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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America
DESCRIPTION:Genealogy is everywhere– online\, on screens\, through organizations and conferences and more. But technologies aside\, genealogy was everywhere in the 1700s\, too. And while we may think of Americans living in the 1700s as largely the subject of genealogy research\, they were active participants in what was a foundational interest and practice in their own time. Family histories were deeply meaningful for diverse early Americans\, but it was also baked into the very structures of their society through law\, politics\, and religion. From deep research across 18th century British America\, Karin Wulf’s new book\, Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America examines how we can understand the role of genealogy then\, and its impact now. \nThe Historic Annapolis Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture.  \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \n  \nAbout Our Presenter: Karin Wulf is the Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library\, and Professor of History at Brown University.  A historian of early America focused on gender\, family\, and politics\, she writes widely for both public and academic audiences about history\, the worlds of scholarship and scholarly publishing\, and libraries and archives. Her new book is Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in 18th Century British America. She serves on a variety of non-profit boards\, and is a Vice-President of the American Historical Association. \n  \n  \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-lineage/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Silversmiths of Annapolis's Golden Age
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Mark Letzer explores the surviving silver from the workshops of Annapolis silversmiths in the 1700s. He not only illustrates the few surviving objects but illuminates the lives of these craftsmen not only as silversmiths but as members of a larger community. From taverns to social gatherings and their workshops\, Letzer will share the background and histories of these fascinating men. \nThe Historic Annapolis Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture.  \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \n  \nAbout Our Presenter: Mark Beatson Letzer is the former President and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture\, formerly the Maryland Historical Society. He was involved with the organization for twenty-eight years\, serving as President for seven. Letzer co-edited The Diary of William Faris: The Daily Life of an Annapolis Silversmith in 2003 with Jean B. Russo. In 2006 he curated the exhibition A Gardener’s Tale: The Eighteenth-century world of Annapolis Silversmith William Faris at the Maryland Historical Society. In 2021\, Letzer authored the chapter on silver in The Material World of Eyre Hall published by the Maryland Center for History and Culture in association with D. Giles Limited.  Letzer also authored the chapter “From Slave to “Self-Taught Genius” in the catalog Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore published by the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown\, 2021. Letzer has lectured and published widely throughout Maryland and the mid-Atlantic on silver and decorative and fine arts. He is also Executive Producer of the documentary Liberty of Conscience: The Founding of Maryland released in 2025.  \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-silversmiths-of-annapolis/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - “To Feel the Happiness of Liberty”: Celebrating “Making” and 250 Years of African American Material Culture
DESCRIPTION:The Founding Fathers’ cries for liberty from tyranny and oppression resonated with African Americans and were embraced by Black craftspeople\, both free and enslaved. This talk highlights the profound contributions of African American material culture in the enduring pursuit of freedom. It serves as the culmination of the DAR Museum’s 2025 exhibition and the accompanying catalogue\, “Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence.” \nIn his lecture\, Dr. Torren Gatson examines how the ideology of “making” fueled the success of African American craftspeople while simultaneously shaping and reframing the very foundations of American identity. \nThe Historic Annapolis Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture.  \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \n  \nAbout Our Presenter: Dr. Torren Gatson is Associate Professor of History and Associate Director for the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee University (MTSU). Dr. Gatson is a public historian and scholar of U.S. Southern history\, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century African American built environments and material culture. A dedicated historic preservationist\, he collaborates with communities to create public-facing projects that confront and illuminate the complexities of African American history. \nHis work has appeared in leading academic journals including The Journal of Southern History\, The Southern Quarterly\, and The North Carolina Historical Review. He is the author of Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence (UNC Press\, 2025)\, and a contributor to Teaching Public History (UNC Press\, 2023) and Fashioning America: Grit to Glamor (University of Arkansas Press\, 2022). \nGatson is Co-Director of the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive\, the premier resource on Black artisans in America\, which has documented over 10\,000 individuals nationwide. His nationally recognized exhibition\, Fighting for Freedom\, debuted at the DAR Museum and is traveling to five institutions across the country. He serves on several boards in the fields of material culture and history\, including the Winterthur Portfolio Editorial Board\, Old Salem Museums & Gardens\, Historic Magnolia House Foundation\, the Decorative Arts Trust\, and People Not Property. \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-happiness-of-liberty/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
