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NEW! Check out photos of the 2025 Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk
Welcome! On this website you will find information about the Talbot Avenue Bridge (Silver Spring, Maryland), as well as past and future bridge-related events and activities.
Stay tuned for more information about and photos of the Talbot Avenue Bridge (historic and new) and bridge-related events, activities, and advocacy efforts.
In the meantime, if you’d like additional information about the history and significance of the Talbot Avenue Bridge, we encourage you to check out the Talbot Avenue Bridge Centennial website and public historian David Rotenstein’s compilation of bridge-related articles and videos.
To receive updates about upcoming bridge-related events, we invite you to subscribe to our email list* or Facebook page. * Requests to subscribe to our email list may be sent to talbotavenuebridgecommittee@gmail.com
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Support the Talbot Avenue Bridge Committee and our partners!
It’s Giving Tuesday! Received many appeals for donations today? Well, here’s one more… If you have not already contributed and are financially able to do so, we encourage you to make a tax-deductible donation to one or more of the following groups: Talbot Avenue Bridge Committee The budget for the annual Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern…
Community Town Hall: What Does Reconciliation Mean to You?
It was wonderful to have three representatives of the Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation, including Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights Director James Stowe, join us for the 8th Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk earlier this month. At the event, Commission member Jeff Weintraub circulated flyers and made an announcement about a local…
Thank You for Shining Your Light!
Many thanks to all the community members who came out for the 8th Annual Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk on Saturday, November 8, 2025. We will post a full event summary as soon as able. In the meantime, enjoy a few snapshots of the event below. Can you make a donation? If you would like…
2025 Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk – Song List
Prepare for this year’s Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk by practicing some of the songs Washington Revels’ Heritage Voices will be leading us in singing during it. Rise Up O Flame (round) Rise Up O FlameBy thy light glowingShow to us beautyVision and Joy This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine,I’m gonna…
Photos: Lantern-Making Workshop
Many thanks to all the community members who came out for our 2025 Lantern-Making Workshop, held in advance of the 8th Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk. Approximately 50 people came by during the three-hour time period, and many beautiful lanterns were made. Check out a few snapshots below. Special thanks to Girl Scout Cadette Troop…
Photos: Summer Meet & Greet
On June 20, the longest day of the year, bridge neighbors gathered on the Talbot Avenue Bridge for a casual meet and greet. Attendees mingled and enjoyed light refreshments, as trains passed underneath and the sun set. Special thanks to Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher for attending. The event was originally scheduled for the day before, the…
Talbot Avenue Bridge Meet & Greet
Update: Check out photos of the event The Talbot Avenue Bridge Committee is excited to announce our next community social event will be the day after Juneteenth! On the longest day of the year, join us on the new Talbot Avenue Bridge to enjoy light refreshments, informal socializing with neighbors, watching passing trains, and more.…
My Linden, My Lyttonsville: An Untold Story
My Linden, My Lyttonsville: An Untold Story (2024) is an hour long documentary by former Lyttonsville (aka Linden) resident Curtis Crutchfield. It will air next on WHUT* at the following times: It is also available for streaming here. The film features interviews with over two dozen current and former community residents and others, and draws…
MoCo MLK Day Celebration Features Talbot Avenue Bridge!
Montgomery County held its 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Tribute & Celebration at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on January 20, 2025. The theme of the event was “The View from the Bridge: Injustice, Resistance, and Hope.” The program wove together a diversity of artistic performances with storytelling…
This website is managed by the Talbot Avenue Bridge Committee whose mission is to preserve saved parts of historic Talbot Avenue Bridge, educate about the history of the bridge and racial segregation in Silver Spring, organize social events that build community between neighbors connected by the bridge, and serve as a resource for others working on related projects. We want to ensure that important parts of Silver Spring’s history are not erased. Contact us at talbotavenuebridgecommittee@gmail.com.
For information on how to make a tax-deductible donation to support our work, click here.
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