An "extravagant" southern-style eggnog recipe found in The Sunday Star, a Washington DC newspaper, published December 31, 1905. Beat the whites and yolks of 18 fresh eggs separately, the whites in a large bowl until both are as light as possible. While beating the yolks stir in with them 18 tablespoons of pulverized sugar. Take [...]
October 24th 1855 in Prince George's County: Vaguely Familiar Gleanings from the Upper Marlborough Newspaper, The Planters' Advocate Prince George's County was a divided land in the autumn of 1855. The long rows in tobacco fields vied with grains and fruits which in turn were in laced with pastures [...]
"The Bridge of Life" built by Dionicio Rodriguez at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1936-38. Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0 Hispanic Heritage Month The Work of Dionicio Rodriguez, A Nationally Known Mexican-American Artist, in Prince George’s County Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suitland, Maryland, [...]
Transcribed from the Planters' Advocate of Upper Marlborough, Maryland, October 12th, 1859 Maryland State Archives http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/pages/newspaper/diginumber.aspx?speccol=3415&id=42 Maryland Agricultural College. Maryland Agricultural College. Maryland Agricultural College There was a large attendance on Wednesday last to witness the inauguration of the Maryland Agricultural College, the new buildings for which are situated near the line of the Washington and [...]
The Prince George's County Historical Society will partner with the University of Maryland's Campus Club to celebrate Hispanic Heritage in a way that may surprise you. Both Frida Kahlo and Franz Kafka lived with physical and emotional pain. Evelyn Torton Beck, PhD has studied the similarities between Kahlo and Kafka with special attention to how they [...]
FOREIGN PAUPERS AND CRIMINALS — The bill reported in the House of Representatives on the 2d inst., in relation to foreign paupers , makes it the duty of the U. S. Consuls, on personal application to them or persons wishing to emigrate to the United States, to grant them a certificate, on proof that the [...]
The Prince George's Society is digitizing its editions of the Prince George's Enquirer. Access to the digitized newspaper editions can be found at the Society's DeMarr Library located on the 1st floor of the Greenbelt, Maryland public library. We hope that you might consider becoming a member. Your membership of 30.00 will help us bring [...]
THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MARIETTA HOUSE MUSEUM Present AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON THE ROSENWALD SCHOOLS OF MARYLAND by Susan G. Pearl 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale CALL 301-464-5291 TO RESERVE SEAT JR BTW Highland Park, Prince George’s Galesville, Anne Arundel
The 82 Line Streetcar was the original link that allowed strong communities to develop along the Route 1 Corridor in Prince George's County and linked them to Downtown Washington, DC up until the mid-twentieth century. While the Metro Green Line exists today to serve the now transitioning suburban area, the streetcar's removal had a [...]
Opposition to immigration is nothing new. The opinion piece from a September 1843 edition of the Baltimore Sun reads as a current discussion piece for the politics of our present time - excepting the references to territorial acquisition fouynd at the end of the column. A RADICAL ERROR. — They err greatly, who are [...]
