Baltimore Heritage

Baltimore’s Civil Rights Heritage: Shaping the National Movement
2020-02-25 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Enoch Pratt Free Library – Southeast Anchor Branch, 3601 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States
Baltimore’s airport is named after Civil Rights giant Thurgood Marshall, and plaques in Fell’s Point show where Frederick Douglass took his stand against slavery and for equality. In addition to these well-known leaders, dozens of other Baltimoreans committed themselves to struggle for Civil Rights and helped shape The Movement locally and nationally. Reverend Harvey Johnson worked from Union Baptist Church on Druid Hill Avenue to create some of the first Civil Rights organizations in the country as early as the 1880s. Lillie Carroll Jackson, who headed Baltimore’s branch of the NAACP for 50 years, pioneered non-violent protest tactics that engaged young people. Clarence Mitchell led the NAACPs efforts to pass ground-breaking Civil Rights legislation in Congress in the 1960s. Baltimore Heritage has spent three years documenting Baltimore’s Civil Rights legacy for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Join the organization’s executive director, Mr. Johns Hopkins, to learn more of how Baltimore has shaped the Civil Rights Movement for over 100 years.

Can’t make this talk? Catch the same one at two other Pratt Library branches: Central (January 27) and Brooklyn (February 20)

Baltimore’s Civil Rights Heritage: Shaping the National Movement
2020-02-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Enoch Pratt Free Library – Brooklyn Branch, 300 E Patapsco Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21225, United States
Baltimore’s airport is named after Civil Rights giant Thurgood Marshall, and plaques in Fell’s Point show where Frederick Douglass took his stand against slavery and for equality. In addition to these well-known leaders, dozens of other Baltimoreans committed themselves to struggle for Civil Rights and helped shape The Movement locally and nationally. Reverend Harvey Johnson worked from Union Baptist Church on Druid Hill Avenue to create some of the first Civil Rights organizations in the country as early as the 1880s. Lillie Carroll Jackson, who headed Baltimore’s branch of the NAACP for 50 years, pioneered non-violent protest tactics that engaged young people. Clarence Mitchell led the NAACPs efforts to pass ground-breaking Civil Rights legislation in Congress in the 1960s. Baltimore Heritage has spent three years documenting Baltimore’s Civil Rights legacy for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Join the organization’s executive director, Mr. Johns Hopkins, to learn more of how Baltimore has shaped the Civil Rights Movement for over 100 years.
Can’t make this talk? Catch the same one at two other Pratt Library branches: Central (January 27) and Southeast (February 25)

Open Hours: The Spring Grove Hospital Center Alumni Museum
2020-02-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Garrett Building at Spring Grove Hospital Center, 55 Wade Avenue, Catonsville, MD, 21228, United States
We are happy to help our friends at the Spring Grove Alumni Museum get the word out about their new hours of operation. Starting this Saturday, February 15, 2020 the museum will be open the first and third Saturdays, 9 am-noon, and the first and third Mondays, 7:30 am-noon. The Spring Grove Hospital Center Alumni Museum is located on the campus of Spring Grove Hospital Center, in the Garrett Building, ground floor. The museum’s collection includes photographs and drawings from throughout the hospital’s history, as well as a small library of hospital-related documents, several pieces of period furniture, early medical equipment, and other objects of interest.

*Note: This is a different event from our walking tour

The Caffeinated City: A Tour of Zeke’s Coffee Roastery and Baltimore’s Coffee History
2020-02-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Zeke’s Coffee Roastery, 3003 Montebello Terrace, Baltimore, MD, 21214, United States
Thomas Rhodes sold his first pound of coffee at the Baltimore Farmers’ Market in November 2005 using a newly acquired one-pound coffee roaster. In doing so, Mr. Rhodes’ new business, Zeke’s Coffee, joined a long line of coffee connoisseurs in Baltimore. The line includes Alex. Brown and Sons, the nation’s first investment bank, which imported so much coffee that it became the firm’s main source of revenue by the late 19th century. The line also includes Mr. Deaver Y. Smith Sr., who in 1906 established Smith Punch Base Coffee and Tea Company, the third black-owned business in the 1400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue that operated for 65 years.
Today, Zeke’s is still family owned and now operates in three cities using its unique roasting process where a fountain of beans is continuously agitated by a stream of hot air. Join us for an espresso-ily energizing tour of Zeke’s Coffee as we talk about Baltimore’s history of coffee and learn about the art of coffee roasting.

