Baltimore Heritage has advocated for preserving buildings in the Market Center historic district on the west side of downtown for almost twenty years. Six years ago, our campaign for the preservation of …
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Baltimore took down four Confederate monuments: what comes next?
Last night at Mayor Pugh’s direction, Baltimore’s three public Confederate monuments and the monument of Justice Roger B. Taney were taken down and placed in storage. The city’s action comes …
Join the conversation about Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments
Thank you to everyone who came out and joined our tour of Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments at Wyman Park Dell this past weekend. As I explained in my testimony before the …
Field Notes from Herring Run: We love figuring out how people lived back then!
Lisa and Jason are taking a well-deserved break from writing up their field notes so I’m stepping in to share a quick reflection on the first day of our weekend …
Western Cemetery: A “finely located place for the dead” on Edmondson Avenue
Established in December 1849, Western Cemetery is an active cemetery administered by Beechfield United Methodist Church. In May 2014, a retaining wall at the southern edge of the cemetery collapsed …