұрын
i'm glad i was able to visit the park once, when it was running, around 63
@drakeallen3501
Жыл бұрын
what an incredible documentary
@jimhenschel9678
2 жыл бұрын
Very well done. thank you.
@Laboske
2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful video about the history of our hometown. It made me choke up watching this The town that I grew up in. Thank you so much for sharing this feels like home.
@carlawilliams7172
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the beautiful memories. Live in Phoenix now and my husband went to NFHS and I went to LaSalle. Love going home. Brings back such good memories of our youth.
@nadinewilliams6465
2 жыл бұрын
My class NFHS '89 was only 300 something.
@nadinewilliams6465
2 жыл бұрын
Barney Gallagher sent me! The music is amazing! My Mom is Class of '70. Pam Maleskis Harvey. Usually involved in her reunions.
@franceschina254
2 жыл бұрын
I was from the class of 74.
@markrowe1832
2 жыл бұрын
❤
@markrowe1832
2 жыл бұрын
💯❗
@RemoBongo530
3 жыл бұрын
Just went there today. The place is a ghost town nowadays sadly 😔 Bring back the Crystal pool! Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@paskettle
3 жыл бұрын
This something that will never be seen again. The trolley ride just to get there. What an awesome memory.
@dcbornmike
3 жыл бұрын
Just thought I would check out this video again ...such wonderful child hood times I had out there. A question to other DC natives who lived back then .... did you call the rail transportation a "trolley" or "street car""???? I keep hearing some people in this video refer to it as trolley. When I grew up in DC I never heard it referred to a trolley ... ,only street car. Trolley is what they used over in Baltimore.
@davesanders9203
3 жыл бұрын
Street car in the 50"s. That's all to got to say.
@echoecho3108
9 ай бұрын
Hi! Everybody I knew who rode in one of those called it a Street Car. Trolleys were for San Francisco. Going shopping with Mama, in Silver Spring and Bethesda, and then back across the DC line to visit my grandparents, I was so thrilled to be riding on a Street Car.
@barryg528
3 жыл бұрын
It’s in much better condition now. Love that place
@oriolesfan129
3 жыл бұрын
A few years back got a chance to visit the park. Hardly remember anything from my Maryland days as a kid raised in P.G.County, other than the name Glen Echo. While there rode the Carousel and walked through the Tower.
@judyruiz4695
3 жыл бұрын
I was transfered to here from Facebook Thank YOUS
@robertthompson5592
3 жыл бұрын
Glen Echo Park was "Great" loved my many times there, however, after desegregation it was never the same, and not for the good!
@3030hp
3 жыл бұрын
not racist, eh?
@opn4bzns
3 жыл бұрын
David Parrish Boccabello...I started going to Glen Echo when I was 6 in 1948. My mom would give me $5.00 and that took care of the streetcar to get there from S.W. Washington, ride the rides, eat something then go home. When I was 16, in 1958 I got a job at Glen Echo with B&B Catering Co. working the food stands for the next three years. Candy Cotton and Candy Apple stand was my main job, but I worked all the food stands at one time or the other. My favorite was the swimming pool stand where the girls were. Knowing all the ride people we rode everything for free and the roller coaster was ridden 100's of times. Wonderful memories.
@robinkeiger2208
4 жыл бұрын
Wow!! This looks great!! I wish I could have gone to Glen Echo!!!
@katrinascreationscrafting
4 жыл бұрын
My parents went on their first date here...they were 13. My mom got sick on one of the rides, but dad came to the rescue. They are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.
@sunniejax4103
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for a glimpse into our teenage years. I miss the times of sorority and fraternities. I was in Phi Gamma Beta and my husband Dave Ellis was in Sigma Psi ... we met at a dance in 1968, the rest is history, married 47+ years. I miss all the friends from the class of '71.I really appreciate the wonderful job you did with this video. Thanx so much. Deb Clements-Ellis
@jblovsoccer
4 жыл бұрын
My children are related to the baltzley brothers only I'm not proud of a park that was against blacks . Sad to hear that
@libertyann439
4 жыл бұрын
A shame the beach and pool are gone. I'd love to have seen it. But I'm from LA and not in the area.