Historic Laurel: A Walking Tour of a Booming 19th-Century Milltown
2020-02-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Laurel Museum, 817 Main St, Laurel, MD, 20707, United States
Originally called Laurel Factory, today’s town of Laurel started as a 19th-century milltown with ties to Baltimore along the B&O railroad line. Situated halfway between Baltimore and DC on the Patuxent River, Laurel began as a small grist mill in 1811. In the 1840s, it evolved into a cotton mill employing more than 700 workers. And during the Civil War, Union troops guarded the railroad line in Laurel, the only rail connection between the North and Washington, DC at the time.
Please join us and our tour guide, Ms. Ann Bennett, the Executive Director of the Laurel Historical Society as we walk through Laurel’s main street, see the remains of the mill’s ruins along the Patuxent River, and discuss The Grove, Laurel’s distinctly African American neighborhood that got its start in the mid-19th century amid harsh racism, and later institutionalized segregation, in Prince George’s County. We will end at the Historical Society’s museum, which is located in one of the original mill workers houses, and take a look at their new exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the town’s incorporation.

Mount Vernon Love Stories: A Historic Valentine’s Walking Tour
2020-02-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Marburg Mansion, 14 West Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Baltimore historian Jamie Hunt is back with a Valentine’s Day-themed tour of romance in Mount Vernon!

For two centuries, Mount Vernon has seen spectacular love stories, bitter feuds, and more than a few juicy trysts. The neighborhood’s earliest days include patriot and original Mount Vernon landowner John Eager Howard marrying a charming young Philadelphian, Margaret “Peggy” Chew, after her first love was hanged for treason in a plot that involved Benedict Arnold. Fast forward 200 years and Mount Vernon saw a 20th century graduate of its Baltimore School for the Arts, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, fall in love with and marry another noted Philadelphian, actor Will Smith.

In between these two sets of lovers are the royal tales of Betsy Patterson Bonaparte, who died wealthy but bitter in Mount Vernon years after an annulled marriage to Napoleon’s brother Jerome, and Bessie Wallis Warfield, who was christened in a neighborhood church (just across the street from where Betsy died) and grew up to become the Duchess of Windsor. Not to be outdone by royalty, some of Baltimore’s most storied authors have ties to Mt. Vernon along with their beautiful, sad marriages, including Edgar Allan Poe, H.L. Mencken, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. And of course the rich and famous of Baltimore’s Gilded Age include more than a few with off-beat love lives.

Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project Lecture at Israel Baptist Church
2020-02-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Israel Baptist Church, 1220 N Chester St, Baltimore, MD, 21213, United States
We are happy to help the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Task Force spread the news about their upcoming black history lecture. The task force is endeavoring to erect a permanent memorial in recognition of the thousands of African Americans interred at Historic Laurel Cemetery, to ensure the safety and stability of the site into the foreseeable future, and to educate the public about the rich history of the cemetery and the lives of those buried there.
Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as Baltimore’s first nondenominational cemetery for African Americans. It quickly became a popular place of burial for people across Black Baltimore’s socioeconomic spectrum, including 230 Black Civil War veterans, members of the United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) and notables such as Civil Rights activist Reverend Harvey Johnson.
In 1958 and after a series of lawsuits failed to prevail in the courts, Laurel Cemetery was leveled. Today it is the site of the Belair-Edison Crossing Shopping Center, and home to several businesses. However, many current patrons and nearby residents have no knowledge of the site’s former purpose and significance. Join us to learn more about the important history of the site and how we can preserve its memory.

