Editing Oakland, Maryland (section)

== Attractions and events ==
[[File:Oakland Post Office (21416756858).jpg|thumb|Post office in Oakland]]
The Oakland [[post office]] is home to a [[Great Depression|Depression]]-era [[United States post office murals|mural]], ''Buckwheat Harvest'', painted by American artist [[Robert Franklin Gates]]. Gates was funded by the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture|Treasury Section of Fine Arts]] to complete the mural as part of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. Gates was probably inspired by [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett County]]'s strong tradition of growing [[buckwheat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-oakland-md/|title=Post Office Mural - Oakland MD - Living New Deal|website=Living New Deal|language=en-US|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>

Oakland is home to the [[Oakland station (Maryland)|Oakland B&O Museum]]<ref>https://www.facebook.com/oaklandbandomuseum/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> and the Garrett County Museum of Transportation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://garrettcountymuseums.com/transportationmuseum/|title=Transportation Museum}}</ref>