February in Annapolis & Anne Arundel County is shaping up to be a month of flavor, history, and culture. From Black History Month celebrations to prix-fixe dining and craft beer festivities, there’s no shortage of ways to explore the county this winter. Celebrate Black History Month Revolutionary…
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Celebrate Black History Month in Annapolis & Anne Arundel County: A Month of Art, Culture, and History This Black History Month, travel into a series of meaningful and engaging events carefully curated to express art, culture, and history in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. From art…
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Freedom, Equality, and Citizenship—Harriet Tubman ran for it, Frederick Douglass sanctioned it in his speeches, Benjamin Banneker mapped it in the stars, Thurgood Marshall enforced laws to ensure it, and Lillie May Carroll Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr. marched for it. – From curatorial…
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Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Black History, Heritage & Culture in Anne Arundel County On August 28, 1963, 500 Annapolis and Anne Arundel County residents boarded buses to attend the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Little did they know they were about to join 250,000…
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“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.” — Harriet Tubman to Sarah Bradford in Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, 1868. True stories of the…
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Black history and heritage are American from the ancient Olmecs to Frederick Douglass, Cynthia Abney Carter, DeJuan Gay, and beyond. African and American history are inseparably intertwined. Every month boasts of African American voices and events that changed history and continue to transform the…
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Did you know that the Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States? It is a cornerstone of environmental and economic activity of the more than 18 million people living in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which stretches from Virginia and West Virginia to as far north as New York…
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He was a good and generous man, and when he died in 1807, he was buried honorably in a family cemetery near his home and church in Annapolis. He rested quietly there for more than 150 years until his peace was interrupted by a backhoe. An artist rendering of Smith Price. Image courtesy of…
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In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting a very important figure in our city’s history. John T. Chambers, Jr. was Annapolis’ first and only Black Mayor. He served the capital city from April 12th to June 7th, in 1981. Mr. Chambers was appointed by the City Council to replace the…
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Visitors, especially those approaching Annapolis from the north and west, are invariably told to look out for signs pointing to Aris T. Allen Boulevard, one of the two most direct routes into the city. But few ever bother to learn the story behind the name. Aris T. Allen was a Republican…
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