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SUMMARY:Orlando Ridout V Memorial Virtual Lecture - Maryland x Philadelphia: Artistic and Cultural Exchange in the Revolutionary Period
DESCRIPTION:This virtual lecture with Alexandra Kirtley is an encore of her presentation from the 2025 Orlando Ridout V Memorial Lecture\, presented in partnership by Historic Annapolis and the Maryland Historical Trust. \nThe trade and exchange of raw materials\, manufactured goods\, skilled artisans\, and elite/merchant class families in the late colonial and early national periods inextricably linked Maryland and Philadelphia. In this richly illustrated lecture\, the connections and shared history of Maryland and Philadelphia will be presented through surviving architecture\, paintings\, furniture\, ceramics\, and more by Philadelphia Art Museum curator Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley\, herself a proud Marylander. \nHistoric Annapolis and the Maryland Historical Trust are pleased to present the Orlando Ridout V Memorial Lecture Series free of charge\, but we invite you to add a donation when you register. Your gift supports the continuation of this scholarly lecture series that honors Orlando’s legacy and commitment to rigorous research and inspired instruction. Thank you! \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture. \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nAbout Our Presenter: A native of Baltimore\, Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley graduated from Hamilton College with honors in the history of art and history and received an M.A. from the University of Delaware (Winterthur Program). She has completed post-graduate courses of study in the history of art in Italy\, France\, and throughout Great Britain. Alexandra has been a curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Art Museum (PAM) since 2001. \nMrs. Kirtley has orchestrated acquisitions for the PAM through major gifts and purchases and in addition to multiple smaller exhibitions\, curated the retrospective “Colonial Philadelphia Porcelain: The Art of Bonnin & Morris” in 2008 and the groundbreaking “Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House” (with conservator Peggy Olley) in 2016. She was co-curator of the re-located\, reinstalled\, and reinterpreted galleries of early American art that opened to much fanfare and critical acclaim in May 2021. Presently\, she is co-curating the PAM’s new installation of its galleries of American art from 1850 to 1960 and the special exhibition that will accompany it\, “A Nation of Artists\,” which will open on April 12\, 2026. \nA frequent presenter at scholarly conferences and symposia and a frequent author in multiple publications\, Alexandra is “known for her innovative art historical approach” to decorative arts. Her most recent standalone publication\, American Furniture 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Art Museum (2020; 2nd printing\, 2021) was the first-ever catalogue of the PAM’s preeminent collection of early American furniture; then-director Timothy Rub described the catalogue as “a daunting undertaking.” For 2025\, she has major essays in three forthcoming volumes: Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence (T. Gatson\, T. Momon\, and W. Strollo\, eds.); American Classical Furniture\, 1810-1840: Regional Identities in the Schrimsher Collection (K. Schrimsher and M. Thurlow\, eds.); and The Wonder of Wood: Marquetry and Inlay in Europe and America\, 1500-1900 (B. Jobe\, S. Latta\, and A. Kirtley\, eds). \nAlexandra has been an appointee of the United States Senate’s Commission on Art since 2003. She serves on the boards of the Decorative Arts Trust (officer)\, The Andalusia Foundation (which oversees the Biddle family’s Delaware River estate)\, and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. She is a past board member of the Delaware Historical Society and vestry member at Christ Church\, Christiana Hundred. \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-maryland-x-philadelphia/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Strangers in the Realm: Immigration to Colonial America with Dr. Richard Bell
DESCRIPTION:The American colonies were full of strangers–new arrivals born far away. Among the white population\, those colonies teemed with immigrants from all across western Europe and elsewhere. Why did they come? Where did they settle? How did they live? To answer these questions\, we’ll examine the demographic makeup of the British colonies in 1700 and then look at how things changed in the decades afterward. To do so\, we’ll focus in on the immigration experiences of the English\, the Scots\, and the Germans\, the three groups–along with enslaved Africans\, of course–who took the lion’s share of places on board the ships that delivered immigrants in such massive numbers to British North America.  \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture.  \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nAbout Our Presenter: \nDr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.  He has won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland historical Society\, as an elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society\, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.   \n  \n  \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-strangers-in-the-realm-immigration-to-colonial-america-with-dr-richard-bell/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Music of the American Revolution: The 250th
