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Maryland History in the News -- 09/10/09-10/17/09 Welcome to Maryland History in the News, a weekly listing of current news stories about Maryland and regional history, featuring coverage of archives, archivists, history museums, historians, and historic sites in the news. Stories listed here are mined using Google News Alerts and edited by H-Maryland. Questions and comments are welcome. Access to news stories at the URL's below may expire, depending on the policies of the news organization. _______________________________________ John Brown's place in history debated, celebrated The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown,MD,USA ... rainy tent Saturday afternoon at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, ... Music will be provided by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble. ... <http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=232491&format=html> Crowd retraces John Brown's footsteps Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA ... log farmhouse in western Maryland to walk nearly five miles along dark rural roads ... His son Frederick died in that battle. Brown left Kansas in 1857, ... <http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/17/crowd-retraces-john-browns-footsteps/> Historic route through W.Va. named National Scenic Byway Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA ... Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and, has been named a National Scenic Byway. ... executive director for the Tourism Council of Frederick County, Md. <http://wvgazette.com/topStories8/200910160521> Historic 4-state trail named National Scenic Byway Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA ... that meanders 180 miles through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, ... executive director for the Tourism Council of Frederick County, ... <http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/oct/16/bc-wv-national-scenic-byway1st-ld-writethru/?features&travel> John Brown anniversary opens Civil War sesquicentennial Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, whom Brown had tried to recruit to lead a republic ... Militiamen from Virginia and Maryland were called. As day wore on, ... <http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20091016_John_Brown_anniversary_opens_Civil_War_sesquicentennial.html> Great ghoulish Halloween reads for kids The Herald-Mail This odd little book is in the Western Maryland Room's historical collection (and is sold at the Harper's Ferry national Historical Park bookstore), ... <http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=232358&format=html> Four Maryland routes named to America's Byways program Baltimore Sun The Maryland routes named as National Scenic Byways include "Baltimore's Historic Charles Street," stretching from downtown to Towson; the "Religious ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/bal-travel-byways1016,0,7142239.story> Four Maryland routes named to America's Byways program Baltimore Sun The Maryland routes named as National Scenic Byways include "Baltimore's Historic Charles Street," stretching from downtown to Towson; the "Religious ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/bal-travel-byways1016,0,7142239.story> Remembering, Reassessing John Brown, 150 Years Later Loudoun Independent - Leesburg,VA,USA ... the Kennedy Farm across the Potomac River in Maryland to Harpers Ferry, ... will be presented by the USMC Historical Society, at Arsenal Square from 10 ... <http://www.loudouni.com/news/2009-10-12/remembering-reassessing-john-brown-150-years-later> Harpers Ferry Marks a Milestone Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA Around 8 pm, the men emerged from their hideout in Western Maryland, ... chief of visitor services at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, when I visited ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/13/ST2009101303335.html> Church Celebrates a Century in Takoma Park Adventist News Network - Silver Spring,MD,USA In a recent historical overview of the church's centennial in Takoma Park, ... "It is on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad running to Chicago ... <http://news.adventist.org/2004/10/church-celebrates-a-cetury-i-takoma-park.html> Ideas to spout as Smith trail becomes national park Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA Park planners are having eight meetings this month - three in Maryland - to give ... out by local and regional civic, historical and recreational groups. ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.thomson11oct11,0,6686138.story> With the (Rohrersville) band The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown,MD,USA ... articles about the historical and architectural treasures of Washington County. .... It is the longest continuously serving community band in Maryland. ... <http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=231861&format=html> 'From Here to Eternity' hits the right note Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA But it's an ideal selection for the Maryland Historical Society's series, ... Baltimore natives Julia Oldham and Stephanie Barber are among the 27 artists ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-ae.mo.screenings09oct09,0,1974494.story> History on the menu at Old Princess Anne Days Bethany Beach Wave - Bethany Beach,DE,USA PRINCESS ANNE -- The Somerset County Historical Society kicks off the 52nd ... 