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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Citizen Science in the Chesapeake on the Eve of the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Beginning with the first European settlement at Jamestown\, Virginia\, in 1607\, until the 1775 battles at Lexington and Concord\, Massachusetts\, the Chesapeake region inspired interest among soldiers\, merchants\, and gentleman scholars in the Old World. Self-trained\, amateur scientists like Thomas Jefferson fed that interest by committing their observations to paper. They sent letters and samples to correspondents in the Old World\, most of whom held university degrees\, at a time when education focused on classical literature and philosophy\, theology\, and the law. \nThese early Chesapeake scholars—whether roaming the countryside or making observations in their own gardens—are the intellectual ancestors of today’s citizen scientists\, amateurs of all ages and backgrounds engaged in the advancement of knowledge through observation\, measurement\, analysis\, and reporting of the world around them. This presentation explores that history from the vantage of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Citizen Science in Archaeology program\, participation in which is open to you. \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: Jim Gibb (Binghamton University\, PhD 1994) directs SERC’s Environmental Archaeology Laboratory (SEAL)\, housed in the Charles “Mac” Mathias Laboratory. He has researched and published on numerous topics in archaeology\, from a Paleoindian site in Southern Maryland\, to patterns of wealth among 17th-century planters\, to production strategies among late 19th-century cheese manufacturers. With a team of citizen scientists engaged at all levels of research\, from archival research to data collection to analysis and reporting\, Jim investigates the ecosystem stresses created by socially differentiated households in the Rhode River watershed\, analyzing biological materials and artifacts from tightly dated archaeological deposits from the mid-17th through 20th centuries. \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-citizenscience/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture - Crafting the Golden Age: The Architectural World of Pre-Revolutionary Annapolis
DESCRIPTION:Annapolis today stands as a testament to its many layers of history\, with four centuries of buildings standing side by side throughout the city. In honor of preservation month\, this talk highlights Annapolis’ architectural landscape in the 1700s.   \nThe years prior to the Revolutionary War were a time of vast economic growth and opportunity encompassing all levels of Annapolis society. The changing urban landscape reflected the dramatic rise of new buildings creating distinct areas of commercial\, speculative\, and private spheres. In her richly illustrated lecture\, Marcia Miller explores the many connections between the built environment and those who lived\, worked\, and labored in pre-Revolutionary Annapolis. \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: Marcia Miller recently retired as the head of the Office of Research\, Survey and Registration for the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT)\, where she oversaw the documentation of Maryland’s historic and cultural resources. Throughout her thirty-five-year career at MHT\, Marcia conducted numerous architectural investigations and provided critical oversight of restorations of the state’s most important architectural landmarks such as the Maryland State House\, the Old Treasury Building\, and the Brice House. She has served on advisory committees for landmark buildings across the state and on the Board of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. \nSince completing her master’s thesis on the Chase-Lloyd House in Annapolis\, Marcia has continued to research the craftsmen and builders of early Maryland. Much of her work has focused on the complex interplay of designers\, craftsmen\, and clients in Annapolis\, and how their dwellings fit into a larger trans-Atlantic narrative. She co-edited Architecture in Annapolis: A Field Guide with Orlando Ridout V and has lectured widely on the city’s architectural legacy. \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-prerevarchitecture/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Zoom Virtual Lecture
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Virtual Event
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T190000
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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
CATEGORIES:America250,Lectures,Virtual Event
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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 - 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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