Sunday, I visited the Newark Historical Society’s Museum on Main Street to acquire a copy of a new title, Histories of Newark, 1758 – 2008, published by the Delaware Heritage Commission and the City of Newark. The attractive title will serve as a valuable reference and it is enjoyable to read. By-the-way, if you’re on Main Street…
Acquiring Delmarva History Materials at the Paper Show
I always look forward to the last Saturday in January because Singerly Fire Company holds its annual paper americana show on that date. The Elkton organization has sponsored these shows, which bring over 30 paper, postcard, photograph, and advertising dealers from the tri-state region to Cecil County, for 20 years now. I’ve never missed one for it’s a great place…
Digitizing Old Sounds
One tradition for kicking off the Christmas Season along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through northeastern Maryland was the annual lighting of the “Holly Tree by the tracks.” The B & O held the first public ceremony in 1948 when thousands of people gathered to ring in the season as lights from thousands of bulbs on…
Research School Integration on the Eastern Shore
Our son, Kyle, an 11th-grade AP history student at Bohemia Manor High School in Chesapeake City, is working on his 2008 National History Day project. This year’s theme is conflict and compromise in history. For the juried project, students must do original research, place the topic in a historical perspective, and interpret their findings. For…