# @wmar2news on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHmEId2q38L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27892891-wmar2news-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-24T20:02:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WMAR-2 News (@WMAR2News) — https://gondola.cc/WMAR2News

## Caption

The story of the historically Black-owned Pleasant Yacht Club, the only one of its kind in Baltimore County, goes back to the 1950s.

The last living founding member 97-year-old Johnnie Mathis told WMAR-2 News that back then he was working for Bethlehem Steel and the company had made a yacht club for their white employees.

"We went over to Bethlehem Steel, about 6 people, all Bethlehem Steel employees went there and asked them to build us a pier and they said no we won't do that," Mathis said.

So they took it upon themselves to build everything by hand from a floating pier, a boat ramp, and even hauling a small house for the start of the building.

#news #yachtclub #baltimorecounty

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