By Dr. Brenna Spray, Outreach & Communications Officer When interpretation is removed or minimized at historic sites, it sends a message. It raises questions about whose histories are considered central — and whose are treated as secondary or expendable. In...
MHT is excited to announce the FY26 recipients of our Historic Preservation Non-Capital grants! Funded through the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund, this grant program supports a wide variety of research, survey, planning, and educational activities involving architectural, archaeological, or cultural resources. ...
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust have awarded 31 African American Heritage Preservation Program grants totaling $5,000,000 to numerous Maryland organizations for FY 2026. These grants offer assistance to organizations and private citizens in...
Our Master of Arts in American History & Government is well-known to teachers in the TAH community. If you’ve been to our seminars, you’ve probably met someone who’s at least taken some graduate classes. If asked, they likely touted their...
by Dr. Zac Singer, State Terrestrial Archaeologist The Maryland Fluted Point Survey documents stone projectile points made by the Paleoindians who lived in Maryland between 13,000 and 10,000 years ago. A fluted point has distinctive channels, or “flutes,” struck from the base to help...
Ambassador Theater(Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore City) $3,750,000 in Tax Credits AwardedEstimated Total Cost – $15 Million The Ambassador Theater is one of Baltimore’s finest and most intact examples of Streamline Moderne architecture and a distinguished work of nationally recognized theater...
Teaching American History hosted a record number of multi-day seminars in 2025. We sent over 500 teachers to 31 historic sites across 22 different states this year alone! Seminar Participants in front of the Bush Library, Houston TX, March 2023...
Almost 250 years ago, on July 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted for independence. Two days later, they approved the Declaration of Independence, the rationale for independence. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General...
By Jessica French, National Register Administrator From BAIC website In the heart of Baltimore’s Upper Fells Point neighborhood stands the Baltimore American Indian Center and Heritage Museum, a symbol of perseverance, cultural pride, and community for generations of Indigenous people....
If he follows long-standing tradition, then sometime this coming November, President Trump will issue a proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving as his predecessors have done for generations. It will likely be written to inspire the nation and will include...
