Moores Creek ceremonies mark significant battle in American Revolutionary War
Musket fire, demonstrations and reflective ceremonies are part of a weekend of events marking the 249th anniversary of a ...
A look at abolitionist efforts in Prince George’s County — from the stage
Maryland may have been a Union state, but before the Civil War, it certainly had a number of plantations whose owners bought a number of slaves. And those contradictions, and the families involved ...
Historian uncovers largely unknown story of the 6888 Battalion with Maryland ties
Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.
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In 19th-Century America, Two ‘Christian Nations’ Took Up Arms
Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...
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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: The 550 Talbot Countians who fought for the United States Colored Troops
Frederick Douglass, a native son of Talbot County and a leading African American abolitionist, writer, orator, and newspaper ...
When formerly enslaved people relocated to and made their homes in Austin at the end of the Civil War
Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.
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Dayton site to be included on Civil War Trail
Efforts are underway to include the Dayton Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home on the Civil War Trails as it expands into southwestern ...
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Maryland Seeks to Expand Funding for Heritage Tourism
A new legislative effort aims to double funding for Maryland’s Heritage Areas Program, a move that could bolster tourism, ...