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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.
Photo Gallery
Updated On: Jun 23, 2025 |
Historic Sotterley’s Board President Gwen Bankins shares a slave artifact she uncovered while working on the Slave Dwelling dig. The project is part of
Places to Experience
Updated On: Jun 21, 2025 | U.S. Colored Troops Interpretive Center, where visitors can learn about local Civil War soldiers, history and segregated schools.
History
Updated On: Jun 21, 2025 | At the U.S. Colored Troops Interpretive Center, visitors can learn about St. Mary’s County Civil War Colored Troops, segregated education and local history.
Bibliography
Updated On: Jun 9, 2025 | Camp Chesapeake contains a history of the Boy and Girl Scout camps in Calvert County including the first African American Boy Scout camp, Camp
Bibliography
Updated On: Jun 9, 2025 | 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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Updated On: Jun 9, 2025 | Lexington Manor, also known as the "Flattops" was birthplace of Lexington Park. It was a neighborhood of 350 homes built during WWII by the
Bibliography History
Updated On: Jun 8, 2025 | Mulatto: The Black History of Calvert County documents the contributions of the Black citizens of Calvert County, Maryland from 1780 to 1950. The focus
Bibliography
Updated On: Jun 8, 2025 | 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
Bibliography
Updated On: Jun 9, 2025 | Making a Way Out of No Way is a richly imagined, illustrated narrative of 150 years of life in slavery on tobacco plantations in
Bibliography History
Updated On: Jun 6, 2025 | The true story of the escape of a Charles County slave and his family to Canada, How he built a new life for himself,