In my practice as a historian, I occasionally find elusive traces in old records that indicate a first responder, a police officer or firefighter, died in the line of duty, but the memory of the tragedy faded with the passage of time. Somehow, the loss was forgotten and their names were never added to memorials,…
Lynching in Harford County: Beginning the Journey from Truth to Reconciliation
Between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War II, more than 4,000 black Americans were victims of racial terror lynchings in the United States. No fewer than 40 of these crimes were committed in Maryland, including at least four in Harford County Join the Harford County Committee of the Maryland Lynching Memorial…
Harford Community College Awarded NEH Grant
Press Release – Harford Community College The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced an award of $97,118 to Harford Community College (HCC) for “Active Learning and Student Engagement in the Humanities: Understanding the Civil Rights Movement in Harford County, Maryland.” The grant is for a three-year project involving student research and oral history, curriculum…
Women’s Suffrage in Maryland
I am doing a talk for the Cecil County Public Library on Women’s Suffrage soon and as some business took me through Kent County, I visited the Still Pond Historic District for a few minutes. This rural crossroads community has a significant history related to the campaign that gave women access to the ballot box….