Catacombs, 100-Year Vendors and History at Lexington Market
2020-02-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2020-01-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Faidley’s Seafood (Entrance), 203 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Begun in the early 1800s on land donated by John Eager Howard, Baltimore’s iconic Lexington Market holds the title as the oldest market in America. Ralph Waldo Emerson also dubbed it “the gastronomic capital of the world.”
During the tour, we will visit Faidley’s, Berger’s, and other vendors that have been in their stall for a century or more. We will also explore the catacombs under the marketplace. Rediscovered in 1951 during the construction of a parking garage, the origins of these tunnels and vaults are mysterious. Were they used for cold storage before refrigeration? Did they house distilleries during Prohibition? We may not get the definitive answer, but we’ll at least get a first-hand look at these spaces that are normally closed to the public.
Be sure to bring your canvas bags to do some quintessential Baltimore shopping afterward. And while 10:30 am may seem early for a Saturday morning, at least we’re not lining up when the historic starting bell would ring in the new market day at 2:00 am!

From the Stamp Act to Yorktown: A Talk on Baltimore in the American Revolution
2020-02-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg as we look at Baltimore’s role in the American Revolution. Discover our town’s unique response to the Stamp Act crisis. Learn about a group of soldiers called the Maryland 400, many of whom were from Baltimore, that saved Washington’s army at the Battle of Long Island. Did you know that Baltimore was the capital of the United States for three months? Learn about Mary Katherine Goddard’s contribution to American independence, and the construction of the first American frigate built in Fell’s Point. Finally we answer the burning question: did George Washington sleep here? This and more on February 2nd!

Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project Lecture at Waters A.M.E. Church
2020-02-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Waters A.M.E. Church, 417 Aisquith St, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States

From Pianos to Pigskins: Ravens Stadium Then and Now
2020-01-29 10:30 - 11:30 | M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens Stadium), 1101 Russell St, South East Lobby across from LOT D, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
The Baltimore Ravens were one of the hottest teams in the NFL this season, so what better time to join us at M&T Bank Stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour of their home? We’ll take in the whole building from the suite-level to the locker-rooms. And, because we are Baltimore Heritage and have more than a little history bent, we’ll learn about the history of the site, including German immigrant William Knabe’s enormous piano factory that was once there.
Knabe Piano started in Baltimore in 1837 and located where the stadium now sits in 1869. The company sold pianos to luminaries like Francis Scott Key. When Carnegie Hall opened in New York on May 5, 1891, Knabe family sponsored Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky (think Swan Lake among other pieces) to conduct the opening concert. Who would have predicted that 129 years later, the Baltimore Ravens would have an opera-singing kicker (Justin Tucker) performing at the same spot where Knabe made grand pianos for the country’s opera houses? Join us for this touchdown tour to talk about both football players and piano players.
There will be free parking in a surface lot at the stadium next to the tour starting point.

Baltimore’s Civil Rights Heritage: Shaping the National Movement
2020-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Central Branch – Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Featuring special guest, Reverend Al Hathaway from Union Baptist Church!
Baltimore’s airport is named after Civil Rights giant Thurgood Marshall, and plaques in Fell’s Point show where Frederick Douglass took his stand against slavery and for equality. In addition to these well-known leaders, dozens of other Baltimoreans committed themselves to struggle for Civil Rights and helped shape The Movement locally and nationally. Reverend Harvey Johnson worked from Union Baptist Church on Druid Hill Avenue to create some of the first Civil Rights organizations in the country as early as the 1880s. Lillie Carroll Jackson, who headed Baltimore’s branch of the NAACP for 50 years, pioneered non-violent protest tactics that engaged young people. Clarence Mitchell led the NAACPs efforts to pass ground-breaking Civil Rights legislation in Congress in the 1960s. Baltimore Heritage has spent three years documenting Baltimore’s Civil Rights legacy for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Join the organization’s executive director, Mr. Johns Hopkins, to learn more of how Baltimore has shaped the Civil Rights Movement for over 100 years.
Can’t make this talk? Catch the same one at two other Pratt Library branches: Brooklyn (February 20) and Southeast (February 25)

