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  • Women living historians in colonial-era clothing

    Women’s Equality Day: Remember the Ladies

    Hogshead Trades Museum 43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Hello! What about the ladies? Join us at Hogshead Trades Museum to celebrate 250 years of Revolutionary women for Women's Equality Day. Meet Annapolis tradeswomen as they discuss women’s roles […]

  • Kerry McClure and Gema Gonzalez portraying colonial Annapolitan loyalists Mrs. Dulaney and Mrs. Calvert

    Loyalist Ladies of Annapolis

    Hogshead Trades Museum 43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Stop by Hogshead Trades Museum and meet two prominent Annapolis ladies, Mrs. Dulaney and Mrs. Calvert (portrayed by Kerry McClure and Gema Gonzalez), who are saying farewell to one another—and […]

  • Charlotte Small in colonial clothing

    Call the Midwife: Charlotte Small, a Colonial-Era Annapolis Midwife

    Museum of Historic Annapolis 99 Main Street, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Curious about midwifery and herbal medicine in colonial Annapolis? Come meet Charlotte Small at the Museum of Historic Annapolis and discover her daily life and the vital roles she played […]

  • Charlotte Small in colonial clothing

    Call the Midwife: Charlotte Small, a Colonial-Era Annapolis Midwife

    Museum of Historic Annapolis 99 Main Street, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Curious about midwifery and herbal medicine in colonial Annapolis? Come meet Charlotte Small at the Museum of Historic Annapolis and discover her daily life and the vital roles she played as a midwife, herbalist, and tradeswoman in the community. Following the presentation, Charlotte will “remove her colonial cap” and step out of character for an […]

  • A living historian displaying a colonial-era coffee service

    What’s Brewing: Mrs. Howard’s Coffeehouse

    Hogshead Trades Museum 43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Stop by the Hogshead Trades Museum and meet Mary Howard, proprietress of the Maryland Coffeehouse! Discover how colonial coffeehouses in Annapolis stirred the spirit of liberty. They were bustling gathering places that became hotbeds of news, rumors, and revolution. This is a drop-in style program. Visitors may join at any time during program hours and […]

  • The Painter's Fire book cover

    Virtual Lecture – The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution

    Virtual Event Zoom Virtual Lecture

    The war that we now call the American Revolution was not only fought in the colonies by soldiers with muskets and bayonets. On both sides of the Atlantic, artists also played an integral role in forging revolutionary ideals. Discover with Dr. Zara Anishanslin the inspiring stories and intertwined lives of three largely forgotten Patriot artists: […]

  • Portrait of Glenn E. Campbell

    Revolutionary Walking Tour with Glenn E. Campbell

    William Paca House & Garden 186 Prince George St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Celebrate America 250! Walk in the footsteps of patriot leader William Paca as you follow his dramatic personal and political story through the revolutionary era. Learn how a promising young lawyer became a rebel, a revolutionary, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the Governor of Maryland through the course of less than 20 years. […]

  • Portrait of Glenn E. Campbell

    Revolutionary Walking Tour with Glenn E. Campbell

    William Paca House & Garden 186 Prince George St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Celebrate America 250! Walk in the footsteps of patriot leader William Paca as you follow his dramatic personal and political story through the revolutionary era. Learn how a promising young lawyer became a rebel, a revolutionary, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the Governor of Maryland through the course of less than 20 years. […]

  • A person holding and reading a book

    Historic Annapolis Book Club

    Historic Annapolis Book Club
    Museum of Historic Annapolis 99 Main Street, Annapolis, MD, United States

    The Historic Annapolis Book Club invites you to explore the past through the power of storytelling. Each month, club members gather at the Museum of Historic Annapolis to discuss works of historical fiction and nonfiction — books that bring history to life in meaningful and memorable ways. Led by Historic Annapolis staff member Christina Chaffman, […]

  • Educators attending a tour of the William Paca House

    Teachers’ Night Out

    William Paca House & Garden 186 Prince George St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Step into history with a special evening just for educators! Join us for an open house visit to the William Paca House and Garden, a five-part Georgian mansion built in the 1760s for William Paca, one of Maryland’s four Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Discover the lives of its early residents, including the Paca […]

  • Children doing an activity led by a historic reenactor

    Homeschool Day at Hogshead: Colonial Kids

    Hogshead Trades Museum 43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Have you ever wondered what life was like for families in Colonial Annapolis? Step inside Hogshead Trades Museum, a one-of-a-kind dwelling on historic Pinkney Street, and discover what daily life looked like for working-class Annapolitans during the Revolutionary era. Led by guides in period attire, students will go beyond the textbook - handling reproduction artifacts, […]