You are invited to the Prince George’s County Historical Society’s September History Chat on education.  Dr. Omar Price will join Society Historian Susan Pearl for a conversation about Freedmen's Bureau schools.  They will discuss the history and significance of the Freedmen's Bureau, with details about the eleven schools that were constructed in Prince George's County in the [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its August 23, 2021, History Chat at 7 PM on Zoom.  Kevin Cabrera, the new Museum Director of the College Park Aviation Museum, will join Donna Schneider for a conversation about the museum and his vision for it and why College Park Airport has the nickname [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for our July History Chat on Monday, July 26, 2021, at 7 PM. This month’s conversation will be about the Prince George’s County Historic Property Grant Program (HPGP) with our host, John Peter Thompson, and Daniel Tana, Planner Coordinator in the Historic Preservation Section of the Countywide [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its June History Chat with Nathania Branch Miles about African American genealogy.  She and Damon Austin will discuss her experiences as she searched and found her roots.  Their Zoom conversation is on Monday, June 28, 2021, at 7 PM.  Details for the Zoom chat registration are below. NATHANIA [...]

Please join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its May History Chat with Professor William Thomas about his book A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War. Susan G. Pearl, our Society’s Historian, has been working with Professor Thomas on some small aspects of his [...]

Join the Prince George’s County Historical Society on Monday, April 26, 2021, at 7 PM for a conversation with Joseph Pruden as he talks about being young in Cheverly’s old Fourth Ward during the late 1950s and into the 1960s. Joseph Pruden has lived in Cheverly since March 1957 when he and his family moved [...]

Prince George's County Historical Society "History Chat" Join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for its first monthly History Chat.  The Society will be hosting a chat on the fourth Monday of the month at 7 PM.  Below are instructions on how to participate via Zoom. Our first chat will be with Maya Davis discussing [...]

  Tuesday, February 23, 7:00 p.m. - 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 [...]

I hope you can join the Prince George’s County Historical Society for our holiday party at Beechwood on Sunday, December 15, 2019, from 2-5 PM. Directions to Beechwood:  From Route 301 (Crain Highway), turn onto Leeland Road, make a left onto Moores Plains Boulevard, go through the roundabout and turn left onto the driveway before [...]

One of our local historic sites, Wyoming Farm, is sponsoring its 2nd annual Balkan Chestnut Festival on October 12th.  Below is some information about the festival and the farm. BCF2 gets Zlatne Uste! We are extremely proud to announce that Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band will be headlining the Second Annual Balkan Chestnut Festival (BCF2) at Wyoming [...]