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Giant Supermarket - Hyattsville/Chillum, Md. - Queen Elizabeth II's 1957 Visit

Posted: 05 Dec 2016 04:53
by Jason B.
Queen Elizabeth II visited a Giant supermarket in Hyattsville/Chillum, Maryland in 1957. That store is said to have been among the first "modern" supermarkets in the Washington, D.C. area. Here is a newspaper article about the royal supermarket visit:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n ... rket&hl=en

Here is a blog post including a photo of the royal supermarket visit:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/el ... 40866d01b1

That Giant store apparently closed in 2013:
http://patch.com/maryland/hyattsville/h ... e-in-april