Maryland Milestones presents “PORTIA – the life and career of Booker T. Washington’s Daughter.” Historian Susan Pearl will review the fascinating life of Portia, Booker T. Washington’s oldest child - her youth at her father’s Tuskegee Institute, her education in the United States and Europe, her career as a concert pianist and teacher, her marriage [...]

Join the Prince George’s County Historical Society (PGCHS) for a “Grave Conversation,” our next History Chat on Monday, March 22, 2021, at 7 PM. The Society’s Historian, Susan G. Pearl, will have a chat with Dr. Jennifer Stabler about the importance of cemeteries in Prince George’s County. Cemeteries are where we learn about our heritage. [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its June 27, 2022, Zoom History Chat with Franklin Robinson, Jr., archivist with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's Archives Center, as he and John Peter Thompson discuss preservation and archiving of your family papers and photographs. Registration information for the Zoom chat follows. [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its March 27, 2023, History Chat with Brian Callicott and John Peter Thompson on Zoom at 7:00 PM. They will march into a discussion about Brian’s research on the history, heritage, people, places and culture of the Town of Upper Marlboro. Registration details for the History [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its May 22, 2023, History Chat celebrating Prince George’s County’s Historic Preservation Month.  John Peter Thompson will be chatting with David Moore, the owner of Clagett House at Cool Spring Manor in Upper Marlboro.  They will be discussing the trials and tribulations of restoring a historic [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society June 26, 2023, at 7pm for a History Chat with author Jenny Masur.  Our chat with Jenny about her recent book, “Maryland Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad”, will detail her research process for assembling histories and reveal how she tackled specific challenges while crafting her book.  [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society’s October 23, 2023, History Chat at 7 PM. Below is the information to register in Zoom for the chat. We will be chatting with Jeff Krulik about his DVDs including “Tales of Belair at Bowie” and “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” as well as his collection housed at [...]

You are invited to the Prince George’s County Historical Society’s January 22, 2024, History Chat, “All Roads Lead to Bladensburg.”  Former Society Historian, Alan Virta, and our current Historian, Susan Pearl, will be chatting about old roads within Prince George’s County. The chat starts on Zoom at 7 PM and registration details are: You are [...]