In August 1966, the firefighting equipment of the Chesapeake City Fire Company was lined up in front of Station 2. The Company had plans to double the size of its headquarters station so the annual appeal for donations was particularly important that year.
Freedom Seeker & USCT from Cecilton’s Final Resting Place in Woodstown
Yesterday afternoon I stopped by a quiet, small-town cemetery in Woodstown, NJ, to visit the grave of a freedom seeker and a member of the United States Colored Troops from Cecilton, MD. His story first circulated when Today’s Sunbeam published a piece about Susan Richardson-Sanabria, his great-granddaughter, honoring the Civil War sergeant with a proper…
For The Elkton Drive-In Theatre’s 3rd Anniversary, Dusk to Dawn Shows in 1961
Moviegoers at the Elkton Drive-in were in for a grand night of dusk to dawn shows on July 3, 1961, all for an admission price of 3 cents per person. The evening screenings consisted of No Man is an Island, Jack the Ripper, X-15, and the Posse from Hell. The special night, just before the nation…
Additional Plans Announced for Remembrance Program on 50th Anniversary of Elkton Plane Crash
Many in Cecil sighed with relief when 1963, an eventful year full of ups and downs, came to an end. As people reflected on that November nearly fifty years ago, they recalled the opening of the modern expressway, President John F. Kennedy’s visit, and the unbelievable news flashes eight days later. An assassin’s bullet had…
Video on President Kennedy Dedicating I-95 on Nov. 14, 1963
As the Historical Society of Cecil County prepares an exhibit remembering the 1960s in Cecil County, here is an interesting video about President John F. Kennedy dedicating the Northeastern express or I-95. It was November 14, 1963. A few years ago, the Delaware Department of Transportation located a tape of radio station WDEL’s broadcast of that memorable…
The Drive-in Theatre Comes to Elkton
At a time when few had televisions, Elkton was looking forward to decades of grand entertainment after a drive-in theatre opened at White Hall Road and Route 40 on Friday evening, May 12, 1950. Bringing this new outdoor show to Cecil County, Nathan Rosen had carefully located the new enterprise by finding a suitable tract, one large enough…
The George Washington Carver Graduating Class of 1961
Curator Asks for Help in Getting Back to the 1960s in Cecil County
The Society’s curatorial staff is working on an exhibit that will be rolled out in the fall about the 1960s in Cecil County. It was a decade that brought many transformations to this corner of Maryland and our talented group of volunteers are working on capturing those years in intriguing displays. Right now they are…
The Heat Was on in Elkton Today
After making it through another day in this July heat wave, the old Main Street in Elkton was looking good this evening. The thermometer soared to the mid-90s in the late afternoon, but one towering, puffy cumulus cloud hanging near the Elkton United Methodist Church as businesses closed in the county seat made things look cooler. …
An All too Real Nightmare — A Halloween to Remember in 1962
The end of October is normally a scary time in Cecil County as Halloween rolls around. But an actual nightmare on the eve of the trick-or-treat season in 1962 caused people to shy away from ghosts and goblins. Facing a dreadful reality, the world standing on the edge of a nuclear war, people decided they had…