History Conversations
Our popular History Conversations program features virtual lectures on Tuesday afternoons, covering a wide variety of local history topics. Each lecture is live-streamed via Zoom and then posted here for a week on the Monday following.
This Week
December 23, 2024 History Conversations REWIND | Revisiting the Du-Drop Inn: When Emory Grove was the Center of Black Culture in Montgomery County
pre-recorded virtual event | Visited by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, and dozens of other iconic entertainers, the legendary Du-Drop Inn of Emory Grove was […]
Next Week
December 30, 2024 History Conversations REWIND | Photographic Tour of National Park Seminary: Past to Present
pre-recorded virtual event | with Bonnie Rosenthal | Come and take a virtual tour of the historic National Park Seminary campus through photos of its various lives as hotel, private […]
Last Week
December 17, 2024 History Conversations | The Montgomery County Poor Farm and Almshouse: Its History and People
with Julianne Mangin|Tuesday, December 17 at 2:00 p.m. | Virtual Event | For nearly 160 years, the Almshouse at the Montgomery County Poor Farm was the last resort for poor people […]