1-2 pm with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gospel Choir performing. ... <http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20091007/SH01/910070347> New Cape library features exhibit on shipwrecks Press of Atlantic City Ronald Sinn, left, and Paul Anselm, of the Ocean City Historical Museum, introduced the exhibit on local shipwrecks Saturday at the Schiavo Library in ... <http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/article_e3366479-29e3-5d27-8df8-13005cb4c821.html> Ghost Town? Explore Howard County By Mary T. Robbins Phelan (Enlarge) The curator at the Howard County Historical Museum, in Old Ellicott City, asked the Greater Maryland Paranormal Society ... <http://www.explorehoward.com/news/65754/ghost-town/> Art of Persuasion exhibit in AOK library presents historically ... Retriever This "discussion on poster design will be led by Post Typography, an award-winning design studio based in Baltimore, Maryland," and will be followed by a ... <http://www.retrieverweekly.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=4804&format=html> New Archaeology Exhibit Showcases Local, State History Bay Net The new exhibit was developed in partnership with the Maryland Historical Trust, the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab, the Naval Support Facility ... <http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/14945> Cell phone 'tree' has neighbors up in arms Baltimore Sun As the land sits in the Western Run/Belfast Valley National Register Historic District, the proposal was reviewed for the Maryland Historical Trust by a ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.celltower28sep28,0,4226779.story> Cell phone 'tree' has neighbors up in arms Baltimore Sun As the land sits in the Western Run/Belfast Valley National Register Historic District, the proposal was reviewed for the Maryland Historical Trust by a ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.celltower28sep28,0,4226779.story> Fitzgerald society celebrates city's imprint Baltimore Sun And Fitzgerald wrote the forward to a book about historical homes of Maryland. "Between Zelda's fragile condition and Fitzgerald's weakness for drink, ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-ae.fitzgerald27sep27,0,5897409.story> Home to history So Md News - Waldorf,MD,USA You are what you eat, drink and smoke," said Julia King, an associate professor of anthropology at St. Mary's College of Maryland. ... <http://www.somdnews.com/stories/09252009/rectop92339_32189.shtml> Data from stones yield information for genealogists So Md News - Waldorf,MD,USA In fact, the cemetery committee's work is building on the research and records Charles County Historical Society member Michael Mazzeo compiled years ago. ... <http://www.somdnews.com/stories/09252009/indytop101738_32186.shtml> Sometimes, dead men do tell tales So Md News - Waldorf,MD,USA ... an associate professor of anthropology at St. Mary's College of Maryland. ... help of grant funds from the state through the Maryland Historical Trust, ... <http://www.somdnews.com/stories/09252009/entetop100545_32178.shtml> New Archaeology Exhibit Showcases Local, State History Southern Maryland Online The new exhibit was developed in partnership with the Maryland Historical Trust, the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab, the Naval Support Facility ... <http://somd.com/news/headlines/2009/10547.shtml> Book View Ancestry magazine The "Historical Context" section details national events and pop-culture happenings, to kindle your personal recollections of these times. ... <http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2000/09/ancestry-magazine/book-view-4/> Ghost Research Society reviews 2009 - and trip to Waverly Hills ... Examiner.com Some of the GRS group also traveled to haunted Baltimore, Maryland to meet with Vince Wilson who took us into the catacombs of Westminster Church and ... <http://www.examiner.com/x-2764-Paranormal-News-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Ghost-Research-Society-reviews-2009--and-trip-to-Waverly-Hills-Sanitarium> New Archaeology Exhibit Showcases Local, State History Southern Maryland Online The new exhibit was developed in partnership with the Maryland Historical Trust, the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab, the Naval Support Facility ... <http://somd.com/news/headlines/2009/10547.shtml> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://somd.com/news/headlines/2009/10547.shtml&hl=en> Book View Ancestry magazine The "Historical Context" section details national events and pop-culture happenings, to kindle your personal recollections of these times. ... <http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2000/09/ancestry-magazine/book-view-4/> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2000/09/ancestry-magazine/book-view-4/&hl=en> Ghost Research Society reviews 2009 - and trip to Waverly Hills ... Examiner.com Some of the GRS group also traveled to haunted Baltimore, Maryland to meet with Vince Wilson who took us into the catacombs of Westminster Church and ... <http://www.examiner.com/x-2764-Paranormal-News-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Ghost-Research-Society-reviews-2009--and-trip-to-Waverly-Hills-Sanitarium> Our Legacy: A historical look at African-American candidates and ... Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA In Annapolis the Republicans understood clearly that the population of black ... Maryland Democrats however would not ratify the 19th amendment until 1941. ... <http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/09_24-31/COL> Periodical Sources Ancestry magazine - Provo,UT,USA This is a subject index to the genealogical and local historical periodical ... Maryland: Heritage, 1991) and John Frederick Dolman's Index to the "Virginia ... <http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/1994/03/records/periodical-sources/> Periodical Sources Ancestry magazine - Provo,UT,USA This is a subject index to the genealogical and local historical periodical ... Maryland: Heritage, 1991) and John Frederick Dolman's Index to the "Virginia ... <http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/1994/03/records/periodical-sources/> Periodical Sources Ancestry magazine - Provo,UT,USA This is a subject index to the genealogical and local historical periodical ... Maryland: Heritage, 1991) and John Frederick Dolman's Index to the "Virginia ... <http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/1994/03/records/periodical-sources/> Washington County briefs The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown,MD,USA The Washington County Commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to spend $12000 from ... in matching grant funds from Maryland Historical Trust to document historic ... <http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=231080&format=html> John Brown's Day of Reckoning Smithsonian - USA Some of those who strode across a covered railway bridge from Maryland into ... words of his close friend, the African-American orator Frederick Douglass. ... <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/59245802.html> Bookstore gig involves local man in history Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA Located right next to the Historical Society of Frederick County, ... librarian at the historical society, who confirmed it was the original Maryland School ... <http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=95385> Can Historic Pocomoke Shul Survive? Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore,MD,USA ... barely noticing a nearly deafening church bell ringing from St. Mary's Episcopal .... it or possibly turning the building over to an historical society. ... <http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/can_historic_pocomoke_shul_survive/14574> Third Floor: This fight has deep roots Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie,MD,USA ... out in the Maryland Gazette, and reading through its pages and historical accounts ... Carroll campaigned to be sent to Annapolis for the convention, ... <http://www.hometownglenburnie.com/news/Opinion/2009/09/16-14/Third+Floor:+This+fight+has+deep+roots%0A.html> Third Floor: This fight has deep roots Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie,MD,USA ... out in the Maryland Gazette, and reading through its pages and historical accounts ... Carroll campaigned to be sent to Annapolis for the convention, ... <http://www.hometownglenburnie.com/news/Opinion/2009/09/16-14/Third+Floor:+This+fight+has+deep+roots%0A.html> The Originalist Perspective Heritage.org Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), and Barron v. Baltimore (1833). Both Marshalls ideological allies and enemies, such as Alexander Hamilton and ... <http://www.heritage.org/Research/Thought/wm2617.cfm> Tubman Park Gets Nearly $1.2M From Park Service WBOC TV 16 - Salisbury,MD,USA "Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Dorchester County, Harriet Tubman ... and passing a historical legacy onto our children and future generations. ... <http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11126004> Dred Scott plaque nears completion Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA Mark Hudson, former executive director of the Historical Society of Frederick County, local lawyer Barry Kissin and Alderman C. Paul Smith wrote the words ... <http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=95193> Find history, romance, crabs on Eastern Shore News-Herald.com - Willoughby,OH,USA The village, known for its many nautical and historical attractions, ... In 1778, James Braddock laid out St. Mary's Square, the heart of town, ... <http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/09/14/life/nh1318475.txt> Environmentally minded restrained by covenants Baltimore Sun "It's great that Maryland has tax incentives and otherwise supports doing great things for the environment, but many homeowners associations don't let you ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.gr.nimby14sep14,0,1379913.story> Archaeologists Hope to Excavate Shipwreck That Dates to War of 1812 Washington Post "We think we have the Holy Grail," said J. Rodney Little, chief historical preservation officer for the state of Maryland, which wants to partner with the ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302537.html?hpid=nation> Ding, ding, ding goes the Boonsboro Trolley Museum The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown,MD,USA The Hagerstown-Frederick Railway Co. went on to provide passenger and ... The Maryland Historical Trust and the Nora Roberts Foundation provided grant ... <http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=230430&format=html> Town staff hopes to organize, archive decades old documents Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA ... others have historical significance or are currently useful. ... in paper or electronic form or store them at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis. ... <http://www.gazette.net/stories/09102009/portnew190221_32537.shtml> Town staff hopes to organize, archive decades old documents Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA ... others have historical significance or are currently useful. ... in paper or electronic form or store them at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis. ... <http://www.gazette.net/stories/09102009/portnew190221_32537.shtml>
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