Per the State of Maryland: Governor Wes Moore today announced increased funding for the African American Heritage Preservation Program. Beginning in FY24, the program will have a new annual appropriation of…
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GaithersburgMoCo History
‘When the Stars Came to Gaithersburg: Remembering the Shady Grove Music Fair’ Will Be Focus of Montgomery History Online Presentation on Thursday, April 6
Per Montgomery County: For most of the 1960s and ’70s, Gaithersburg was an entertainment mecca for the greater Washington area. Shady Grove Music Fair—first under a big-top tent and then…
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MoCo Government
Registration Now Open for Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights Maryland Civil Rights Educational Freedom Experience
Per Montgomery County: Registration is now open for the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights 2023 Maryland Civil Rights Educational Freedom Experience. The annual bus tour retraces the Freedom Trail, the…
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Per Montgomery County: Montgomery History will hold its 17th Annual Montgomery County History Conference as an online event Jan. 21, 25 and 28. The conference will offer a myriad of…
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MoCo History
‘Glen Echo’s Wurlitzer Band Organ—A 50-Year Perspective’ Will Be Focus of Montgomery History Free Online Presentation Starting Monday, Dec. 19
Per Montgomery County: Durward Center, the restorer and caretaker of Glen Echo’s Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ for the last 50 years, will explore the journey of the organ at the historic…
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MoCo History
Historic African American Community ‘Gibson Grove: Gone But Not Forgotten’ Will Be Featured in Montgomery History Free Online Presentation That Will Be Available Starting Monday, Nov. 21
Per Montgomery County: The historic African American community of Gibson Grove no longer exists in Montgomery County, but its spirit lives on. The Montgomery History free online presentation, “Gibson Grove:…
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MoCo History
Germantown Historical Society to Hold Presentation on the Metropolitan Branch of the B & O Railroad
The Germantown Historical Society will host a free, two-part presentation on the structures of the B&O railroad, which will be celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2023. Go to www.germantownmdhistory.org/upcoming-events to…
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MoCo Government
Montgomery Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation Will Hold Special Month of Events in November
Per Montgomery County: Montgomery County’s Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation will hold special events and activities throughout the month of November, and encourages other groups to hold its own events,…
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MoCo History
‘Preserving Historic Cemeteries’ Will Be Focus of Montgomery History’s Online Presentation Available Sept. 26-Oct. 2
Preserving Historic Cemeteries, including the importance—and excitement—of researching, locating, archiving and preserving these historic places—will be the theme of an online presentation of Montgomery History starting Monday, Sept. 26, and…
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MoCoMoCo HistoryMoCo News
Former Local Newspapers, including 77,000 Pages of The Gazette, Now Available
Per Montgomery History: More than 77,000 pages from 1,575 issues of The Montgomery Gazette and other local newspapers have been digitized and are now available for viewing at the Jane…
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