DESCRIPTION:Our War for Independence is reflected in patriotic songs\, ballads\, marches and dance tunes — a rich reflection of Americans’ fears\, hopes and pride as the war progressed. Not just associated with George Washington\, Thomas Jefferson\, Benjamin Franklin and the like\, this music also represents the downtrodden\, rebel and tory alike. This lecture with Dr. David K. Hildebrand will reveal the style and character of centuries-old music\, gathered from period music sources\, and it will include both live and recorded musical examples. \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nAdvance registration required; registration closes on half-hour prior to lecture. \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nAbout Our Presenter: \n \nA freelance performer\, lecturer\, recording artist\, and musicology instructor/advisor at the Peabody Conservatory\, David K. Hildebrand\, Ph.D.\, is a specialist in early American music.  He has authored scholarly articles\, reviews\, and co-authored the book Musical Maryland (Johns Hopkins University Press\,2017).  In addition to appearing on C-SPAN television\, “History Detectives\,” NPR and BBC radio\, his concert career spans four and a half decades\, with wife Ginger Hildebrand. They also produced seven full-length CD recordings together.  Dr. Hildebrand was for 20 years the director of the Colonial Music Institute and twice appointed a research fellow at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. \n\nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-musicoftheamericanrevolution/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Book Talk with Dr. Richard Bell
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Richard Bell joins us for a hybrid in-person/virtual lecture as he celebrates his new book\, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. \nThe in-person lecture is currently at capacity\, but we invite you to join us via Zoom as we livestream Dr. Bell’s book talk. \nWhen we think of the American Revolution\, we often picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting half. In this riveting program\, historian and author Richard Bell invites audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed chaos\, opportunity\, and transformation across six continents. From the sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore\, from refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra Leone and Peru\, the war that gave birth to the United States was never simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps\, toppled hierarchies\, catalyzed migration\, and accelerated new movements for liberty—and for empire. \nIn this program\, Bell traces the far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it displaced\, empowered\, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance\, a Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army\, and a Boston schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way\, Dr. Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis\, ignited antislavery activism\, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling\, high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea\, shaped by commerce\, diplomacy\, propaganda\, and contingency. This is the American Revolution as you’ve never seen it before: complex\, global\, and astonishingly relevant to the modern world. \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nAdvance registration required. Registration closes one half hour prior to lecture. Please note this lecture will begin at 6:30 pm! \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nCost: FREE \n \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nAbout Our Presenter: Dr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. He is also the author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.  He has won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Historical Society\, as an elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society\, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.  \n  \nThe information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research\, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis\, Inc.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/vls-book-talk-with-richard-bell/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - North Slavery in Colonial America  with Dr. Richard Bell
DESCRIPTION:North Slavery in Colonial America  \nWe tend to think of slavery as a labor system that was confined to the American South. But it turns out that that’s not the full story. Slavery was also a fact of life in many northern colonies before the American Revolution. Northern slavery was never as widespread or as essential to the economy as it was in the south\, but it was there nonetheless. What did it look like? What forms did it take? And what forms of resistance to it were possible? Quite a few\, actually. In fact\, in 1741 white New Yorkers thought they’d discovered a slave plot in their city – a plot to burn down Manhattan’s houses\, rape its white women\, and kill its white masters.  \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \n (pre-registration required; registration closes at 6:30pm)  \n \nAbout the Presenter \nDr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.  He has won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland historical Society\, as an elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society\, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.   \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-north-slavery-in-colonial-america-with-dr-richard-bell/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T203000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Despicable Pirates\, 3\,000-Year-Old Oyster Shells & Cannibal Crabs! Tall Tales of Annapolis & the Chesapeake Bay
