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16. I've been there many times, as we lived near Andrews Air Force Base for 8 years...

Sun May 3, 2026, 04:23 PM

May 3

...during my husband's final AF assignment, and I used to buzz up there often to visit my aunt. Just never got there on Trash and Treasure day.

When my husband got his orders for Andrews, I had really hoped we could live in Chevy Chase or Bethesda. That was not to be, as it turned out that the squadron for which my husband was flying had a 30 minute report time in case someone important needed to be flown somewhere on short notice.

As you probably know, traffic around the beltway in the MD-DC-VA area totally sucks, and if you must be somewhere within 30 minutes, you probably can't live more than 5-7 miles away from wherever it is you need to get to. That limited us to the immediate environs around the base, which was rather downtrodden at the time - mid-1980s.

I did get to see Prince Charles and Princess Diana arrive at the base for their US tour.

And I loved seeing the cherry blossoms in the spring.

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