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!
Green Mount Cemetery, sometimes known as Baltimore’s “Valhalla,” is turning 175 years old this July and we are celebrating with a walking tour with cemetery guru and eminent Baltimore historian Wayne Schaumburg! With notables that include Johns Hopkins and Enoch Pratt, William and Henry Walters, and Betsy Patterson, it is no wonder the cemetery has earned the moniker “where Baltimore’s best were laid to rest.”
You can also combine fresh produce and fresh history on our latest Looking Up Downtown tour leaving from the Baltimore Farmer’s Market this Sunday, June 1. And don’t forget to sign up soon for our 2014 Awards Celebration on June 19 at the new Baltimore Design School – tickets are going fast!
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.
