Birx, the last surviving person born in the historic home, sat at a picnic table on Aug. 15 about 100 feet away from the sea of parking lots at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
She chatted with family and friends about a time before Baltimore came knocking on their door, ready turn Friendship from a small, agrarian community to a bustling center of transportation and technology.
"It was wonderful as far as I was concerned: plenty of places to play," Birx said. "I feel when you are a kid and...
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