Jerry is founder and president of the Silver Spring Historical Society, whose mission is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives.

He holds a B.A. in Visual Communications from The American University and a M.A. in Library Science from The Catholic University of America. Jerry is a librarian/archivist with the District of Columbia Public Library's Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and the Peabody Room at DCPL's Georgetown Branch Library. He lives with his wife Nan in a 1921 bungalow on Thayer Avenue in downtown Silver Spring.

August: Montgomery County Heritage Days

June:

May: Cancelled! The Blair Station Post Office and Annex delivered over to developers

April: Architectural artifacts of 1930s car culture

March: Falkland Chase Apartments slated for destruction

February: Fate of Perpetual building belies name

December: Santa Claus came to town

November: Silver Spring's Thanksgiving Parade: A holiday tradition revived

October: Silver Springs abound

September:The changing face of "Main Street": Georgia Avenue

August: Chill out! - Beat the heat with these photographs from Silver Spring's past

July: Fire up the engines: SSVFD gets a brand-new station

June: Silver Spring's historic 1945 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station! (memories & music on June 24)

May: New finds help us see old Silver Spring

April: Olive Blanche extends to Silver Spring (Mrs. K.'s move to Colesville Road)

March: East Silver Spring's forgotten origin: Silver Spring Park

February: Main Street of History: Georgia Avenue & Colesville Road

January: Images of Vintage Silver Spring

December: Silver Spring's "Main Street," Part 2

October: Silver Spring's "Main Street," Part 1

July:  Get Ready for Silver Spring, the book

June: A Tastee Slice of History by Bruce Johansen

May: Happy Birthday, Acorn Park

April: Twisted History

2004

November:

A look back at the Forest Glen Streetcar

August:

Remembering Blair Cabin (Page 1 of article)
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July:

Silver Spring History Trivia Contest

June:

Vintage Matchbook Collection

May:

National Postcard Week

April:

Service Stations: Then and Now (Part 3)

March:

Service Stations: Then and Now (Part 2)

February:

Service Stations: Then and Now (Part 1)

2003

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