DESCRIPTION:Storyteller Jefferson Holland presents a delightful program of original tall tales and songs inspired by the people and places of the Bay\, from the Native Americans who feasted on oysters along her shores to the modern-day sailors who ply her waters. \nFood/drink suggestion: Chesapeake oyster stew with Fordham Copperhead Ale \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \n \nAbout our Presenter: \nJefferson Holland\, Poet Laureate of Annapolis\, is a modern-day Chesapeake Troubadour: singer\, songwriter\, poet\, storyteller\, performing all original material inspired by decades of life on the Bay. Jeff served as the director of the Annapolis Maritime Museum and the Riverkeeper for the West and Rhode Rivers. He co-founded the Chesapeake folk group ‘Crab Alley’ in the 1980s and 90s and founded ‘Them Eastport Oyster Boys’ with partner Kevin Brooks in 1992. Currently\, Jeff writes and outdoors column in the Annapolis Capital and has published a collection of essays in a book called ‘Walk Around Arundel\, 52 Places to Hike with your Dog and Other Best Friends.’ He lives in Annapolis with his wife\, Louise White and their rescue retriever\, Millie. \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nCanÕt watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and youÕll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nTime: 7:00 pm (ET) (pre-registration required; registration closes at 6:30 pm)
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-despicable-pirates-3000-year-old-oyster-shells-cannibal-crabs-tall-tales-of-annapolis-the-chesapeake-bay/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Major Developments in American Constitutional History
DESCRIPTION:The United States Constitution was ratified in 1789; however\, the document’s meaning has not always been clear. This is because many debates over constitutional interpretation were settled during the Constitutional Convention. Sometimes our nation’s founders did not agree on constitutional meaning. Other ties\, the Constitution’s ambiguity comes from our country facing contemporary issues that the founders never would have imagined. \nIn this series of presentations on American Constitutional History\, Dr. Francene Engel\, Scholar for the Maryland Council for Civics and History Education\, will explore major events in history that shaped the document’s meaning and affected the trajectory of our constitutional democracy. The first program will discuss the development of judicial review through the landmark Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison (1803). We also examine the evolution of the due process clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments. \nJoining Dr. Engel will be our guest moderator\, Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma\, Director of Maryland Council for Civic & History Education; State Coordinator of We the People and Project Citizen; Instructor at American University; Chair of Annapolis Friends of Lafayette\, and Historic Annapolis Trustee. \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \n \nPresenter Bio: \nDr. Francene Engel received her PhD in political science from the University of Southern California. She has taught courses in American constitutional law\, civil rights and liberties\, constitutional theory\, women and the law\, and American government at the University of Maryland\, the University of Michigan\, Baylor University\, and the University of Southern California. She was also a Fulbright Scholar teaching in Poitiers\, France. \nDr. Engel has worked in civic and history assessments\, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress Exam in Civics. She has served as a civics education consultant for the Maryland State Department of Education\, Virginia Civics\, James Madison’s Montpelier\, George Washington’s Mount Vernon\, Educational Testing Services\, the American Institutes for Research\, and the Center of Civic Education. \nShe enjoys the challenge of making complex constitutional issues understandable to everyone. \nGuest Moderator:  \nDr. Taylor-Thoma coordinated social studies instruction\, curriculum\, assessment\, policy\, and professional development programs for over twenty years at the Maryland State Department of Education in Baltimore. She taught secondary social studies in Queen Anne’s County\, Maryland for ten years before her tenure in state education. She recently retired to the Maryland Council for Civic and History Education\, where she coordinates history and civic programs such as the History Teacher of the Year\, We the People…\, the James Madison Legacy Program in Maryland\, and international democracy programs in Russia and Armenia. She completed her doctoral studies at the College of Notre Dame in Maryland in 2008 in leadership and policy. Her research interests include studying the relationship between effective civic education policy and student learning in the United States and abroad. Dr. Thoma considers herself a strong advocate for social justice and serves as the Past-President of the Middle States Council for Social Studies. Her most recent project has been the editing and interpreting of the College\, Career\, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. She is an adjunct professor at American University\, and a member of the Board of Trustees with Historic Annapolis.
