First In Flight! Friendship Airport to BWI Thurgood Marshall

The above photo is a view of a terminal and several airplanes at Friendship International Airport, located nine miles south of Downtown Baltimore in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Dedicated by President Harry S. Truman on June 24, 1950, the airport was named after the nearby Friendship Methodist Church.

In 1972, the Maryland Department of Transportation purchased the airport from Baltimore City and the Maryland State Aviation Administration assumed operations. It was then renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport the subsequent year.

In 2005 the airport received a new name once again, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, in honor of Baltimore-native and former United States Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall.

Come out and see some of the early photos and review some books that we have on the topic of our "home".

You may also like the following events from Ann Arrundell County Historical Society:

• Next Sunday, 3rd August, 12:00 pm, Free State Daylily Society Sale at the Benson-Hammond House in Linthicum Heights
• Next month, 9th August, 11:00 am, National Book Lover's Day at the Benson-Hammond House in Linthicum Heights
• Next month, 23rd August, 11:00 am, Hold On To Summer! Day at the Benson-Hammond House in Linthicum Heights