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Courtesy of World of Montgomery Festival

Courtesy of Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Drop by for a peek inside the historic log cabin near the Seneca Creek State Park Office. Learn about the cabin’s original location, why it was moved, and how people lived in primitive homes in the past.

Reprinted with permission of DC Public Library, Star Collection, Washington Post.

Illustration by Tom Chalkley

Maryland Humanities presents a 3 part living history performance series.

Photo credit: Craig Swain

This unique African American site dates back to the 1860s with the church and original one-room schoolhouse still in use. Learn about the history of this community as well as updates on site renovations and the renovated Loving Charity Hall (1914).

Les Braves Omaha Beach Memorial

Sandy Spring Museum commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a series of programs on America’s weapons deployed in twentieth-century world wars.

Courtesy of M-NCPPC, Montgomery Parks

Montgomery Parks is honoring the memory of Josiah Henson by publishing a comprehensive biography and planning a brand-new museum scheduled to open in the summer of 2020.

Courtesy of Sandy Spring Slave Museum

Fourteen actors will take on characters who will “come to life” and talk about their inspiration during the second iteration of “The Living Museum”.

Photo Credit: Chris Slattery

An exhibit called, “To Bear Witness: The Art of Testimony” is a quiet reminder of lives cut short and families impacted by the horrors of the Holocaust.

Courtesy of Sandy Spring Museum

Richard Bell, an associate professor will be at the Sandy Spring Museum giving a talk that focuses on “Hamilton: An American Musical,” the musical theater phenomenon based on Revolutionary War hero Alexander Hamilton and the founding of the United States of America.

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