with Serena Bolliger |In 1901, fledgling architect Arthur Heaton designed a Georgian-styled country home for his aunt and uncle overlooking rolling farmland near Rockville. The home, eventually named Timberlawn, stands as the only remaining piece of the sprawling estate where Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded Camp Shriver in 1962. This unique summer camp, designed for children […]
The Montgomery County History Conference Returns November 7!Montgomery College’s Bioscience Education Center on the Germantown CampusThis year’s History Conference will open with a keynote by author David O. Stewart, describing the daunting task that the drafters of the Constitution faced in the summer of 1787. Throughout the day, concurrent sessions will cover an interesting variety […]
SAVE THE DATE — November 7, 2026 | The Montgomery County History Conference returns November 7, 2026 at Montgomery College's Bioscience Education building on the Germantown campus! |Join us as we celebrate and reflect on the 250th anniversary of Montgomery County.Learn More Here
with Selena Singleton |The story of elected women of color in Montgomery County, Maryland is characterized by a glacial transformation over time. In the 250 years since the founding of the county in 1776, it was not until 1982 that the first woman of color, a Black woman, Odessa Shannon, was elected to a policy-making position […]