Fewer and fewer people remain who have a first-hand recollection of the most destructive flood seen in this area in the last century.
The 1936 flood changed the landscape and infrastructure of towns all along the Potomac River and its tributaries, removing bridges that connected towns, economies and families.
Even local residents who were too young to recall specific scenes from that flood remember the stories told afterwards – from rescues to destruction.
Vivian Graham…
