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The search results are drawn from the organizations that contain significant history resources, and the categories including places to experience, notable people and the timeline. All can be searched by keyword, time, theme, type, counties and audience. The search filters were developed with the school systems to align with State social studies requirements. 

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| Camp Chesapeake contains a history of the Boy and Girl Scout camps in Calvert County including the first African American Boy Scout camp, Camp
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| Justice Rolls Down chronicles a pioneering, post-World War II African American housing development located in the Morganza and Oakville communities of St. Mary's County
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| Lexington Manor, also known as the "Flattops" was birthplace of Lexington Park. It was a neighborhood of 350 homes built during WWII by the
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| Mulatto: The Black History of Calvert County documents the contributions of the Black citizens of Calvert County, Maryland from 1780 to 1950. The focus
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| The Wished for Country is set during the founding of the Maryland colony in the mid-seventeenth century. It traces the entwined lives of three
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| Making a Way Out of No Way is a richly imagined, illustrated narrative of 150 years of life in slavery on tobacco plantations in
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| The true story of the escape of a Charles County slave and his family to Canada, How he built a new life for himself,
Notable People
| Born and raised in Calvert County before the Civil War and Maryland emancipation, he went on to Union Theological and leadership in forming the
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      A Summer Institute for Teachers Accessing the Diverse History of Southern Maryland June 25 – 9 am – 4 pm At

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| A resource for teachers, college students and communities containing essays, poems, short stories, interviews, historical vignettes, and lesson plans that re-evaluate Columbus' legacy.

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