Bridge Opening and Event Program, September 21, 1949

 

 

 

One: This is the dedication of the new bridge on Chesapeake City’s South Side. The school principal let us kids out of class to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Wielding the scissors is Maryland’s governor Lane. I went up and down that bridge many times long before this dedication. Many people attended this event, including then mayor, Archie Crawford. He rode around in a convertible and waved at everybody. Two: This second image is the program for the ceremony that was passed out to everyone. Notice the small red, white and blue strip of ribbon that Governor Preston Lane snipped. I know that Birdy Battersby and Lee Colling obtained pieces of the ribbon as souvenirs.