It's genteel Baltimore: lemon sticks, hats, florals, and white gloves.
Yet Flower Mart almost ended, because of unrest in 1970 and 1971 following the 1968 riots. City leaders thought to call it quits. But the ladies persisted. With @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social
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Back-to-back fights in the 1970s almost ended Baltimore's beloved Flower Mart. But civic leaders brought it back, and it has become one of the city's favorite festivals.
