with Sandy Heiler | pre-recorded virtual event | America engaged in a century and a half love affair with an architectural feature that no one actually needed but nearly everyone wanted. […]
with Deirdre Harris | pre-recorded virtual event | The Agricultural History Farm Park is home to 275 years of farming history that includes the lives of the Magruder family, patriots of […]
with Kevin Patti | pre-recorded virtual event | This presentation traces the remarkable history of eight former members of Takoma Park's Boy Scout Troop 33 who served in the United States […]
with Jonathan Thompson, US Navy | Tuesday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center has a rich history, dating back […]
With Anthony Cohen | Virtual Event |The African slave trade was firmly entrenched in Montgomery County by the time of its founding in 1776. Discover the European and African nations […]
with Dr. Kisha Davis | pre-recorded virtual event | Through daily weekday breakfasts with her grandmother, Dr. Kisha Davis learned stories of family and an African American community in Quince Orchard […]
Recording available soon!Presented in Partnership with League of Women Voters of Montgomery County |Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Do you know the status of civil and […]
with Dr. Alexandra Jones | pre-recorded virtual event | The historic African American community of Gibson was built on self-reliance, education, faith, and mutual support in a time when African Americans […]
with Diane Baxter and Paige Whitley | pre-recorded virtual event | Benevolent societies in African American communities were an important support center for local black populations in the segregated post-Emancipation era. […]
with Judy Welles | pre-recorded virtual event | In this talk based on her book about the prominent Montgomery County socialite and businesswoman Lilly Stone, Judy Welles tells the story of […]
with Joanna Church | pre-recorded virtual event | Like many women of her generation, Carrie Miller Farquhar (1842-1904) kept a diary for much of her life. These twelve volumes, now in […]
with Durward Center | pre-recorded virtual event | Go behind the scenes as Durward Center, the restorer and caretaker of the organ for the last 50 years, dives into the history […]
with Sarah Hedlund | pre-recorded virtual event | Any history of Montgomery County’s oldest newspaper of record will contain the following information: “The Sentinel was founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields, […]
With Micheal Nardolilli | Virtual Event |Have you ever looked at maps and wondered why the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River is so odd? It […]
with Rebecca Henson | pre-recorded virtual event | Rebecca Henson of Springsong Museum will deliver a presentation on Rachel Carson (1907-1964), world-renowned writer, biologist, and considered by many as the ‘Mother […]
with Claudia Kousoulas | pre-recorded virtual event | Just as the force and flow of ancient glaciers deposited soil and shaped hills, our decisions about property, policy, family, and food also […]
With Clarence "Corky" Hickey | Virtual Event |This presentation reflects the life and historic times of Dr. Stonestreet when he practiced medicine in Montgomery County from 1852-1903. It is based […]
With Steve Knight| Virtual Event |Art Deco architecture can be found throughout the Washington, D.C. area and Montgomery County in a variety of building types including houses, apartments, commercial, and […]
with John Liebertz | pre-recorded virtual event | For the majority of the twentieth century, private and public sectors channeled and influenced development of the county based on race and ethnicity. […]
with Ralph Buglass | pre-recorded virtual event | The Washington Aqueduct, carrying drinking water to the nation’s capital but running mostly through Montgomery County from Great Falls, was a technological marvel […]
May 18 at 10:30 AM | With Ralph Buglass |Join Montgomery History for a Rockville tour highlighting 250 yearsPopular Local historian Ralph Buglass will take us on a 250-year journey […]
Presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County | Virtual Event | Did you know that only 27% of registered Montgomery County voters participated in the 2022 […]
with Brian Belanger | pre-recorded virtual event | Prior to WWII, radio newscasts were infrequent and more likely featured commentary on current events rather than “hard-hitting” journalism. That all changed during […]
With Neile Whitney| Virtual Event| In Montgomery County, each of us lives around the corner from a former site of enslavement (SOE), whether it was a farm that was turned into […]
with Bob Plumb | pre-recorded virtual event | Join us as Robert Plumb discusses five remarkable women who made important contributions to the Union cause at various stages before, during, and […]
June 10 at 7 PM | With David O. Stewart |Historic Medley District & Montgomery History present an Evening with Author David O. StewartJune 10 7 PMThe founding of Montgomery […]
with Ralph Buglass | pre-recorded 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 […]
with Sandra Heiler | June 11, 2024, marked the 250th anniversary of the Hungerford Resolves, when ten men from the area that became Montgomery County signed a set of historic agreements […]
June 27 12 -4 PM | With Clarence "Corky" Hickey | FREE | Join Montgomery History and Heritage Montgomery for a special open house at the Stonestreet Museum of 19th […]
with National Park Ranger Kevin Patti | How did a shy girl born on a New England farm in 1821 break through the barriers that so often confined women to the […]
With Professor Ken Jassie| Virtual Event| Join Ken Jassie as he examines the history and impact of “Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County,” Montgomery College’s Holocaust exhibition and educational […]
with Royce Hanson | In light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling, Montgomery History would like to revisit this program that originally aired in June of 2025. This program, presented by […]
With Jim Johnston| Virtual Event| African colonization today is considered a misguided blip in American racial history, but it is an instructive, misguided blip worth studying as in recent times the […]
with Dr. Claude Berube | Prerecorded Virtual Event Dr. Claude Berube, director of the nation’s oldest navy museum and Assistant Professor in the History Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, will […]
Presented by Kenny Sholes | Pre-recorded virtual eventThe lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each […]
With Bob Bachman | Pre-recorded virtual eventWith an introduction from former County Commissioner Ike Leggett presented by Bob Bachman This presentation will discuss some challenges Montgomery County faced in the […]
With Sarah Hedlund | Virtual Event | August 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. | The Jane Sween Research Library and Special Collections will be closed to research starting September 1, and […]
with Hank Levine | Virtual Event | August 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. | The Bethesda Public Library (now named for former Congresswoman Connie Morella) is neither the oldest nor the […]
With Gene Meyer | Pre-recorded virtual eventGene Meyer has spent decades exploring every nook and cranny of Maryland from the Eastern Shore to Appalachia — first for The Washington Post […]
With Gene Meyer | Pre-recorded virtual eventGene Meyer has spent decades exploring every nook and cranny of Maryland from the Eastern Shore to Appalachia — first for The Washington Post […]
with Brian Belanger | Radio in Maryland began as early as 1900, when Reginald Fessenden launched experiments of the feasibility of voice transmission at his facility at Cobb Island. Baltimore got […]
with Kimberly Bender and Neil Flanagan | Pre-recorded virtual eventWhy are the western suburbs of DC white and the eastern ones Black Believe it or not, Clues can be found […]
Join The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County and Montgomery History on September 30, 7-8pm, for a Trending Topics Webinar: “What do voters know – and what should we […]
From 1960 to 1980, the number of Spanish speakers in Montgomery County increased from 948 to 22,790, over a two-thousand percent increase. The Spanish-speaking residents from these decades, who hailed […]
Join Montgomery History and Glen Echo Park for a celebration of 250 years of Montgomery County! October 10 | 11 - 4 pm |RSVP HereYou're invited to an anniversary bash for […]
with John Spiers, Ph.D. |Suburban communities have spent a lot of time dealing with sprawl but keep making the same choices that got them there in the first place. Focusing […]
with Dr. Charles Holden |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 […]
with Hope Fato | During World War II, women ordnance workers (often called WOWs) played a vital role in the war effort by working in munitions factories across the US. Hope […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
with Ralph Buglass |To state the obvious, our county has undergone tremendous change over the course of its history -- once overwhelmingly rural and agricultural, then increasingly suburban, and now […]