History Conversations REWIND | Clara Barton at Antietam
with Susan Rosenvold | Prerecorded virtual event | Discover Clara Barton’s first foray on the field of battle, from the meeting that gained her permission to take supplies to and travel […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Emancipation in Montgomery County, Maryland
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Potomac Marble: The History of the Search for the Ideal Stone
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 […]
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FeaturedPotomac Marble Walking Tour
Dickerson Conservation Area 20700 Martinsburg Rd, Dickerson, United StatesDecember 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 […]
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FeaturedHistory Conversations | Before it was Leisure World, it was the Edmonson Farm
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | A Short History of a Long Treasured Icon: the American Front Porch
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. […]
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History Conversations REWIND | A Tough Row to Hoe: The Agricultural History Farm Park
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Service, Sacrifice, and the Creation of Camp Schmitt
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 […]
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FeaturedHistory Conversations | Where the Fleet Begins: Carderock and the Naval Surface Warfare Center
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 […]
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FeaturedHistory Conversations | The Early Slave Trade in Montgomery County
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | The Making of a Pearl: The Life of Quince Orchard Resident Ida Pearl Green
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 […]
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FeaturedHistory Conversations | Immigrant Rights in Montgomery County: What Does Due Process Look Like?
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Gibson Grove: Gone but not Forgotten
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | African American Benevolent Societies in Montgomery County and Morningstar No. 88 of Order of Moses
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. […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Lilly Stone – A Daring Woman
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | “I commence my journal…”: What Carrie Miller Farquhar Told her Diary…and What She Left Out
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 […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Glen Echo’s Wurlitzer Band Organ – A 50-Year Perspective
withDurward 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 of […]
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History Conversations REWIND | Negative Space: Rebecca G. Fields, Owner and Proprietor of the Montgomery County Sentinel, 1871-1930
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, […]