Family and Friends: The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society’s Maryland and Washington, DC Chapters, the Laurel (MD) and Washington, DC Family History Centers, as well as the African American Special Interest Group sponsor a Black History Month Genealogy Conference on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at the Family History Center, 7200 Contee Road, Laurel, Maryland 20707, [...]
On Friday, January 6, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., the film entitled “Rosenwald” will be shown at Hope Lutheran Church, 4201 Guilford Drive, College Park. The showing is co-sponsored by movies@hope and the College Park Arts Exchange, in cooperation with the National Center for Jewish Film. This film traces the life of Julius Rosenwald, president of [...]
Members of PGCHS Board and friends, As you know, the PGCHS made a financial contribution to mounting the exhibit of the Stier-Peeters family painting collection that opened at Riversdale this past April, and will close on October 23. Each organization that contributed to making this the exhibit possible was invited to see the exhibit free [...]
Sculptor Joanna Blake was killed in a tragic accident while vacationing in Italy on May 22, 2016, her 39th birthday. Joanna, beloved by everyone who knew her possessed an extraordinary and irreplaceable artistic talent. She designed and sculpted the Bladensburg Memorial for the Bicentennial of the Battle of Bladensburg. Dedicated on August 23, 2014. It [...]
"Old Greenbelt Theatre is a one-screen movie theatre located in the heart of Greenbelt, Maryland, showing contemporary films in addition to offering a schedule of diverse and community based film programming. Completed in 1938, the Old Greenbelt Theatre is an iconic building in Greenbelt, MD, a federally planned New-Deal-era community. The core of Old [...]
"The Spring Races at Pimlico yesterday [May 25th, 1876] were fairly attended, and the sport good. The first race, three-quarter of a mile dash, was won by A. D. Brown's Ansiral [sic], and the third race by Oden Bowie's Ore Knob, both Maryland horses. The second race, Chesapeake stakes, one and quarter miles, [...]
“THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSES & THOROUGHBRED PLACEMENT RESOURCES IN MARYLAND” A lecture presented by Marietta House Museum & Prince George’s County Historical Society Tuesday, May 24th at 7pm Please join Kimberly Godwin Clark on Tuesday, May 24th at 7pm. at Marietta House Museum, for a lecture and discussion of “Thoroughbred Racehorses & Thoroughbred Placement Resources” [...]
The Prince George's County Council Member Todd M. Turner (District 4), the Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center at North Brentwood, and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society-Prince George’s County MD Chapter sponsor a free genealogy workshop on Saturday, May 14, from 2:00-3:30 p.m., at the South Bowie Library, 15301 Hall Road, Bowie, [...]
LYNCHING OF A FIREBUG. — Joe Vermillion Strung Up at upper Marlboro'. — LONG STORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FEUD. — Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR. UPPER MARLBORO', Dec. 3. This morning, at half-past 2 o'clock, Judge Lynch visited our town, and although the party he was after (Jos Vermillion) was in the [...]
Epiphany Episcopal Church http://www.epiphanyforestville.org/ This year we will celebrate St. George’s Day at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Forestville. This is the first time that the Historical Society has visited this lovely historic church, and it promises to be a very special occasion. Epiphany Episcopal Church is a fine example of Gothic Revival [...]
