HCHS Education Programs & Activities
The Howard County Historical Society is dedicated to expanding our programs and providing opportunities for elementary, secondary and higher education students to learn about the county’s history.
Programs & Activities
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HOWARD COUNTY THEN AND NOW
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PRIMARY SOURCES & LESSON PLANS
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Walking Tours
01mar12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History Featuring STEM Award Winner Jan Lower
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The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America Find out how and why Edith Clarke invented the Clarke Calculator, became the
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The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America
Find out how and why Edith Clarke invented the Clarke Calculator, became the nation’s first female electrical engineer, and was named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Session presented by author Jan Lower.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
09mar(mar 9)3:48 pm31(mar 31)3:48 pmMarch Events at the EMCM!
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9 (Saturday) 3:48 pm - 31 (Sunday) 3:48 pm
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Ellicott Mills Children's Museum
3725 Park Ave
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05apr12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring local authors Wayne and Nathan Davis
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Hidden History of Howard County Explore local myths and uncover erased histories about our mills, granite quarries, railroad bridges, Harriett Tubman, a sundown town, a school-bus driver, a local murder-mystery, an
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Hidden History of Howard County
Explore local myths and uncover erased histories about our mills, granite quarries, railroad bridges, Harriett Tubman, a sundown town, a school-bus driver, a local murder-mystery, an abandoned cemetery and much more.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Update on The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman and her Community Join Archaeologist Dr. Julie Schablitsky for this special Friday Lunch Date with History
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Update on The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman and her Community
Join Archaeologist Dr. Julie Schablitsky for this special Friday Lunch Date with History presentation. Following up on her presentation at our Annual Meeting last year, she will share the latest of research on Harriett Tubman’s community.
Archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation have been time traveling in the swamps of Dorchester County for over three years, looking for evidence of Harriet Tubman’s life along the underground byway. After finding the home of her father, Ben Ross, archaeologists are now pointing their shovels in the direction of Tubman’s community, a place where she married and lived with her first husband, John Tubman. Here, archaeologists are collecting the oral histories handed down from the descendants of those family and community members. This presentation will provide an update on the archaeological findings along with new stories gleaned from the Malone’s Church oral history project.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
23apr7:00 pm8:00 pmSpecial Event! Baltimore and the Road to the Whitehouse with Author Stan Haynes
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Did you know that Baltimore was once the main city for hosting presidential nominating conventions? Six presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson, won the nomination of their
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Did you know that Baltimore was once the main city for hosting presidential nominating conventions? Six presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson, won the nomination of their party here. With the 2024 conventions on the horizon, join author Stan Haynes for a discussion of the unexpected twists and surprises of the Baltimore conventions. Stan Haynes is a local author (Ellicott City) who has published The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872.
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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Howard County Library System, HCLS, Miller Branch
9421 Frederick Rd, Ellicott City, MD, 21042
03may12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring former County Executive Allan Kittleman
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The Desegregation of the Howard County Public School System After the landmark Brown v. Board of Ed Supreme Court decision, school districts were
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The Desegregation of the Howard County Public School System
After the landmark Brown v. Board of Ed Supreme Court decision, school districts were directed to desegregate all public schools. Learn about how officials in Howard County delayed desegregation, and about the efforts of individuals to provide all children, regardless of ethnicity, with access to our public schools
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
07jun12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring Deacon Allen Greene
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A Genealogical History of an Original Howard County Famil Allen Greene, a native of Howard County, provides a brief chronology of his family’s
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A Genealogical History of an Original Howard County Famil
Allen Greene, a native of Howard County, provides a brief chronology of his family’s history in the county that dates back to the late 1700’s at Doughoregan Manor. He will speak to his life in Ellicott City and that of his grandfather Ambrose Cross, a lifelong resident.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
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History Through a Fresh Lens The Historic and Cultural Resources Section of Howard County’s Department of Recreation and Parks has refocused its attention
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History Through a Fresh Lens
The Historic and Cultural Resources Section of Howard County’s Department of Recreation and Parks has refocused its attention to providing constituents opportunities to find a sense of place through historic preservation.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
02aug12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring Executive Director Mark Stout
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The Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition in Howard County The 18th Amendment was driven by the dramatic increase in alcohol consumption with the availability
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The Anti-Saloon League and Prohibition in Howard County
The 18th Amendment was driven by the dramatic increase in alcohol consumption with the availability of hard liquor in the 19th Century. Learn about the efforts of the Anti-Saloon League to ban alcohol consumption in Howard County and other parts of Maryland, with local efforts led by former First Presbyterian minister Reverend Henry Branch..
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
06sep12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring Kevin Leonard from the Laurel History Boys
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History of the Capitol Centre The Capital Centre arena opened in Landover in 1973 and for the next 25 years was one of
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History of the Capitol Centre
The Capital Centre arena opened in Landover in 1973 and for the next 25 years was one of the top arenas in the country. Kevin Leonard, one of the authors of the new book, “Capital Centre, A Retrospective” will describe how the arena came to be and tell backstage stories from sports to concerts by virtually every major performer in every genre.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
04oct12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring local Author Lee Preston
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Other People’s Garbage: Iconic Artifacts, Documents, and Remains From Our Prehistoric and Historic Past In their quest to reconstruct the past, archaeologists have excavated thousands of sites and, recovered signature artifacts
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Other People’s Garbage: Iconic Artifacts, Documents, and Remains From Our Prehistoric and Historic Past
In their quest to reconstruct the past, archaeologists have excavated thousands of sites and, recovered signature artifacts and remains critical to our understanding of human history. This presentation features examples of diagnostic artifacts, and remains from local sites and beyond, that have been instrumental in preserving, and often, rewriting our history.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Museum of Howard County History
8328 Court Avenue Ellicott City, MD 21043
08nov12:00 pm1:00 pmLunch Date with History featuring Dan Wecker
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History of the Elkridge Furnace Inn From 18th Century iron works, to 21st Century Inn, learn about the rich history of this iconic
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History of the Elkridge Furnace Inn
From 18th Century iron works, to 21st Century Inn, learn about the rich history of this iconic Howard County Landmark from the owner of the Elkridge Furnace Inn.
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(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm