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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | Gibson Grove: Gone but not Forgotten
DESCRIPTION: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 were discriminated against and prevented from attending schools\, obtaining insurance\, and being buried in the same cemeteries as their European American counterparts. This community has all but faded in the memories of many in Montgomery County\, and today the few remaining historical sites are being threatened by the expansion of the Beltway. However\, a new community of advocates has stepped in to save these sacred spots. This talk will explore the history of Gibson Grove and the actions being taken to save the two sites associated with this community. Originally aired January 2022  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-i-commence-my-journal-what-carrie-miller-farquhar-told-her-diaryand-what-she-left-out/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | African American Benevolent Societies in Montgomery County and Morningstar No. 88 of Order of Moses
DESCRIPTION: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. Historians note their role in not only providing a communal support system to members during times of sickness and death\, but also in building civic identities and training for civic activism. This talk provides an overview of benevolent societies in Montgomery County during Segregation and notes clues public records can provide as to their existence and workings. The case of Morningstar No. 88 of the Order of Moses in Cabin John\, Maryland\, and the remarkable artifacts (some of which are available online through the Montgomery County History Digital Repository) preserved by descendants and others provide additional glimpses into members’ lives and the workings of this organization.  What might be hiding in your attic? Originally aired January 2021   
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-african-american-benevolent-societies-in-montgomery-county-and-morningstar-no-88-of-order-of-moses/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | Lilly Stone - A Daring Woman
DESCRIPTION: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 a daring woman whose remarkable life extended from the Civil War through the Cold War. After Clara Barton encouraged her to join the DAR\, Lilly Stone went on to organize the first literary and arts clubs in her farming community\, design the first flag for Montgomery County\, Maryland\, and found the Montgomery County Historical Society. At the stage of life when most people retire\, the widowed Mrs. Stone instead entered an industry dominated by men. In 1924\, she founded Stoneyhurst Quarry\, which yielded distinctive stone used in building the National Cathedral\, the National Zoo\, and hundreds of other buildings and homes around the nation’s capital. Lilly’s papers and letters\, documented by Welles\, describe the divided loyalties of County residents living close to the Potomac River during the Civil War\, detail her son’s experience as a soldier in World War I\, and tell how German POWs came to work at her quarry during World War II. Through her accomplishments in business and her passion for preserving history\, Lilly Stone made history herself.Originally aired September 2023. 
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-crossing-the-river-the-historical-significance-of-montgomery-countys-potomac-ferries/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | “I commence my journal…”: What Carrie Miller Farquhar Told her Diary…and What She Left Out
DESCRIPTION: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 the Montgomery History collections\, detail both her young adulthood in Alexandria and Sandy Spring\, and (after a gap of nearly two decades) her married life on a farm in Norbeck. Carrie’s words offer present-day historians a wealth of detail about mid-late 19th century education\, faith\, politics\, war\, agriculture\, child-rearing\, and social activities in Montgomery County. At the same time\, we know from other sources that there are many stories and events that Carrie did not choose to write down\, including her somewhat tumultuous courtship with Roger Brooke Farquhar\, Sr.\, whom she married in 1867. This presentation will reap the benefits of this wonderful primary source – sharing Carrie’s story\, using moments described in her diary from the exciting to the mundane – and examine the limitations of relying on a single voice\, even a seemingly candid one\, to study the past.  Originally aired July 2021    
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-i-commence-my-journal-what-carrie-miller-farquhar-told-her-diaryand-what-she-left-out-2/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | Glen Echo’s Wurlitzer Band Organ – A 50-Year Perspective
DESCRIPTION: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 of the organ at the Park\, its modifications\, restoration\, and maintenance. Plus\, you’ll get a close up view of the organ’s internal mechanism and how it works. Music enthusiasts\, this one’s for you! Originally aired July 2021  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-glen-echos-wurlitzer-band-organ-a-50-year-perspective/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | Negative Space: Rebecca G. Fields\, Owner and Proprietor of the Montgomery County Sentinel\, 1871-1930
DESCRIPTION: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\, 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 there…but the full story of “his widow” has barely begun. Rebecca Fields was a rare woman business owner in a male-dominated business\, and she ran that business for almost 60 years after her husband’s death. She was a complicated and unconventional woman whose true thoughts\, opinions\, attitudes\, and politics are simultaneously known and unknowable\, hidden in the white space between lines of type and glimpsed in the thinnest threads of her descendants’ memories. Archivist and researcher Sarah Hedlund uncovers the life and career of one of Montgomery County’s most overlooked historical figures\, in search of the woman behind the press.  Presented at the Fall 2023 Montgomery County History Conference   
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-negative-space-rebecca-g-fields-owner-and-proprietor-of-the-montgomery-county-sentinel-1871-1930-2/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations | Who Owns the Potomac and Why?
DESCRIPTION: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 is not in the middle of the river\, like it is in most places\, and it doesn’t really follow the curves of one shoreline or the other. Michael Nardolilli\, the Executive Director of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin will explain the weird history behind the stateboundaries along the Potomac River.    
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-who-owns-the-potomac-and-why/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND | The Beauty All around Us: Rachel Carson’s Wonder\, Wisdom\, and Legacy in Silver Spring
DESCRIPTION: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 of the Modern Environmental Movement’ who lived her adult life in Silver Spring. Henson will provide an overview of Carson’s life and written works\, discussing her courage\, ecological philosophy\, and clear-eyed wonder in the natural world around us\, including right here in Montgomery County. Originally aired October 22\, 2024.  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-the-beauty-all-around-us-rachel-carsons-wonder-wisdom-and-legacy-in-silver-spring/
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