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title: A Wing and a Fair
date: 2018-10-08T09:00:00-04:00
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# A Wing and a Fair

*October 8, 2018* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> College Park Day Festival at Aviation Museum Soars

*DSC 0340 min — Members of the Wild Anacostias, a brass band, pose with Miss College Park Daja Benton and her Miss College Park Junior Princess mentee at College Park Day. The band led a New Orleans-style parade through the event.*

An estimated 6,000 people joined in Saturday’s all-day community celebration known as College Park Day.

The event, hosted by the city at the College Park Aviation Museum, included a kids’ fun zone, live bands and performers, lots of exhibitors and vendors, and food and craft beer from local restaurants.

Terps were easy to find: More than 20 UMD departments, clubs and performing groups participated, students volunteered at many of the booths, and the rest were just enjoying themselves.

- Members of the Wild Anacostias, a brass band, pose with Miss College Park Daja Benton and her Miss College Park Junior Princess mentee at College Park Day. The band led a New Orleans-style parade through the event.
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- University of Maryland freshman Deanna Yi helps kids paint pumpkins. Other Terps on hand included the Gymkana gymnastics troupe, DaCadence a cappella group, University Libraries, Office of Community Engagement, UMD Police Department and Testudo, of course.
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- The College Park Arts Exchange helped guests make fun buttons and hats among lots of other kid-friendly events, such as face painting, hat making and an obstacle course and climbing wall.
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- The crowds brought their appetites to College Park Day, which offered Maryland Dairy ice cream, Kona shaved ice, fish tacos from Fishnet and more.
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- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy student Paula Gyamfi takes a free blood pressure reading during College Park Day.
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- People wait to get a closer look at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center helicopter during College Park Day. Another aircraft highlight was a visit from the Curtiss Jenny, a historic wood and fabric airplane associated with the first U.S. airmail flights. The event included free admission to the museum, where visitors could learn about the history of aviation.
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**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)