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The search results are drawn from the organizations that contain significant history resources, and the categories including places to experience, notable people and the timeline. All can be searched by keyword, time, theme, type, counties and audience. The search filters were developed with the school systems to align with State social studies requirements.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | After a long struggle, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote in America.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons was the first naval amphibious training base in the United States.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | The Patuxent River Naval Air Station was built across 25 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | The Green Book was a guide created by and for African Americans in the 1930’s through the 1960’s which identified safe places to find
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | Mount Hope Baptist Church is the oldest African American Baptist congregations in Charles County. It reflects the emergence of African American communities after the
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Chapman Park was the home of indigenous people approximately 3,000 years ago. Later the Chapman plantation relied on enslaved laborers to tend to the
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | Mallows Bay Park boasts a collection of historic shipwrecks dating back to the Civil War, and archaeological artifacts nearly 12,000 years old. It also
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Pomonkey Historic District is notable as a historically African American commercial enclave, which served the community during the early twentieth century when many local
Places to Experience History Photo Gallery
Updated On: Apr 4, 2024 | Port Tobacco was one of Maryland's largest international seaports in the years before the American Revolution.
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | Enslaved African Americans were told they could gain their freedom by joining the British military or relocating to a British colony.
