Between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War II, more than 4,000 black Americans were victims of racial terror lynchings in the United States. No fewer than 40 of these crimes were committed in Maryland, including at least four in Harford County Join the Harford County Committee of the Maryland Lynching Memorial…
Harford Community College Awarded NEH Grant
Press Release – Harford Community College The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced an award of $97,118 to Harford Community College (HCC) for “Active Learning and Student Engagement in the Humanities: Understanding the Civil Rights Movement in Harford County, Maryland.” The grant is for a three-year project involving student research and oral history, curriculum…
Women’s Suffrage in Maryland
I am doing a talk for the Cecil County Public Library on Women’s Suffrage soon and as some business took me through Kent County, I visited the Still Pond Historic District for a few minutes. This rural crossroads community has a significant history related to the campaign that gave women access to the ballot box….
Cecil County Man Named to National Fire Heritage Center
Mike Dixon of Elkton, MD has been named to the Board of Trustees for the National Fire Heritage Center. The National Fire Heritage Center is the nation’s archive for historic documents, and other perishables related to fire protection. These perishables include: art and artifacts, audio, books, charts and graphs, documents, maps, photography, reports, and video…