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History Conversations REWIND | On the Homefront in Montgomery County During WWII

from Paths to the Present | In the early 1940s, all across the country, we were swing dancing to the music of Glenn Miller. Starlets like Ginger Rogers and Mary Martin, were lighting up the silver screen. Esquire magazine featured Petty girls. Gasoline was about 20 cents a gallon, bread about 8 cents a loaf, and a movie cost […]

History Conversations REWIND | Remembering Rockwood

https://youtu.be/7pMx38jx9kA?si=EajJnwuEflZpmVrtwith Ann Robertson | Before it was a county park and wedding destination, Rockwood Manor Special Park was a national Girl Scout Camp. When GSUSA sold the camp to residential developers, neighbors and individual Girl Scouts fought to stop the sale. Join Author Ann Robertson as she shares why Rockwood was so important to save, and […]

History Conversations Rewind | Canavest: A Final Piscataway Outpost in Colonial Maryland

with retired Maryland Historical Trust Chief Archeologist Dennis Curry |Virtual Event | Canavest (located on Heater’s Island) was the last permanent village of the Piscataway Indians in Maryland. Various aspects of the site—which was occupied from 1699 to at least 1712—are vividly described in a series of colonial documents from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. These archival […]

History Conversations Rewind | I Have Started for Canaan: Telling the Sugarland Story

Presented by Gwendora Hebron Reese, Suzanne Johnson, and Jeff Sypeck |Pre-recorded Virtual Event | At its height, the African American town of Sugarland in the northwest corner of Montgomery County was home to a church, a school, a store, a post office, and a practice hall for the town band. In this session, the team behind […]

Walking Tour | Button Farm Almanac

16820 Black Rock Road Germantown, MD 20874 16820 Black Rock Road, Germantown, United States

At this time, tickets are sold out. Stay tuned for future tour dates! |Join Montgomery History for Button Farm Almanac, a guided tour of the Button Farm Living History Center. Led by historian and Menare founder Tony Cohen, guests will be guided on this behind-the-scenes reveal of the Button Farm in Germantown, its history and […]

$25

History Conversations REWIND | Historic Preservation: Why Does It Matter?

with Eileen McGuckian | If we can read history in books, do we need to see historic buildings in person? Many people think so, and this session will feature how local preservation has been accomplished over the past century. The significance of places like cemeteries, the Silver Theatre, the Red Brick Courthouse, the Dickerson Railroad Station, […]

History Conversations REWIND | Negative Space: Rebecca G. Fields, Owner and Proprietor of the Montgomery County Sentinel, 1871-1930

with Sarah Hedlund | Any history of Montgomery County’s oldest newspaper of record will contain the following information: “The Sentinel was founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields, a Confederate sympathizer who was arrested during the Civil War for his opinions. After his death in 1871, his widow took over the publication.” The story almost always ends […]

History Conversations REWIND | The Working White House

with Sarah Fling, Historian at the White House Historical Association  | Since 1800, hundreds of dedicated staff members have worked behind the scenes to help the White House fulfill its roles as a seat of government, a family residence, and a historic site. Join White House Historical Association historian Sarah Fling as she highlights lesser-known stories […]

History Conversations REWIND | An Exploration of Historic Ag Reserve Homes from the 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey

with Kenny Sholes | pre-recorded virtual event | In 1933, as part of the New Deal, the National Park Service launched the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). “Guided by field instructions from Washington, D.C., the first HABS recorders were tasked with documenting a representative sampling of America’s architectural heritage.” Luckily for us, many of the historic […]