Thursday 5-8, we will be mixing it up at the Calvert Brewing Company in Upper Marlborough. The Society gets 10% of Sales Bring all your friends and neighbors Plan on sampling Upper Marlborough's micro-brewery's finest! - Tap Room Open! 3-9 PM Come early stay late! - Tour & Meet The Calvert's Event - 15850 Commerce Ct. [...]
An Evening with Imara The Prince George’s County Historical Society and an anonymous donor sponsored a musical evening with Imara Ashton Miles at the Bowie Performing Arts Center on Friday, January 13, 2017. The Society was first introduced to Imara when she first sang Christmas Carols at one of the Society’s Holiday parties and was [...]
St. George’s Day 2017 Dinner and Awards Sunday, April 9, 2017, at 1 PM College Park Airport Operations Building This year we will be celebrating the 321st anniversary of the founding of our county at the College Park Airport. Established in 1909 as the military demonstration site for the Wright Brothers, College Park [...]
11 SOCIETY BOARD ELECTIONS At the Society’s December 13, 2016, annual membership meeting there were not sufficient members in attendance at the time of the meeting to hold the election of officers for 2017. Per the Society’s by-laws a quorum constitutes a minimum of 25 members. Therefore, in order not to delay the election of [...]
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, [...]
The Sculptor in the Cemetery The Work of Dionicio Rodriguez in Suitland, Maryland (1936-1938) A Presentation by Dennis Montagna, PhD Director, Monument Research and Preservation Program National Park Service - Northeast Region, Philadelphia Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:30pm St. Mary's Hall, Room 0105 3949 Campus Drive University of Maryland, College Park View PDF Flyer Co-sponsored by [...]
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 [...]
“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” [...]
