33rd Annual Archaeology Workshop
MHT and the Archeological Society of Maryland will host the annual archaeology workshop on Saturday, September 28, from 9 AM - 3:30 PM. This year's keynote speaker, Dr. Stephen Brighton (UMD), will highlight his work on the Irish Diaspora in the United States and Ireland by examining how Irish immigrants constructed meaning in their daily lives and expressed it through material culture. For the full program and details, visit the archaeology workshop webpage.
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Become a Grant Reviewer!
If you're passionate about the preservation of Maryland's African American historical sites, consider applying to become a grant reviewer for the African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP)! The Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture is seeking a diverse panel of experienced and enthusiastic volunteers to assist with reviewing the fiscal year 2025 African American Heritage Preservation Program grant applications. Deadline to apply is September 6, 2024. The guidelines for reviewers can be found on the MHT website on the AAHPP webpage.
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By Dr. Brenna Spray, MHT/MHAA Outreach Coordinator
Every September we commemorate International Underground Railroad Month with different events across the state. This year, the Maryland Department of Tourism is highlighting Underground Railroad Month with a coordinated series of programming, as well as driving and walking tours across southern and central Maryland, where you can explore this year's theme "Finding Freedom, Faith and Family." The first event in the series was at Riversdale House Museum, where the site hosted a libation ceremony, historic interpretation of Emily Saunders Plummer, and the unveiling of the museum's newest interpretive initiative—silhouettes that showcase the enslaved that worked and lived in the house. You can learn more about Emily Plummer in MHT's blog post, Following Freedom’s Footprints: Exploring MHT’s Easement Sites in the Network to Freedom.
 Photos courtesy of Riversdale House Museum / PG Parks
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum will host a guided walk around the site on Saturday, September 7 from 11 AM - 12 PM, where visitors can learn about the lives of Native Americans, African Americans, colonists, tenant farmers, and more who have shaped and have been shaped by the landscape for millennia.
For a complete list of events, visit the Maryland Department of Tourism's International Underground Railroad webpage. You can also explore sites in Maryland that are in the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. If you're interested in discovering more about the Underground Railroad in Maryland, MHT has published several blogs:
International Underground Railroad Month in Maryland, Part I: “I See the Underground Railroad Everywhere”
International Underground Railroad Month in Maryland, Part II: “A State Located at the Intersection of Slavery and Freedom”
Following Freedom’s Footprints: Exploring MHT’s Easement Sites in the Network to Freedom
 In Case You Missed It...
Check out MHT's newest StoryMap, Historic Hops: Maryland's Historic Breweries and Breweries in Historic Buildings! Here you'll learn all about sites from Western Maryland to Baltimore City to the Eastern Shore that founded brewing in Maryland, as well as some modern breweries that you can visit today that have adapted buildings included in the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.
Save the dates! MHT will host two events in early 2025: the annual Architectural Fieldwork Symposium on March 27 and the next conversation on documenting underrepresented communities, which will be held virtually on January 16. More details to come!
Introducing the Newest Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places: Pomonkey Historic District by Dr. Jacqueline Shin, MHT National Register Assistant
Remembering J. Rodney Little by Elizabeth Hughes, MHT Director
Sentinels of the Chesapeake Bay: The Lighthouses of Maryland by Lara Westwood, MHT Librarian
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