Fort Meade Celebrates Earth Day Thursday

Fort Meade will host its Earth Day celebration on Thursday at Burba Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

The event will feature displays and activities from more than two dozen groups and there will be free food provided by Uno Pizzeria and Picerne Housing. 

Students from Meade Middle and Manor View Elementary schools will have displays along with those from Monarch Academy. 

The Earth Day event is open to the public.

The latest edition of Meade Week from the Fort Meade Public Affairs office has more details, along with these stories:

• A feature on Robert Behr, a Holocaust survivor who visited the installation last week. He went on to spent more than 40 years in service to the U.S. government. 
• Details about a guest speaker at Meade High's Homeland Security Signature Program. 
• News about an upcoming visit from the National Save Life Tour, which works to prevent distracted and drunk driving. 
• An update on the results of the installation's basketball tournament. 

You can see more Meade Week videos on Fort Meade's YouTube channel.