From Pianos to Pigskins: Ravens Stadium Then and Now
2020-01-07 10:30 - 11:30 | M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens Stadium), 1101 Russell St, South East Lobby across from LOT D, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
The Baltimore Ravens are the hottest team in the NFL, so what better time to join us at M&T Bank Stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour of their home? We’ll take in the whole building from the suite-level to the locker-rooms. And, because we are Baltimore Heritage and have more than a little history bent, we’ll learn about the history of the site, including German immigrant William Knabe’s enormous piano factory that was once there.
Knabe Piano started in Baltimore in 1837 and located where the stadium now sits in 1869. The company sold pianos to luminaries like Francis Scott Key. When Carnegie Hall opened in New York on May 5, 1891, Knabe family sponsored Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky (think Swan Lake among other pieces) to conduct the opening concert. Who would have predicted that 129 years later, the Baltimore Ravens would have an opera-singing kicker (Justin Tucker) performing at the same spot where Knabe made grand pianos for the country’s opera houses? Join us for this touchdown tour to talk about both football players and piano players.
There will be free parking in a surface lot at the stadium next to the tour starting point.

A Christmas Carol at Clifton Mansion
2019-12-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Clifton Mansion, 2701 Saint Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
We are pleased to help our friends at Clifton Mansion spread the word about their upcoming event, A Christmas Carol at Clifton Mansion! Celebrate the holidays at the historic Clifton Mansion. On Dec. 18 or Dec. 28, listen to a special holiday reading by “Charles Dickens” of his holiday classic A Christmas Carol in the Victorian-era Clifton Mansion. View the historic building’s holiday decorations. Then enjoy wassail and Victorian treats with Mr. Dickens while he reads ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Up into the Clockworks at the Bromo Seltzer Tower
2019-12-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Bromo Seltzer Tower, 21 S Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
This event is sold out. We are working on adding more tours. Please check back for additional information. Thank you!

Always one for flamboyance, Captain Isaac Emerson came back from a trip to Italy and decided he wanted to build a new factory in downtown Baltimore and that it should look like Florence’s fabulous town hall, the Palazzo Vecchio. Completed in 1911, the tower’s four clocks each measure 24 feet across, a foot more London’s Big Ben, and the tower itself was the tallest building in Baltimore at the time. Emerson, the man who became wealthy from his invention of Bromo Seltzer and gave us the slogan “if you keep late hours for society’s sake, Bromo Seltzer will cure that headache,” was quite proud.
Our tour through the building will include a trip up the ships stairs into the clockworks at the top to look at the tick-tock operation in process and peer out the translucent windows. We’ll also stop in at the museum room that holds the world’s largest collection ephemera from Captain Emerson, Bromo Seltzer, and Maryland Glass. And along the way, we’ll get a taste of the newest art that comes from the Tower’s artists: it is now home to dozens of local art studios. If you’ve wondered what goes on in the Bromo Seltzer Tower and how the imposing clocks actually work, now’s your chance!

Reading a Renovation: A Tour of the Pratt’s Updated Central Library with Architect Sandra Vicchio
2019-12-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Central Branch – Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
This event is sold out. We are working on adding more tours. Please check back for additional information. Thank you!

After three years of construction, the $115 million renovation project at the Pratt Central Library is complete and the work is stunning. Join us as we get to tour the library and learn about its restoration with the project’s consulting architect, Sandra Vicchio.
In 1882, Enoch Pratt gave a whopping $1 million gift to Baltimore City to launch the nation’s first free library system, proclaiming, “My library shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color.” Today, the 1933 Central Library serves more than half a million people each year and with the newly completed whole-building restoration campaign, will now do so in gorgeously restored spaces. Carpenters removed dropped ceilings to reveal fabulous stenciling, artists restored decorative molding that was damaged in prior renovations, and lighting experts created new lighting that is historically appropriate and makes the rooms feel light and airy. Whether you last visited the Central Library a week ago or a decade ago, we hope you can join us and Ms. Vicchio to learn about (and gawk at) our newly restored piece of civic pride.

