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Video: Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites Conference

Video: Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites Conference

The Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites annual conference brought over 60 attendees to Anne Arundel County to hear about current events, like the response to the vandalized Mount Carmel in Philadelphia and the latest in conservation technologies. The sessions...

How the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Connected Maryland

On it's way to celebrate 65 years of connecting Maryland, take a quick trip into the history of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. BEFORE THE BRIDGE The Chesapeake Bay separates the two sides of Maryland, the main land and the Eastern Shore and they were relatively isolated...

Highland Beach: Douglass Family-Founded Beach Town on the Chesapeake

On the Bay sits a historic beach community founded by the youngest son of activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass as a resort town for the African-American community. Incorporated as a year-round town in 1922, it is still home to many descendants of the original...

Proposed FY18 Federal Budget Impacts to Preservation

President Trump submitted his first full year budget proposal to Congress on May 23rd and included in the multi-trillion dollar document are several major potential impacts to preservation. While a president's budget proposal is far from a final document, it does set...

Why are Maryland’s Sports Teams Called Terps?

Why are Maryland’s Sports Teams Called Terps?

The history of the diamondback terrapin turtle in Maryland can be traced at least as far back as the Native Americans with two important contemporary milestones that led to the University of Maryland mascot and team name - the Terps. What's a terrapin? These turtles...

The History of the Preakness at Pimlico in Baltimore

All of your questions about the Preakness and Pimlico are answered below - by history! How'd Baltimore get the race? Why is it called the Preakness? And how much does the winner take home? Read this blog before the annual race starts: What we know today as the...

International Museum Day

May 18, 2017, marks the 40th anniversary of International Museum Day. Museums are imperative to preserving and interpreting cultural heritage and history, and this celebration of museums hopes to encourage education and understanding about what museums mean to our...

Live in History: James Stephenson House in Susquehanna State Park

Live in History: James Stephenson House in Susquehanna State Park

Does living in a historic house located within one of Maryland’s scenic State Parks, Natural Resource Management Areas or other protected state lands sound like a dream come true? The James Stephenson House in Susquehanna State Park is now available through Maryland’s...

Annual Report 2016: Dramatic Expansion of Operations and Impact

In 2016, thanks to the support of our loyal donors, Preservation Maryland dramatically expanded the operations and impact of the organization. We rose to meet a series of new and dynamic challenges and held true to our commitment to defend and preserve Maryland's...

Four Hip and Historic Coffee Shops in Maryland

Marylanders looking to get their caffeine fix, you’re in luck! We’ve put together this list of coffee shops in historic buildings throughout the state. Each of these stores artfully integrates the character of their historic buildings into their cafes, offering...

Event Recap: Preservation Maryland UMD Archive Open House

Event Recap: Preservation Maryland UMD Archive Open House

This April, Preservation Maryland hosted an Open House at our archive held at the Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland. The event was curated by Jen Wachtel, a UMD graduate student, who has been working with the collection over the semester. Read on to find...

Best of Maryland: Gatehouses of the US Naval Academy

Working with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, a team from The Tower Company, along with Citadel DCA and Battle Creek Construction, restored the 19th century gatehouses of the Naval Academy in Annapolis. For their skillful work, this team will take home the...

Best of Maryland: B-More Kitchen and the Accelerator Space

On York Road in Baltimore, a 95-year-old former car dealership was transformed with style into an incubator for food entrepreneurs known as B-More Kitchen and the Accelerator Space for events. While not a designated historic building, the renovation was executed in an...

Best of Maryland: Legislative Champions

Our recent successes in increasing state support for preservation could not have been possible without a strong commitment from legislators in the General Assembly, including Del. Brooke Lierman, Sen. Bill Ferguson, Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones, and Del. Brett...

Maryland Tradition: The 44th Annual Sheep and Wool Festival

Maryland hosts the largest and longest-running sheep and wool festival in the United States! It's a Maryland tradition that teaches us about heritage breed conservation, historic spinning and weaving, and - it's a fun and entertaining event taking place this month in...

Jane’s Walk: Exploring Urbanism and Preservation in Silver Spring

As the great urbanist and author, Jane Jacobs, spent her life challenging citizens, planners, and architects to design better, safer, and more interesting cities, it's fitting that an annual celebration of her work takes form in an international day for...walking!...

Six-to-Fix Tour: Burkittsville House and Garden Tour

Six-to-Fix Tour: Burkittsville House and Garden Tour

On Saturday, May 20, the Burkittsville Preservation Association invites you to explore Burkittsville, Maryland, an historic, virtually unchanged example of an American village of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The walking tour will include 10 stops including...

Maryland Historical Trust Survey and Research Grant Program Workshops

Maryland Historical Trust Survey and Research Grant Program Workshops

On May 22 and June 8, the Maryland Historical Trust will host a workshop for local governments and non-profit organizations interested in pursuing funding from the agency's non-capital grant fund. Thanks to advocacy led by Preservation Maryland, the non-capital grant...

Best of Maryland: Dr. G. Ray Thompson of Salisbury University

Dr. G. Ray Thompson dedicated his professional life to the preservation of buildings and artifacts of the Eastern Shore and been a professor and mentor at Salisbury University for 44 years. Upon his recent retirement, Preservation Maryland will recognize Dr. Thompson...

Future of Historic Mount Airy Flat-Iron Building

Officials in Mount Airy, Maryland are currently debating the future of the historic flat-iron building and are considering a costly demolish-and-replace proposal that would degrade their "remarkably cohesive historic downtown." Preservation Maryland understands,...

Best of Maryland: C&O Canal Trust Volunteers

Best of Maryland: C&O Canal Trust Volunteers

Offering a the unique experience of staying overnight in an historic lockhouse, the C&O Canal Trust runs the popular and acclaimed Canal Quarters program dedicated volunteers known as the Quartermasters. A team of 35 have provided over 2000 hours of service, and...

Federal Budget Deal includes New Funding for Preservation

After months of gridlock and a potential government shutdown, federal legislators reached a deal on Monday, May 1, 2017 that, if passed, will include new funds for historic preservation. As a result of the hard work of grassroots activists from around the nation and...

Old Bay was Created in Baltimore by a German-Jewish Immigrant

Summer is here and every Marylander knows that that means two things: piles of steamed crabs and family-size tins of Old Bay. And did you know that Maryland’s favorite spice was created by a refugee? Read on for the story of Gustav Brunn, the German-Jewish immigrant...

Best of Maryland: “Laboring Sons Memorial Ground” Documentary

Best of Maryland: “Laboring Sons Memorial Ground” Documentary

The City of Frederick Audio Visual Department produced a documentary on Laboring Sons Memorial Ground that shares the story of the African American cemetery that pre-dates the Civil War, but was bulldozed to make way for a City park. Fifty years after the park was...

Events

Preservation Maryland participates in and hosts many events in and around Maryland. Take a look at our upcoming events to see where we’ll be next.