Montgomery Parks is launching a new program to shine a spotlight on places whose rich histories have long been undervalued and underrepresented.
MoCo History
Calling community members and would-be historians: local students need your help! The 2024 Montgomery County History Day competition is coming up on Saturday, March 9, and the competition is looking for judges.
Montgomery History will host a free online presentation about Washington Grove on Tuesday, February 13.
Part 1 available here: Black History: African-Americans in MoCo Before the Civil War)
Through daily weekday breakfasts with her grandmother, Ida Pearl Green, Kisha Davis learned stories of family and an African American community in Quince Orchard which went much deeper than the […]
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Though local tobacco plantations were small in scale compared to the large estates of the Deep South, they relied nonetheless on labor of enslaved people. In 1790, enslaved people were one-third the entire population in Montgomery County.
MHP has completed the reconstruction of the historic façade of the former Flower Theatre in the Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring, MD.
The Bethesda Historical Society announced the purchase of the historic Bethesda Meeting House, known for being the “the church that named Bethesda.” The historic Presbyterian church complex is the namesake of the entire surrounding community (Bethesda).
The International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Mar6n Luther King Jr. has selected the 2nd Century Project for the Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Potomac, Md., to receive the 2024 Legacy Award for Civic Engagement and Community Impact.
It was just before the election in 1920 and several men were gathered informally at the Waters General Store in Germantown discussing the pros and cons of the various candidates. When it came up that a local citizen, John Bolton, was refusing to vote, one of the men, Guy Vernon Thompson, volunteered to try to persuade him to do his civic duty.