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote with Author Elaine Weiss
2019-12-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Nashville, August 1920: Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. Join us as author Elaine Weiss discusses her new book “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote” where she tells the story of activists winning their own freedom in one of the last campaigns forged in the shadow of the Civil War, and the beginning of the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.
In her book, Ms. Weiss describes the opposing forces in the fight for women’s suffrage, including politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and racists who didn’t want black women voting. Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Frederick Douglass, and Eleanor Roosevelt also play important roles in this story replete with dirty tricks, betrayals and bribes, bigotry, Jack Daniel’s, and the Bible.
This talk is a partnership between Baltimore Heritage and the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. This program and our speaker series have been funded by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

2019 Hampden Historic Churches Open House Tour
2019-12-14 12:00 - 15:00 | St. Mary’s Outreach Center, 3900 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21211, United States
We are pleased to help our partners, the Greater Hampden Heritage Alliance, promote their 2019 Hampden Historic Churches Open House Tour! Go on a self-guided tour of Hampden’s historic churches. All churches on the list are free to visit and open from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. Explore Hampden’s history and learn about the congregations and organizations located in the buildings today.
For questions, please contact Nathan Dennies (ndennies@gmail.com).

Catacombs, 100-Year Vendors and History at Lexington Market
2019-12-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Faidley’s Seafood (Entrance), 203 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Begun in the early 1800s on land donated by John Eager Howard, Baltimore’s iconic Lexington Market holds the title as the oldest market in America. Ralph Waldo Emerson also dubbed it “the gastronomic capital of the world.”
During the tour, we will visit Faidley’s, Berger’s, Konstant’s Candy, and other vendors that have been in their stall for a century or more. We will also explore the catacombs under the marketplace. Rediscovered in 1951 during the construction of a parking garage, the origins of these tunnels and vaults are mysterious. Were they used for cold storage before refrigeration? Did they house distilleries during Prohibition? We may not get the definitive answer, but we’ll at least get a first-hand look at these spaces that are normally closed to the public.
Be sure to bring your canvas bags to do some quintessential Baltimore shopping afterward. And while 10:30 am may seem early for a Saturday morning, at least we’re not lining up when the historic starting bell would ring in the new market day at 2:00 am!

Chase Brexton's Holiday Open House
2019-12-12 15:00 - 18:00 | Chase Brexton Health Care: Mt. Vernon Center, 1111 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
We are pleased to promote the holiday open house of Chase Brexton, our neighbors in the Monumental Life building. Get an insider’s look at one of Baltimore’s most iconic buildings and enjoy light refreshments!
Please bring gently used cold weather gear or make a donation, and receive a special tour of our historic vault. (Adult & Children’s: coats, hats, gloves, scarves, long johns, underwear, & socks. Plus sizes also needed)

Please RSVP to celliott@chasebrexton.org

Boughs of Holly: A Tour of Evergreen Museum & Library Decked Out for the Holidays
2019-12-11 16:30 - 17:30 | Evergreen House, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
When a tremendous Gilded Age mansion gets fully-adorned with holiday decorations, there’s a lot to take in and see. Please join us for a special winter tour of the Evergreen Museum and Library, which holds 48 rooms, a soaring portico, a Tiffany designed glass canopy, and loads holiday decorations. Led by Baltimore Heritage volunteer Richard Messick, we’ll take in the seasonal surroundings while learning about the mansion’s rich history, including the 1878 purchase of the estate by John Work Garrett, president of the B&O Railroad, for his son T. Harrison Garrett.
Evergreen still has over 50,000 items from the Garrett family, including drawings by Degas and Picasso and one of the nation’s largest collections of Tiffany glass pieces. The building’s rare book library contains 8,000 volumes that include works by Shakespeare and Audubon, as well as the signatures of every signer of the Declaration of Independence. The mansion even has its own theater! Please join us this holiday season for a tour of this wonderful Baltimore treasure!

Old-Fashioned Christmas at Taylor's Chapel
2019-12-08 14:00 | Taylor’s Chapel, 6001 Hillen Road, Baltimore, MD, 21239, United States
We are pleased to help our friends at Taylor’s Chapel spread the word about their upcoming event, Old-Fashioned Christmas! Enjoy an ecumenical worship service, special music of the season (including carols), and a children’s story time. Led by Reverend Hugh Nash, come along to learn about “The Story of Silent Night!”
Taylor’s Chapel is a historic chapel located at Mount Pleasant Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed in 1853, it is currently an ecumenical Christian church.

