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Waddle You be Doing this Weekend?
Mama Duck became a reality in 2014 when creator Craig Samborski first launched the fine-feathered friend at the Los Angeles Tall Ships festival. It has been eliciting crowds and smiles ever since. With a height of 61 feet and a weight of 30,000 pounds once...
PresMD President & CEO Selected by The Daily Record as Influential Marylander
The Daily Record has named Preservation Maryland's President & CEO Nicholas Redding to its 2023 listing of Influential Marylanders in the Civic Leadership category. Redding was previously named to the 2020 Influential Marylanders list. Fifty-two Influential...
Cemetery Preservation at the Howard Family Cemetery in Patuxent River State Park
Preservation Maryland and The Campaign for Historic Trades were joined by the Maryland Park Service and the National Park Service at a cemetery preservation day at the Howard Family Cemetery in Patuxent River State Park in Montgomery County. The team cleaned...
Preservation Maryland Awarded Nearly 800k For Rehabilitation and Preservation of Historic Rock Run Mill in Susquehanna State Park
Funding from The National Park Service, part of $10 million awarded from the Semiquincentennial Grant Program commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Preservation Maryland today announced it has been awarded $747,216 in funding from...
An Antietam Evening: A Book Release Party for Scott Hartwig
Join us Wednesday, September 13 from 6:30-8p at McClintock Distilling in Frederick to celebrate Scott Hartwig and the release of his latest book, I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign. The book release party...
Getting a Plaque for Your Historic Home (Frederick County)
The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation has brought back a popular free series of how-to seminars on how to obtain a plaque for a historic home. At each event, staff from the Frederick County Public Library’s Maryland Room, which specializes in local history,...
Smart Growth Maryland Roundtable: Recap & Action Items
Last week, Preservation Maryland and its statewide program, Smart Growth Maryland, convened in Brunswick, Maryland for a first-of-its-kind roundtable discussion on the intersection of smart growth, historic preservation, and affordable housing. The roundtable was...
$3.8M in Action Fund Grants Help Protect 40 African American Historic Sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, announced $3.8 million in grant funding to 40 sites and organizations representing African American history. New to this year’s list is a targeted focus on...
RFQ: Maryland State Park and Natural Resources Management Areas Historic Structures Survey
Preservation Maryland is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) for a field survey of historic structures currently on lands managed by the Maryland Park Service. To be considered as eligible, Respondents must meet one or more of the Professional...
Vice President Katie Parks To Depart Organization
After a 3-year tenure of dramatic impact, Preservation Maryland's Vice President Katie Parks will depart the organization for a role at the Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO). During her service as our first VP, Katie drastically increased our...
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.