Trachtenberg Office Attends Countywide National Night Out Celebrations

I was pleased to join in Montgomery County’s annual “National Night Out” (NNO) celebration. I attended the Olney’s popular NNO parade and celebration, while members of my staff fanned out across the County to support the community’s efforts to promote public safety and crime awareness. In addition to Olney, we visited with neighbors in the Indian Spring neighborhood at the Indian Spring Terrace Recreation Center, the Lyttonsville-Rosemary Hills community at the Coffield Recreation Center, in South Four Corners at the Forest Glen-Dallas Avenue Neighborhood Park, in Northwood and North Four Corners at the Forest Knolls Pool, and in the Park Hills neighborhood in East Silver Spring. We were pleased to see County Executive Ike Leggett, Police Chief Tom Manger, State’s Attorney John McCarthy, and Congressman Chris Van Hollen visiting our communities as well.

National Night Out is an annual event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). It is designed to generate neighborhood support and participation in crime prevention efforts and to enhance police and community relations.

Check out the following National Night Out photos from around the County:

Trachtenberg Office Salutes Black History Month in Lyttonsville

Councilmember Trachtenberg’s Office celebrated Black History Month at the Gwendolyn Coffield Community Center in the Lyttonsville Community of Silver Spring. Trachtenberg staff joined members of the public in viewing the Lyttonsville community’s “Remembering African American Soldiers” exhibit prepared for Black History Month.

The exhibit noted the service of Mr. Phillip Eaglin, a Lyttonsville resident who was born a slave in 1831 and fought for General Grant during the Civil War. Pictures of United States servicemen from the Gaither, Turner and Tracy families in Lyttonsville were also displayed. The exhibit included a copy of the original deed conveying property in 1853 to Samuel Lytton, a freed slave, as well as interesting maps, photographs, and numerous other documents and artifacts.

The program was organized by Charlotte Coffield of the Lyttonsville Civic Association. She is the sister of the Center’s namesake, the late Gwendolyn Coffield. The Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Center is located at 2450 Lyttonsville Road, Silver Spring, MD.

Alan Bowser, our Chief of Staff, represented Councilmember Trachtenberg at this program.