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-major-developments-in-american-constitutional-history/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - The Constitution: Promises and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Historic Annapolis is pleased to be a Foundational Friend of the Maryland Council for Social Studies and are partnering with them to present programs focusing on the United States Constitution. The first program is on Constitution Day\, Wednesday\, September 17th at 7:30 pm. Joey Landgraf\, President of MDCSS will share the educational role and goals of the organization and to introduce our speaker\, Professor Gilda Daniels. \nWhether you are a student\, educator\, legal professional\, or engaged community member\, this program invites you to reflect on the Constitution’s legacy and to confront the challenges that remain in fulfilling its guarantees for all. \nJoin Gilda Daniels\, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law\, and voting rights expert\, for an engaging Constitution Day program that explores the enduring promises and persistent challenges of America’s founding document through the lens of a “living Constitution” This thought-provoking event will examine how the Constitution’s vision for liberty\, equality\, and justice has been interpreted\, expanded\, and sometimes constrained over time. \nThrough historical reflection and contemporary analysis\, we will consider how the Constitution is not a static relic\, but a dynamic framework-shaped by amendments\, judicial interpretation\, and the ongoing efforts of citizens to make its ideals real. We will explore: \n\nThe foundational principals embedded in the Constitution\nHow the living Constitution framework influences debates over rights and governance\nLandmark Supreme Court decisions that have redefined constitutional protections\nThe challenges of applying 18th century language to 21st century issues\nThe role of civic engagement in fulfilling the Constitution’s promises\n\nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \n \nPresenter Bio: \nGilda R. Daniels is a Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and a voting rights expert. She is a former Deputy Chief in the Department of Justice\, Civil Rights Division\, Voting Section. She also served as Litigation Director at Advancement Project National Office\, supporting the justice\, education\, immigrants’ rights\, and voting projects and a staff attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law. Professor Daniels is currently a Consultant at the Campaign Legal Center. She is Nationally recognized voting rights and election law expert. \nShe has investigated\, negotiated\, and litigated cases involving the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, the National Voter Registration Act and other voting statutes. Professor Daniels teaches Election Law\, Appellate Advocacy Federal Courts\, Civil Procedure\, and Critical Legal Theory\, which includes jurisprudence\, critical race theory\, socioeconomics\, and access to justice. \nProfessor Daniels is the author of Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America. Ms. Magazine called Uncounted “required reading”. She has prepared amicus briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on various civil rights and constitutional issues\, and is well published. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race\, law\, and democracy. Some of the articles have appeared in California Law Review\, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Review; Yale Law Journal Forum\, George Washington Law Review\, and New York University of Legislation and Public Policy. Other media outlets include the Washington Post and NPR’s All Things Considered.  \nProfessor Daniels is a consultant and contributor to various conferences and panels. She lectures at universities and organizations ranging from National Association for the Advancement of Colored People\, The American Constitution Society to local churches. Earlier in her career she was a staff attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights\, representing death row inmates as well as bringing prison condition cases in Georgia and Alabama. She is a graduate of New York University of Law where she was a Root Tilden Scholar\, and Grambling State University. \nHistoric Annapolis is honored to have Gilda Daniels as a member of the Board of Trustees. \nJoey Landgraf is the President-Elect for Maryland Council for Social Studies. This school year\, he is embarking on a new adventure as he will be a social sciences teacher at Aberdeen High School in Harford County Public Schools. Previously\, Joey taught AP Government and AP Psychology at North County High School in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.  Joey is a 2015 James Madison Fellow from Maryland and also won Promising New Social Studies Teacher of the Year from MDCSS in 2019.  He has previously served on the board of MDCSS as an At-Large Member. In his free time\, he enjoys fantasy football\, pub trivia\, golf\, hiking\, and wrangling his toddler daughter. \n 
