• Carroll 250 Event: The Maryland Constitution – An Historical View of Carroll County

    Exploration Commons At 50 East 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, United States

    Join us on Thursday, June 25 to hear the Honorable Joseph Getty give this informative talk about the Maryland Constitution at Exploration Commons in Westminster. After the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, Maryland was one of the first states to adopt a state constitution.  The Maryland Constitutional Convention (the Ninth Provincial Convention) met

  • Carroll 250 Speaker Series: Midwives to the Revolution- Maryland Women in the Early American Printing Industry

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

    In an age when women’s voices were often silenced, some found power in ink and paper. Join Dr. Amy Rosenkrans as she uncovers the crucial role women played in the colonial printing industry, spotlighting Maryland trailblazers Anne Catharine Hoof Green of Annapolis and Mary Katharine Goddard of Baltimore—printers who helped shape public opinion in a

  • Carroll 250 Speaker Series: 1876 The Centennial Celebration & America’s First World’s Fair

    Historical Society of Carroll County 210 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, United States

    This talk will cover how the USA celebrated the Centennial and the significance of a World’s Fair. Local and Maryland participants in the Philadelphia Exposition (The World’s Fair) will be included and local events held to commemorate 1876 will also be highlighted. This event is being held on the HSCC campus at the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium

    Free