On May 28, 1892, a group of university professors and interested citizens met in the San Francisco law office of Warren Olney to found what arguably became the nation’s most influential wilderness protection organization, the Sierra Club. Naturalist John Muir,...
Assault landing, one of the first waves at Omaha. The Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Photo courtesy of Center of Military History Thursday June 6, 2024 is the 80th anniversary of...
MHT is excited to announce the FY2024 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. ...
Robert W. Johnson Community Center – Washington County ($150,000) | Sponsor: Robert W. Johnson Community Center, Inc. Funding will help restore the Robert W. Johnson Community Center – founded as a school for Black children in 1888 before becoming a...
By Steven Xavier Lee, Independent Historian In the ‘War of 1812’, when the British again sought claim of its former American Colonies, Maryland was a major scene. But among its many chronicles, outside of the focus of enslavement, acknowledgement of...
By Jennifer J. Babiarz (Anne Arundel County), C. Jane Cox (Anne Arundel County), and Lisa H. Robbins (Lost Towns Project consultant) In 2022, The Lost Towns Project, Inc., in collaboration with the Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning’s...
Maryland’s historic homes and farms have often included various domestic and agricultural support structures, sometimes called outbuildings. Some of these outbuildings had very specific functions: one example is the potato house. These structures were built to cure sweet potatoes. (Long-term...
By John W. Murphey, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Near sunset at Gambrill State Park in Frederick County, five teenagers in cars arrive at High Knob. Loaded with takeout food, they saunter down a pine-shrouded path to a stone viewing...
