Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join us today at the Bea Gaddy Family Center to hear about the remarkable life of Bea Gaddy, known as Baltimore’s Mother Teresa. In 1981, she hosted a free Thanksgiving Dinner out of her home in East Baltimore. The tradition continued every year, eventually outgrowing her rowhome. She sadly passed in 2001, but her legacy lives on. This year’s Bea Gaddy Thanksgiving Dinner is expected to serve 50,000 people. Thanks for watching and happy Thanksgiving from Baltimore Heritage.

This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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