Historic Preservation and Smart Growth in Maryland: Balancing Heritage & Density Smart Growth advocates and historic preservationists share a common affinity for many land use and real estate development issues here in Maryland including revitalization of...
As part of Preservation Month (May 2024), the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) will present 11 awards for noteworthy accomplishments in the preservation field, recognizing outstanding education, restoration, and revitalization projects, as well as individual...
Preservation Maryland is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified firms and/or individuals with demonstrated expertise in the development of graphic design, branding, design guidelines, and branding/wayfinding implementation plans for large historic landscapes,...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors the original inhabitants of the Americas – the first people who called this land home. Today we’re sharing an assortment of Preservation Maryland grant-funded projects, cultural heritage features, and resources so you can explore the histories that are a elemental part of life in Maryland.
“Interpretation is an art,” said Freeman Tilden, author of Interpreting Our Heritage. “The chief aim of interpretation is not instruction, but rather provocation.”
Last week the Preservation Maryland team hosted a book release party celebrating Scott Hartwig’s newest book, I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign, which sheds light on the visceral experience of the battle and the emotional aftermath for those who survived.
Members of the Antietam Institute helped hoist a new set of Civil War Trails signs into place where the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church once stood. This is the first Civil War Trails (CWT) site in downtown Sharpsburg officially adding the beautiful community to the multi-state program. The church was damaged beyond repair during the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam.
Happy 107th birthday to The National Park Service! Created on August 25, 1916 to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations” there are now more than 400 national parks and many programs that reach communities around the country—many in Maryland.
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 will...
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 Qualification...
Preservation Maryland has worked for several years toward improving the preservation, interpretation, and understanding of the unique, mountainous South Mountain Battlefield in Western Maryland.
Just outside of Burkittsville, a well-preserved small historic community in western Frederick County, lies the Shafer Farm, the site of a Union headquarters during the Civil War Battle of South Mountain in 1862. The farm house, barn, and out buildings have been vacant...
Preservation Maryland has worked for several years toward improving the preservation, interpretation, and understanding of the unique, mountainous South Mountain Battlefield in Western Maryland.
Fort Tonolway was built in 1755 by Lieutenant Thomas Stoddert and men of the Maryland militia. The fort’s erection was a direct result of British General Edward Braddock’s campaign and his defeat in July of 1755. Garrisoned for only a year, the fort was abandoned in...
One of the top reasons people visit Maryland’s State Parks is for the historic resources! The Maryland Department of Natural Resources stewards more of the state’s historic and architectural resources than any other entity. Preservation Maryland will work to help...
Actively expanding our preservation efforts.When we talk about preserving place, we mean both the tangible aspects of physical structures, and the intangible heritage and culture that makes a community what it is—things that cannot be seen but can be felt. Our...
Maryland Day is the anniversary of when the first European settlers landed in Maryland. They disembarked from ships called the Ark and the Dove and landed on St. Clement’s Island in St. Mary’s County on March 25th, 1634. Marylanders began celebrating the anniversary...
What Is Preservation? Historic Preservation is an effort to save places that matter for the benefit of current and future generations. Today, preservation is also an important economic development tool and strategy that builds sustainable, livable communities....
Preservation Maryland, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is soliciting proposals from qualified professional consultants to develop a wayfinding signage plan and a message schedule for the South Mountain battleground sites located in...
In July 1863, a tired and defeated Army of Northern Virginia arrived at the banks of the Potomac River at Williamsport, Maryland. Its invasion of the North, its second in two years, had met a bloody end at the Battle of Gettysburg in nearby Pennsylvania. Now it limped...
Local, state, tribal, and federal agencies use data about ancestry to plan - and evaluate - government programs and policies to ensure that they equitably serve the needs of all groups. As preservationists, this heritage and history are of interest as we work to...
Preservation Maryland unveiled new South Mountain branding at an event hosted today at Shafer Farm in Burkittsville, Md., on the 160th anniversary of the battle. The brand and logo will unite all future signage on the sprawling, many thousand-acre landscape, to knit...
In late June of 1863, nearly 150,000 soldiers moved through the narrow and dusty roads of Maryland towards the devastating clash at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, just a few miles north of the Mason-Dixon line. While the battle unfolded on the fields surrounding...
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the hire of Maria Mougridis as Preservation Initiatives Manager. Maria will oversee the Heritage Fund Grant Program, the selection of the Harrison Goodall Fellowships in partnership with the National Park Service, and the...
Memorial Day, the day Americans set aside to remember those who fell in the service of the nation, is a day filled with parades, speeches and moving remembrances of the loved and lost. The holiday, which began as "Decoration Day," a day to literally decorate the...
Maryland Day is the anniversary of when the first European settlers landed in Maryland. They disembarked from ships called the Ark and the Dove and landed on St. Clement’s Island in St. Mary’s County on March 25th, 1634. Marylanders began celebrating the anniversary...
Preservation Maryland is currently recruiting for a Preservation Initiatives Manager, a full-time position, to join our team. POSITION DESCRIPTION | Preservation Initiatives Manager This is a full-time position which will manage and oversee the broad range of...
158 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln boarded a train in Washington, D.C. bound for the autumn farm fields of Pennsylvania. A century and a half later, Lincoln's charge and the great task he laid out in his Gettysburg Address continues to inspire and call Americans...
In an Executive Order announced earlier this year, Governor Larry Hogan established the Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission to coordinate the commemoration and observance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, and founding...
In a recent statewide poll conducted of likely voters, 90% of Marylanders expressed support for Program Open Space, a state program that supports the acquisition, conservation, and improvements at Maryland's natural resources Additionally, 64% of Marylanders were...
December 10 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pmSAVE THE DATE! More information and registration page coming soon.
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Save the Date! Join Preservation Maryland on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, to learn more about the He...
January 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmPreservation 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.