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. Click read more to learn more and register.
This Week
June 2, 2026 Tracing Freedom: Mapping Enslavers & Historic Black Communities in Montgomery County, MD
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 […]
Next Week
June 8, 2026 History Conversations REWIND | The Better Angels: Five Women Who Changed–and were changed by–the American Civil War
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 […]