Snakes in Tunnel of Love (Glen Echo Park, 1940)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/did-an-infestation-of-deadly-snakes-really-cause-glen-echo-park-to-close-for-a-while/2014/10/11/b0708494-501c-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Washington Post

11 October 2014

Did an infestation of deadly snakes really cause Glen Echo Park to close for a while?

By John Kelly

[…] In the summer of 1940, the snake rumor finally reached the segregated Glen Echo. Everyone seemed to know someone who knew someone who had first-hand knowledge. Not only were there supposedly snakes in the Tunnel of Love — actually called the World Cruise at Glen Echo — there were snakes in the park’s famed Crystal Pool. Things were so dire that the park had been forced to close. […]