with Eileen McGuckian and Susan Soderburg| Prerecorded virtual event | On November 1, 1864, Maryland became the first state below the Mason-Dixon Line to free enslaved people within its boundaries by popular vote. On the 156th anniversary of Emancipation in the Old Line State, two chroniclers of Montgomery County history will describe local experiences with slavery, […]
with Paul Kreingold | pre-recorded virtual event | In his talk, “Potomac Marble: The History of the Search for the Ideal Stone,” Paul Kreingold explores the aftermath of Washington’s 1814 destruction by the British, highlighting President Monroe and Benjamin Latrobe’s quest to rebuild the Capitol Building with symbolic and aesthetically pleasing materials. They selected Potomac Marble, […]
December 13 at 11 AM | With Paul Kreingold |Discover the stone that was used to rebuild Washington D.C. after the British invaded in 1814.Join historian Paul Kreingold on a hike to learn about the lost history of the Potomac Marble! Paul will lead a tour of the 200-year-old quarries discovered during the research for […]
with Dianne Bradley and Juanita Sealy-Williams | Tuesday, December 16 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Prior to the Civil War, Paul Edmonson, a freed Black man, lived with his family on what was then one of the largest Black-owned farms in Montgomery County, now part of the land comprising Leisure World. However, while he […]