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 a suburban development, the ruins of a mill that ground flour to feed the local people, or the ghost of an old tavern where enslaved […]
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 after the critical years of the American Civil War. The singular actions of Clare Barton, Julia Ward Howe, Sarah Josepha Hale, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 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 County 250 years ago will be the subject of a lecture on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. by acclaimed historian and author David O. […]
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 education was not extended to Black children until a decade after it was instituted for White children. Even then, the practice of “separate but equal” […]
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 at Hungerford’s Tavern in the tiny crossroads village now called Rockville. Join Sandra Heiler as she places the Resolves in the context of the transition […]
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 Century Medicine In partnership with Heritage Montgomery for the annual Heritage Days celebration, the Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine will be open for "office hours" […]
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 domestic sphere? How did she go on to have a sixty-year career of public service that touched people all over the world? How did she […]