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Trivia: When did firefighters start using horses to pull their engines?
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Welcome to the Baltimore County Heritage Network! | August 15 - September 15, 2023 | | |
Texas Roadhouse Night
August 15 @ 3 - 9 PM
Location: Texas Roadhouse | 11300 McCormick Road, Hunt Valley 21031
| Have a great meal and support the Fire Museum of Maryland. Texas Roadhouse of Hunt Valley is hosting a fundraising night for the Fire Museum on Tuesday, August 15 from 3 - 9 pm. You must bring in or show a phone image of the flyer in order for the Fire Museum to receive the donation. |
It’s Rocket Science!
August 19 @ 11 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum | 701 Wilson Point Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220
| Inspiring future rocket scientists at the Museum’s August Family Fun Day where children can imagine being rocket engineers and astronauts through assembling and launching paper rockets. All activities included with admission. |
Exploring the Gwynns Falls with John McGrain with Teri Rising
August 20 @ 2 - 3:30 PM
Location: Historical Society of Baltimore County | 9811 Van Buren Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21230
| Explore the institutions, industries, turnpikes and bridges along the Gwynns Falls featured in John McGrain's latest book with Teri Rising as your guide. John's lifelong fascination with the Gwynns Falls, and his ongoing quest to photograph and write about its history, is a story in itself. Teri will discuss the efforts that went into getting the book completed and share what she learned on her journey with John as they navigated the Gwynns Falls in words and pictures. |
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Celebrating 103!
August 24
Location: The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum | 701 Wilson Point Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220
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The Baltimore Chapter of the American Rosie the Riveter Association and the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum will be recognizing the 103rd birthday on August 24 of Mary Jones who served on the homefront during World War II at an ammunitions factory in Edgewood. Her life was all about service to her country and community. Help us to surprise her with a basketful of birthday wishes. Birthday cards will be delivered to Mary by the Museum and Rosie chapter members and can be sent to the Museum, att: Debi Wynn, P.O. Box 5024, Middle River, MD 21220 or beginning August 16 cards can dropped off at the Museum into the special Mary Jones Card Box outside the Museum’s door in Hangar 5.
Additional information available at glmmuseumpr@aol.com
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Mingle at the Mill 2
August 31 @ 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Location: Manor Mill | 2029 Monkton Rd, Monkton, MD 21111
| Featuring Maryland Voices of the Civil War with Charles W. Mitchell, we invite you to an evening of fun, art, and history while raising funds for HSBC! There will be tours of the renovated historic Manor Mill, artwork for sale, music, and great food. The Manor Mill museum store will be open with work from their artisans and books from HSBC; plenty of items that make wonderful, distinctive gifts. |
Come Join Us as We Clean Up History!
September 9 @ 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: Marshy Point Nature Center | 7130 Marshy Point Rd, Middle River, MD 21220
| We had an amazing turnout from our archaeology dig day in June and would like to welcome everyone to help clean the artifacts found from this past event and a few others from last summer. This event is supportive of those who are limited physically from our digging days. We will begin at 10:00 am on September 9th but you can show up at any time during the session. We will be in front of the deck near the Nature Center. Clean-up will commence around 2:30 pm. RSVP to the event by contacting the nature center or contacting us on our Facebook page. There is no charge for this event. Check our Facebook page for updates pertaining to weather or email research_chair@marshypoint.org. A rain date is set for Sunday, September 10th. |
The Stoop Storytelling With Caleb Stine
September 14 @ 7 - 8 PM
Location: Manor Mill | 2029 Monkton Rd, Monkton, MD 21111
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The Stoop Storytelling Presents: " The Ones That Got Away: Stories of lost loves, fish, and other missed opportunities", featuring Caleb Stine as the musical guest
The Stoop Storytelling Series is a Baltimore-based live show and podcast that features "ordinary" people sharing the extraordinary, true tales of their lives. The mission of The Stoop is to build community through the sharing of personal stories. Stoop stories are not memorized, performed, or read. They're shared.
Stoop shows are intimate and surprising, wonderful and weird, hilarious and heartbreaking.
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Christiana Resistance of 1851 Revisited
September 17 @ 2 - 3:30 PM
Location: Historical Society of Baltimore County | 9811 Van Buren Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21230
| The events that unfolded at Christiana, Pennsylvania in September 1851 highlight that the strained relations between Maryland and Pennsylvania were a microcosm of what was happening on a national level on the eve of the Civil War. This presentation will highlight the responses of Marylanders to the many acts of resistance on that fateful day in Pennsylvania as well as the impact on local and national events. | |
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August 25
Come say hello to our Fire Museum crew on Friday, August 25 at the Wegmans in Hunt Valley as we help turn up the heat at the store's annual Hatch Chile Festival. We're bringing one of our antique engines, which kids can climb on and explore. 10:30 - 1:30. 122 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, 21030.
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September 9 @ 10 AM - 3 PM
Honoring our Heroes Motor Muster at the Fire Museum of Maryland.
Join us as the Museum fills our front parking lot with motorized fire apparatus spanning the decades from the early 20th century through today. Step inside the Museum and see one of the largest collections of historic fire equipment in the country. Kids love the Discovery Room.
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August 19 @ 11 AM - 1 PM
Back to School Open House
Stop by for a tour or to browse our gift shop. Kids can make a back to school picture frame craft to take home.
September 7 @ 7 PM
Monthly Membership Meeting
September 16 @ 10 AM - 6 PM
400 & 500 blocks Eastern Blvd.
Live music, entertainment, karaoke, car show, food trucks, beer garden, kids zone and more! Visit the Museum on Essex Day from 11 am to 4 pm.
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September 10 @ 11 AM - 3 PM
Grandparents day
Celebrate Grandparents Day discovering and sharing Maryland’s aviation history and receive one free child admission with one free Grandparent paid admission.
September 10 and 13
Observing the Battle of Baltimore
Receive a free book “Build Your Own Model of Fort McHenry and the Flag House” by Roger Mason. One per family.
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Meet the GunPowder Valley Conservancy | |
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In 1989, the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) began as a grassroots effort to protect the historical and natural resources of the “green triangle” of land between the Big and Little Gunpowder Falls in Kingsville. GVC is now a Baltimore County-based land trust and restoration nonprofit organization. Over the past 34 years, we have preserved 2,000+ acres in conservation easements, planted 36,000+ trees and removed 270+ tons of trash. Our vision is a Gunpowder Watershed with healthy lands, healthy waterways, and healthy communities.
This fall we will be offering a variety of environmental stewardship volunteer opportunities, including tree plantings, stream clean-ups, and conservation garden workshops. Visit our online calendar of events for more details: https://www.gunpowdervalleyconservancy.org/events/
Questions? Feel free to reach out to Amy Young, GVC Communications Manager, at ayoung@gunpowdervc.org if you would like to learn more about GVC.
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Who is BCHN?
The Baltimore County Heritage Network was formed in 2022, supported by a grant from the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s Miller History Fund. This collaboration of small history organizations around Baltimore County allows us to share our combined strengths. We hope to increase the sustainability and public awareness of our member organizations. More than that we hope to spread our love of our local history and its amazing stories to more people in our region.
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Answer: In the mid-1800's. Before that, engines were pulled by hand. Horses were introduced when fire companies switched from hand-pumped engines to steam-powered apparatus. | Have a trivia question you want to be featured? Email Us! | | | | |
