with Hank Levine | Ever wondered how (and why) Bethesda came to be where and what it is today? Bethesda Historical Society Secretary and Tour Chair Hank Levine will take […]
Presented by Nancy Pickard, with an introduction from Ellen Prentiss Campbell | On January 13, 2021, the Secretary of the Interior designated a small cottage in Rockville, Maryland, locally known […]
Tuesday, February 6 at 2 p.m.with Dr. Kisha Davis | Through daily weekday breakfasts with her grandmother Ida Pearl Green, Dr. Kisha Davis learned stories of family and an African American […]
New Date Tuesday, February 13 at 2 p.m.with Phil Edwards | Washington Grove is a small town in the middle of Montgomery County with a unique form of government. It was called […]
with Jenny Masur | Maryland was the starting point of many unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad. Freedom seekers embarked on the perilous journey from slavery to freedom in whatever […]
Tuesday, February 27 at 2 p.m.with Paul Kreingold | In his talk on “Potomac Marble: The History of the Search for the Ideal Stone,” Paul Kreingold explores the aftermath of Washington’s […]
with Jennifer Wilcox, National Cryptology Museum Director of Education |Women played a large, but rarely told, role in WWII cryptology. College women were recruited from math departments at colleges around […]
with Hank Levine, President of the Bethesda Meeting House FoundationThursday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. | Despite being among the community’s most storied buildings, the Bethesda Meeting House -- “the church […]
with Julianne ManginTuesday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. | What do you do when your family stories don’t add up? All Julianne Mangin had wanted to do was fact-check her mother’s […]
With John Lustrea from The Civil War Medical Museum | Clara Jones is just one of many volunteer Civil War nurses who helped care for the sick and wounded of the […]
with Royce Hanson and Harold Wolman | Join authors Royce Hanson and Harold Wolman as they discuss their new book, Nation’s Metropolis, which describes how the national capital region functions as […]
with Blyth McManus, Museum Curator C&O Canal National Historical ParkTuesday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m. | In the museum collection of the C&O Canal National Historical Park is a shop ledger […]
with Don Housley | This presentation focuses on the rise and fall of the milling industry in Montgomery County. The talk describes the nature and diversity of milling operations on the major […]
Rockville Science DaySunday April 21, 2024Montgomery College51 Mannakee St. Rockville, MD12-5pmJoin Dr. Stonestreet at Montgomery College in Rockville for the Rockville Science Center’s 33rd annual Rockville Science Day, a free […]
with Ralph Buglass | Tuesday, April 23 at 2:00 p.m. | The Washington Aqueduct, carrying drinking water to the nation’s capital but running mostly through Montgomery County from Great Falls, was a […]
This year-long series on "Paths to the Present" explores the development of the Rockville Pike, also known as Route 355 and nicknamed “The Great Road.” It is the most heavily-traveled […]
with Tom Farquhar | The rich soil of Montgomery County has supported a wide variety of agricultural enterprises, ranging from millennia of crop cultivation by indigenous communities, to tobacco plantations of […]
with Jim Johnston | Tuesday, May 14 at 2:00 p.m. | The word “slavery” brings up a mental image of the “peculiar institution” as it existed in the Deep South right before […]
with Susan Soderburg and Eileen McGuckian | The opening of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad in 1873 was a pivotal event that changed the face of Montgomery County forever. […]
with Sammie Hatton, Montgomery History Collections Manager | Tuesday, June 4 at 2:00 p.m. | Montgomery History proudly holds and cares for 10,000+ objects within our object collection. These items range from […]
with Sandra Heiler | Tuesday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m. | Register Here June 11, 2024, marks the 250th anniversary of the Hungerford Resolves, when ten men from the area that […]
with Bruce Adams | Rev. Tim Warner says that for many of Montgomery County’s Black communities, “History is buried with the people.” Along with churches and schools, baseball was the center […]
with Emma Satterfield | With Washington, D.C. and Baltimore nearby, the history of Montgomery County’s LGBTQ+ community has often been overshadowed. Building on Emma Satterfield’s online exhibit with Montgomery History, this […]
with Larry Velte from the National Capital Trolley Museum | Join us for “The Washington Trolley Story” to learn about the history of streetcars in the Washington metropolitan area, including the […]
with Cemetery Archivist Glenn Wallace | Tuesday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. | Join Cemetery Archivist Glenn Wallace as he discusses cemetery issues throughout Maryland and Montgomery County. Using his extensive work […]
with James Johnston| True artists were rare in the Mid-Atlantic in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Tobacco planters might pay for a portrait, but this was a luxury for the […]
with Brien Poffenberger, President of Gruber-Latimer Restoration| Brick and stone masonry has changed little over the past six thousand years. The basic construction of your garden wall would be familiar to […]
with Ralph Buglass | Tuesday, July 30 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | White’s Ferry--until recently closed--was a living history example of a long tradition of Potomac River ferries tying together […]
Join Montgomery History at Shirley Povich field for our annual Ice Cream Social! Coach Bob Milloy will be on hand to share some personal stories from his time as a […]
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 […]
with Judy Welles | | 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 a […]
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, […]
With Bert Coursey, PhD, NIST Retired, Chairman of NIST Alumni History Committee |Tuesday, August 27 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
With Kenny Sholes |Thursday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Otho Trundle’s barn, thought to have been built around 1830, will turn 200 in a few years. It’s […]
With Jeanne Gartner|Tuesday, September 24 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Reed Brothers Dodge was one of the longest running automobile dealerships in Montgomery County history, operating from two locations […]
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 […]
with Ralph Buglass | For most of the 1960s and '70s, Gaithersburg was an entertainment mecca for the greater DC area. Shady Grove Music Fair—first under a big-top tent and then […]
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 […]
In-person Event | The Montgomery County History Conference returns October 19 at Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus in the Parilla Performing Arts Center. The conference offers myriad opportunities to engage with local […]
In-person Event | The Montgomery County History Conference returns October 19 at Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus in the Parilla Performing Arts Center. The conference offers myriad opportunities to engage with local […]
with Rebecca Henson |Tuesday, October 22 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | Rebecca Henson of Springsong Museum will deliver a presentation on Rachel Carson (1907-1964), world-renowned writer, biologist, and considered […]
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 […]
with Elizabeth Lay | Originally presented to our Lilly Stone Circle members in October 2020, this special lecture by our former Curator Elizabeth Lay showcases a variety of items from the collection […]
“Does Our Constitution Still Work? Resilience & Reform,” a webinar co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County MD, and Montgomery History, will examine key challenges, both historic […]
