Eli Pousson started as a Field Officer at Baltimore Heritage in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation in October 2009. Prior to moving to Baltimore, Eli worked for the DC Office of Historic Preservation and completed graduate work in anthropology and historic preservation at the University of Maryland College Park. Eli continues to work with the Lakeland Community Heritage Project and other heritage organizations in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Baltimore Heritage, telling our stories, Humanities Connection, WYPR, July 17, 2014.
Eli Pousson, Director of Preservation and Outreach at Baltimore Heritage shares his perspective on heritage and preservation and tells us how digital platforms have expanded the number of stories they can tell about Charm City.
City School students become archaeologists for the day from Baltimore City Public Schools on Vimeo.
Baltimore City Public Schools video producer James Mahjoubian came out and visited the site last month and captured a great video of the students learning about archeology and the War of 1812. Enjoy!
Focus turns to preserving history unearthed in Patterson Park dig: Artifacts include musket ball from War of 1812, Piscataway arrowhead, Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun, May 24, 2014.
Eagle Scout cleans up city cemetery in disrepair: Weeds had reclaimed St. Vincent, which has few surviving stone markers, in Clifton Park, Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun, May 23, 2014.
With just a few days of digging left for We Dig Hampstead Hill, we’re still finding some incredible artifacts from the early history of Patterson Park. This morning archeologist Ryun Papson found a Union soldier’s belt buckle (almost confusing it with a common oyster shell at first glance). If you look closely, you’ll see the letters “U” and “S” in the oval-shaped buckle above.
