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Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group proposes Commemorative Postage Stamp
The Turner Station-based Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group recently launched a campaign to support the issuance of a commemorative U.S. postage stamp of Henrietta Lacks of the famed HeLa cells. SUPPORT THIS EFFORT Marylanders can help the Legacy Group campaign for a...
Video: Ellicott City the Focus of Maryland Public Television Documentary
A new documentary produced by Maryland Public Television, Ellicott City Rising, will premiere on Saturday, November 4, 2017. With graphic video and photographs the new documentary explores the impacts of the disastrous flood and its aftermath. Victims and first...
Advocacy Alert: Federal Historic Tax Credit Eliminated
The Federal Historic Tax Credit was eliminated in the draft tax reform bill released by the House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee on November 2, 2017. Advocacy Video Our Executive Director, Nicholas Redding, and Director of Engagement, Elly Cowan,...
Maryland Preservation and Conservation Legislative Preview Meetings Scheduled
Preservation Maryland will join the Maryland League of Conservation Voters to host a series of legislative preview meetings across the state to discuss the environmental and preservation priorities for the upcoming 2018 Maryland General Assembly Session. This is...
Maryland Historical Trust announces $9 million in State Historic Tax Credits
The Maryland Historical Trust recently announced projects which will receive funding through the state's highly competitive Historic Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program. The eight projects which were selected were awarded $9 million in tax credits to...
The Maryland House that Inspired Disney’s Haunted Mansion
When Disneyland opened for the season in 1969, a new spookier attraction was included on the park map – Disney's Haunted Mansion – inspired by the Shipley-Lydecker House in Baltimore City. While developing the concept for the attraction, Disney’s imagineers...
Historic Berwyn Heights launches a Digital Walking Tour
Your tour of historic Berwyn Heights in the Maryland Milestones Heritage Area begins with a new digital walking tour and app! Eight historic sites and 11 street markers are included in the mile loop. Check out the Story Map INCLUDED SITES From the Story Map: "The...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Anne Arundel County Archaeology Video Series
One-third of archaeological sites in Anne Arundel County are threatened by weather and other natural hazards. The Lost Towns Projects used a recent Heritage Fund grant to get the word out through a series of public videos, called "A Race Against Time: Maryland...
Only in Maryland: The Funkyard Festival at Community Forklift
Community Forklift, a Prince George's County-based building material reuse store, will host The Funkyard Festival on Saturday, October 21, 2017 - and Preservation Maryland will be there! What is Community Forklift? Community Forklift is a non-profit reuse center...
Six-to-Fix Update: Meet the New Class of Major Projects
The new class of Six-to-Fix projects represent the next step for Preservation Maryland's proactive preservation program and are one of the broadest, most diverse and inclusive collection of projects we have ever tackled. We are accepting big, bold and complex...
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.