@photo7839
4 жыл бұрын
That was a great video, thank you,, brought back some memories. Bruce Bradley Jan 2020 still kickin it out here in Vegas.
@followthesun2115
4 жыл бұрын
Glen Echo Park is still a magical place. Walking across the bridge and into the park is like going back in time. The dances in the Spanish Ballroom are great fun.
@jonathanbennaman6753
5 жыл бұрын
Can anyone please tell me what is the tune playing during the Crystal Pool scene 20:13 I double checked the Music Selection credits at the end and the first song before the Crystal Pool scene playing is Do The New York but as soon as the Crystal Pool scene begin I do not know what song that is that is playing. It sounds like a 1930s Foxtrot I know it's not Tea For Two by Vincent Youmans so anyone who is a music expert of the golden days please give me a song title
@echoecho3108
9 ай бұрын
Oh, poo I know it, but cannot think of the title to save me. Sorry! I think there's a program or app online where you can hum or sing, or play a tune, and the program/app will give you the title. I haven't used it, but a friend of mine swears by it. Good luck in your search. (edit for typo)
@jonathanbennaman6753
9 ай бұрын
@@echoecho3108thank you 👍😊
@echoecho3108
9 ай бұрын
@@jonathanbennaman6753 😊👍 You are quite welcome, good Sir! Edit to add: I sent this clip to my friend, giving her the tmestamp, and asked her to please help. If I get an answer, I'll let you know! If you find out first, please let me know. It's a lovely tune. And it's kinda stuck in my head now, but I still can't think if its nane.
@jonathanbennaman6753
2 ай бұрын
@@echoecho3108 any luck on finding the name of this tune
@disco07
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear some of the racism in here. So you can see whites as well as blacks had issues. Remember they took your money and left you alone. We, on the other hand, got robbed, punched and had to wait for a clear trolley to get home. But this was the price we paid everyday living in the city. One of the main problems at Glen Echo was their refusal to pay for proper security. This does not happen at Kings Dominion and Six Flags. Also, some whites still use the N word and picked at negroes as well. Besides, Glen Echo just became obsolete not to mention The Glen Echo community was being gentrified and the amusement park had to go, period.
@EyeruleNork
5 жыл бұрын
This video captures a few precious seconds of a special streetcar line that has joined the swelling ranks of thing that we look back upon. I have a little story about the Washington, D.C. streetcars and that line which went to Glen Echo Amusement Park: kennyduke.blogspot.com/2014/06/trolley-lines-cabin-john-to-glen-echo.html
@EyeruleNork
5 жыл бұрын
Here's MY Glen Echo story! kennyduke.blogspot.com/2014/06/trolley-lines-cabin-john-to-glen-echo.html
@celeste1092
5 жыл бұрын
"I don't think home is just strictly defined as a physical entity." 26:10. Love it!
@amusementnow4416
5 жыл бұрын
Such a well done documentary that really captures the spirit of a not-so-lost place.
@chrisdidonna7371
6 жыл бұрын
hyde park is not close to 5 miles from the old nfhs. 2 miles at the most
@B2Hives
6 жыл бұрын
The memories this brings back.
@pcisbs6147
7 жыл бұрын
It was So Wonderful, before the Blacks Destroyed it...they Dragged the Whole Country into the Gutter with them. Someone put Razor Blades into the Crystal Pool Slide, the blacks just Tore the park up, it didn't last too long after that.
@disco07
5 жыл бұрын
I heard about the razor blade thing or some such nonsense. Sounds like a psycho to me or a lie. Ever occur to you it might have been a white man or woman. I don't remember the park being tore up, just not maintained resulting in dwindling sales. Plus gentrification which is now in second stage development all these years later.
