Carroll 250 Speaker Series: The Dark Winter of 1776-1777

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

Presented by John Laycock:  It is Christmas 1776, and all is not well for George Washington and his Continental Army. They have suffered a string of defeats and have retreated into New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Fighting through a blizzard and smallpox, Maryland Militia reinforcements start filling the New Jersey countryside. The story of Private Jacob

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Carroll 250 Speaker Series: Victoria Christopher Murray

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

Victoria Christopher Murray is a New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including The Personal Librarian, a Good Morning America book club pick, and The First Ladies, Target’s 2023 Book of the Year, both of which she coauthored with Marie Benedict. She is a NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work

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Carroll 250 Speaker Series: Dolen Perkins Valdez

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

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Balm, Wench, and Take My Hand, which was a Target Book Club pick and earned her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Fiction. She is known for reaching into the archives of American history and excavating the stories of long-forgotten Black men and

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