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Maryland Historical Trust launches Online Mapping Tool for Preservation and Archaeology
The Maryland Historical Trust has just released a online mapping component to their existing Medusa database of documentation of the state's historic and archaeology sites. Now professionals in the field can search and access over 60,000 records through a map-based...
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...
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...
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...
Maryland’s Aviation History and Achievements
While North Carolina and Ohio battle it out on their licence plates for aviation accolades, Maryland is home to its own unique set of aeronautic firsts! Did you know Maryland was home to the first helicopter flight, the flight of the first government-owned...
PreserveCast S1E10: Cemetery Preservation with the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites
When you picture a historic cemetery, you probably imagine a place that's calm and serene...when you picture cemetery preservation, the fact is that the work done by folks like our guest this week Eileen McGuckian, of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites,...
Preservation Maryland Disaster Response Honored with Award from State
At the Maryland Historical Trust Awards in Annapolis, Maryland on April 20, 2017, Preservation Maryland was recognized for Outstanding Organizational Leadership for efforts in flood ravaged Ellicott City, Maryland. The Maryland Historical Trust, the state agency...
World Heritage Day: Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism in Maryland
Today, April 18, 2017, is World Heritage Day! While we consider the natural and historic wonders of the world, let's also look around Maryland at the special places we're proud to call part of our home. And for this year's international theme, especially those...
Pencil in these Four Maryland History Tours Now
Preservation Maryland is excited to announce our tour schedule. This year, our tours will take you from a Civil War-era homestead, to a beach community founded by the son of Frederick Douglass, through the water of Antietam Creek, and the gravestones of Southern...
Sine Die: Maryland General Assembly Session Closes Today
Today, April 10, 2017 is Sine Die in Annapolis, marking the end of Session of the Maryland General Assembly for the year. As the state's preservation advocacy organization, Preservation Maryland staff and partners have been hard at work on your behalf and have...
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.