• Carroll 250 Speaker Series: Accidental Citizen: Major General von Steuben and the American Revolution

    Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg Branch 6400 West Hemlock Drive, Eldersburg, MD

    Join U.S. Army Historian Joseph Seymour for this presentation on Friederich Wilhelm von Steuben, who proved to be among the more unlikely American revolutionaries. Rising through the ranks of the army of Frederick the Great, von Steuben found himself in the service of a much different army, in a much different setting—the Continental Army’s encampment

  • Carroll 250 Speaker Series: The Memory of Landscapes: A study of four historic National Parks within an hour’s drive of Carroll County

    Carroll County Public Library, Taneytown Branch 10 Grand Drive, Taneytown, MD, United States

    Join presenter Winona R. Peterson, retired NPS Cultural Resource Program Manager, for this fun informative talk. All landscapes have stories to tell; even the ones we interact with daily. This program will present compelling layers of history found at selected historic national park sites within an easy drive of Carroll County. We will explore the

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