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-the-constitution-promises-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - “In Pursuit of Gold Mountain”: Asian Immigration and History in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Daniel J. Sieh \nThe United States\, or “Gold Mountain” as it was known in Asia\, was often seen as a very distant but promising destination for many in the East looking for opportunity. New research puts the beginnings of Asian immigration much earlier than expected\, with some even making their way to the American Revolution and the nascent United States with the “Old China Trade”. From mercantile beginnings to the turbulent struggles of a nation in the midst of a civil war\, through the turmoil and development in the 20th century the history of Asians in the United States reflects the underlying history that connects all in their pursuit of the “American Dream”. \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \nPre-registration is required; Registration closes at 7:00 pm.\nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you’ll receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \n \nAbout the Presenter: \nDaniel J. Sieh is a Public Historian with over 12 years of experience working with historical museums throughout the East Coast. Previously\, Daniel has worked at Colonial Williamsburg and later on at Claude Moore Colonial Farm as one of their historical interpreters. He graduated with a History degree from the College of William and Mary in 2016 and has a Master’s degree from American University. He currently lives and works in Washington D.C. as a Financial Manager for Freddie Mac \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \n 
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-oin-pursuit-of-gold-mountaino-asian-immigration-and-history-in-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Southern Slavery in Colonial America presented by Dr. Richard Bell
DESCRIPTION:The first Africans had been brought to Virginia as slaves in 1619 but it wasn’t until the 1670s that slavery began to dominate parts of the American economy. That process continued apace in the 18th century transforming every aspect of most southern colonies\, from Virginia to South Carolina and Georgia. How did American law transform to codify and entrench race slavery in America in this period? How did plantation owners enforce submission and compliance and impose their will on a black\, enslaved underclass? How did they work to try to prevent widespread resistance and what ways did enslaved men and women find to fight back to preserve their dignity and culture\, or perhaps even to escape or revolt?  \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nCost: FREE \n \nAbout the Presenter \nDr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.  He has won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland historical Society\, as an elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society\, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.   \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \nCan’t watch live? All lectures will be recorded. Please register and you will receive the link to watch the recording after the event. \nTime: 7:30 pm (ET) (pre-registration required; registration closes at 7:00 pm)
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-southern-slavery-in-colonial-america-presented-by-dr-richard-bell/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - The Balance of Power in Colonial Native America with Dr. Richard Bell
DESCRIPTION:The Balance of Power in Colonial Native America  \nNative Americans did not disappear from colonial history in the 18th century. On the contrary\, throughout the 1700s\, Native Americans exerted decisive influence on the American colonies encroaching all around them. But how\, why\, and at what cost? How did Native people navigate the rapid changes to the balance of power between themselves and the surging numbers of European settlers now living on the American continent? What did life look like in the contact zones where Europeans and Natives interacted? Who were the intermediaries\, the go-betweens\, who greased the wheels of diplomacy and cooperation on the borderlands between English America and Indian Country? Why did they do that work\, and why did so many of those go-betweens end up dead?  \nAdvance registration required. Registration closes one half hour prior to lecture.  \nCost: FREE \n \nThe Historic Annapolis 2025 Virtual Lecture Series is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. If you enjoy this program\, we hope you will consider becoming a member or making a donation today to support Historic Annapolis and our mission to connect all people with our shared history.  \nAbout the Presenter \nDr. Richard Bell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.  He has won more than a dozen teaching awards\, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland historical Society\, as an elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society\, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.   \n\nCanÕt watch the lecture live? The lecture will be recorded! Please register even if you cannot watch in real time; all attendees will receive a link to the recording of the lecture to watch at their convenience for two weeks. Live closed captioning is available for all lectures. \nThis lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration\, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register\, please check your Spam folder\, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer\, visit the Zoom website. \n\n 
URL:https://www.annapolis.org/event/virtual-lecture-the-balance-of-power-in-colonial-native-america-with-dr-richard-bell/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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