Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | James Harris and William Barnes, members of the United States Colored Troops and native St. Mary’s Countians, were awarded the Medal of Honor for
Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | A State Constitutional Convention was held on April 27, 1864, during which a new constitution was written, outlawing slavery in Maryland.
Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Saint Inigoes Colored Parochial School, which met at St. Jerome's Hall, was the first Catholic school for African Americans in St. Mary's County.
Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Benjamin Hance, a young African American, was arrested May 27, 1887, taken to jail in Leonardtown and lynched on the night of June 17th.
Updated On: Apr 1, 2024 | Albertine Johnson was appointed by Governor Hughes as Southern Maryland’s first African American woman representative to the Maryland State Board of Education.
