pre-recorded virtual event | With Sarah Hedlund and Maria Spren | In 1850 less than 2% of Montgomery County’s population was foreign born and by 1960 it was still less than 5%. Today, more than 35% of the county’s residents are foreign born and even more speak at least one language besides English. How has Montgomery […]
pre-recorded virtual event | Paths to the Present | In 2001 the Paths to the Present cable television show broadcast three episodes that focused on farms and farmers from Montgomery County—Chester Leishear Dairy Farm, Pope Farm, and Philips Farm. These episodes feature interviews with Montgomery County residents who were active in the farming community throughout the […]
with Ralph Buglass | Tuesday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Education, denied to the enslaved, was one of the highest priorities of emancipated African Americans. But in Montgomery County, where slavery existed, public education was not extended to Black children until a decade after it was instituted for White children. Even then, […]
with Rosa Patton | pre-recorded virtual event | Rosa Patton has been restoring carousels for 43 years, including the 20-year restoration of Glen Echo’s carousel. Learn from her as she discusses the painting style differences between carousel manufacturers, the types of paints used, and the tools and brushes used for achieving the signature look of each […]
with Richard Morain |Tuesday, February 25 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Join Richard Morain, volunteer at the Maryland Museum of Military History, for an overview of the 390-year military history of Maryland, from the first day of the colonies to the work of the state’s citizens in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maryland has made significant […]
with Ranger Kevin Patti | Tuesday, March 4 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | How did a shy girl born on a New England farm in 1821 break through the barriers that so often confined women to the domestic sphere? How did she go on to have a sixty-year career of public service that touched […]
with former Montgomery History Curator Elizabeth Lay | pre-recorded virtual event | When we think of 200-year-old quilts, we imagine humble pieced bed coverings made of scraps. In fact, the oldest Maryland quilts are objects of great refinement, made of expensive imported fabrics such as glazed chintz. One of the most important of these is our Clarksburg […]
with Dr. Andy Finch | Tuesday, March 25 at 3:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Recovery high schools have become a key setting supporting the adolescent recovery process over the last fifty years. Dr. Andy Finch is the author of Salvaging a Teenage Wasteland: Origins of the Recovery High School Movement. The book provides the first […]
with with Robert Engelman | pre-recorded virtual event | How much do we know about the enslavement of African Americans that occurred in our own neighborhoods? This project aims to chronicle the history of a three-square-mile area between Kensington and Wheaton. The unifying objective is to bring to light the experience—and ideally the names—of individuals enslaved […]
with Sandy HeilerThe War of 1812 was one of the most contentious conflicts in American history, and Montgomery countians were nearly universally opposed to it. Nevertheless, although their properties were spared the war’s horrors, Montgomery’s citizens were not. A sense of honor and proximity to Washington and Baltimore led them to take an active part […]
with Charles Holden | Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Spiro Agnew entered national politics as the little-known governor of Maryland. He left as a disgraced Vice President, having resigned charged with multiple crimes. Yet, his influence on American national politics has been greater than one might think. Join Dr. Charles Holden […]
With Hannah LaneThe Maryland State Colonization Society was a former auxiliary of the American Colonization Society (ACS) that recruited free and manumitted black Marylanders to settle in Liberia. From 1832 to 1861, the Maryland State Colonization Society was largely supported by appropriations from the Maryland General Assembly. Join Hannah Lane, research archivist in the Legacy […]
with Christian Murgia | Tuesday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Christian Murgia, Education Program Manager at Woodlawn Manor, will discuss the history of Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park as a location in continuous use since its founding over 200 years ago. From the site of a boarding school to a Quaker plantation with […]