34th Annual Union Square Historic Home Cookie Tour
2019-12-08 12:00 - 16:30 | Baltimore, MD, United States
We are pleased to help our friends at the Union Square Association promote their 34th Annual Cookie Tour! That represents some  500,000  cookies baked and enjoyed over the past 33 years! They will have upwards to 20 historic homes on tour and are pleased to announce a special addition this year, the recently restored H. L. Mencken House at 1524 Hollins Street, which last month became the new home of the Baltimore National Heritage Area Association.
The Cookie Tour draws upwards of 500 people from all over the region and is a great way to get in the holiday spirit and support the community neighborhood projects. Tickets are $18 in advance, $15 for groups of 4 or more and $25 day of the event at the door.  They will be selling our commemorative holiday ornaments as well.

Open House: Christmas at Krug!
2019-12-07 10:00 - 14:00 | G. Krug & Son Ironworks, 415 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
We are pleased to help our friends at G. Krug and Son Ironworks get the word out about their Christmas at Krug holiday open house!
Would you like to see a blacksmith at work? How about walk through a historic ironworks shop and see all the old-timey implements? Well, this is your chance. We will be giving blacksmithing demonstrations and tours of our building and historic items. Plus members of the Krug family will be on-hand.
Hand-made items as well as T-shirts and mugs will be available for sale in our gift shop. Bring a printout of this ad for 10% off any project you have in mind (railings, gates, fences, custom items, etc).
Light refreshments will be served. No need to RSVP. Come as you are! Free admission!

From Farmstead Settlement to Divine’s First Home: A Walking Tour of Historic Towson
2019-11-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Historic Towson Courthouse, 400 Washington Ave, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
Did you know that Divine of John Waters movie fame was born and buried in Towson? Join Towson’s own history buff, Ms. Brenda Carl, for a look back at the town’s wonderful history and notable characters. We’ll start at the pre-Civil War Towson Courthouse and learn how the two Towson brothers from Pennsylvania came down the York Turnpike in the 1700’s to start the town that’s named for them. We’ll also visit the site of the original Towson Hotel, where farmers stopped over before continuing on to Baltimore to sell their goods. We hope you’ll join us to discover how places like Prospect Hill Cemetery, Loch Raven Reservoir, and East Towson, founded by African Americans formerly enslaved at Hampton Mansion, helped make Towson into the bustling college town it is today.

The Chesapeake Bay: A Look Back In Film
2019-11-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Heron Room Event Destination, 3000 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21211, United States
Baltimore Heritage’s partner organization, the Greater Hampden Heritage Alliance, will host local film presenter, Bob Wagner, for a free screening of a selection of 16mm films about Baltimore and the Chesapeake region. The 1970’s and 80’s brought a wave of attention on the Bay. These films highlight growing concerns about the environment and the complex link between cities, farms and the waterfront. We’ll see some great footage of Baltimore during the 70’s, learn about oysters and sea grasses, watch an exciting crab race, and hear from Miss Crustacean 1985.

Program lasts about 100mins. Registration at 6:30 pm, screening will begin at 7:00 pm. Light refreshments provided. For more information, contact Mr. Nathan Dennies at the Greater Hampden Heritage Area (ndennies@gmail.com).

Christmas in Old Baltimore with Historian Wayne Schaumburg
2019-11-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Engineers Club / Garrett Jacobs Mansion, 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
In mentally gearing up for this year’s holiday season, have you ever wondered which Baltimore holiday traditions have changed over the years and which have stayed the same? Join Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg for a talk on “Christmas In Old Baltimore” to get a little insight. Mr. Schaumburg will focus on some of Baltimore’s great holiday customs from the 1940s to the 1960s, including downtown shopping, visiting Santa, the Toytown Parade, firehouse train gardens, and even our favorite holiday topic to quibble over: aluminum trees. We hope you can join us!
This talk is a partnership between Baltimore Heritage and the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. This program and our speaker series have been funded by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.