@charathedesigner1117
5 жыл бұрын
Really. U know we never asked to come here and if u paid us instead of enslaving us we would have been able to afford to leave. Don't blame every bad thing on black folks. U also stole this land.
@bartonpercival2147
2 жыл бұрын
@@charathedesigner1117 Amen!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone of all races should be allowed to share equally in all areas of life. I honestly don’t understand being racist. My mother raised me to look at a persons character and not the color of their skin. That upbringing has allowed me to enjoy all cultures and people of different backgrounds in all areas of my life
@lmcastiglione
7 жыл бұрын
Kevin, I am a Class of '68 grad from Lasalle Senior, currently living in PHX, AZ. You did a fabulous job capturing the essence of our hometown! Thanks so much!
@kevinrauch
7 жыл бұрын
Thx Lynn going to 45th reunion this weekend, just for laughs and drinks this time
@nembom1
7 жыл бұрын
Glen Echo was whites only from when it first opened until 1961. Blacks were barred from the park.
@dcbornmike
7 жыл бұрын
..what a wonderful video! Such wonderful memories watching this. As a kid from SE, we use to take the streetcar (Not trolley!) which was as fun, once it got into Md., as some of the rides at the park! Loved their pool!!Thanks for posting!
@AIdrisPalmer
7 жыл бұрын
I recall as a seven-year-old, being the first black kid to face discrimination at Glen Echo Park in the summer of 1960. My Latina mother had no problem entering the Park since she was considered white. My father, at the time a Howard University student and activist, was likely among the protestors outside. I recall standing in line at the Glen Echo Park refreshment stand asking for a cherry soda while my mom waited for me from a nearby park bench, looking at the protestors. I noticed that other customers were being served while I was ignored. As a seven-year-old, I thought because of my small size that perhaps they didn't see or hear me asking repeatedly for a cherry soda. Finally, an officer came up to me, asking me where was my mom, I pointed to her and he asked that I go back to her. I did so, and I think mom had to go and purchase the soda. I recall that my father would have me retell the above story to his friends from Howard. I happily did so, oblivious to the fact that I was retelling discrimination due to my skin color. It was not until almost a year later that Glen Echo was officially desegregated.
@judyruiz4695
3 жыл бұрын
I do see why without you even saying so
@DavidBoccabello
Жыл бұрын
Wow...Idris...I was working the cotton candy/candy apple stand near the park entrance when you were at Glen Echo in 1960. I remember the protesters assembled out at the front of the park marching for desegregation. Talking to other workers I was told it was the Democrat owners that refused to allow blacks into the park. Having seen what Democrats have done to blacks over the centuries I can well believe that was true then as it is today.
@Steve-tj9on
Жыл бұрын
@@DavidBoccabello now the racist repugnant treasonous republicans took over that role starting in the early 60s. You're a typical half truth telling republican that forgot the democrats were infested with the southern democrats who in 48 formed a failed offshoot of the Democratic party known as the Dixicrats...when JFK come in in 1960 those racist primary southern democrats left by droves to the racist republican party( Lilly White republican movent) who gladly embrace the racists. Get your misguided history correct David Boccabello. Remember your party today is now the home of various racist white supremacists, anti semitic, anti democracy trump party. Worst seditious traitors in this country.
@OneAdam12Adam
8 ай бұрын
It is a criminal shame that you were treated in such a manner. Human beings, especially adults, can act like such monsters. Everybody seems to live up to their worst stereotypes, especially White folks. God bless you and those that fought for a better world which seems to be repeating history all over again. May God help this pitiful planet.
@OneAdam12Adam
8 ай бұрын
@@DavidBoccabello Yeah, then the shift happened. The Tea Party White Supremacist Evangelical Christofascists took over the Republican Party and totally hijacked all common sense. It's weird how that happened. I want my old Republican party back. May the Trump Insurgents get every lifetime prison sentence they have coming to them for destroying this country.
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