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February 15 - March 15, 2024

Black History Month Speaker Series: "Henrietta Lacks"

February 15 @ 7 PM

Location: Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River | 516 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221

Servant Courtney Speed, founder of the Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group, will discuss the impact of the life of Turner Station resident Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Cells taken from her body without her knowledge were used to form the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research and has played a role in the development of the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, cancer treatments and more. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Visitors may tour the Museum after the talk. Free and open to the public.

Essex Museum

Lynching in Maryland and Baltimore County

February 18 @ 2 - 3:30 PM

Location: Historical Society of Baltimore County | 9811 Van Buren Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21230

Join Will Schwarz, founder and President of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, for a presentation that will consider the history of racial terror lynching in the US, in Maryland and in Baltimore County. The creation of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project and its efforts to bring that dark history to light will be reviewed. The program will include a screening of a short film on the 1885 lynching of Howard Cooper in Towson.

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CCBC at HSBC- Genealogy: Immigration and Naturalization

March 1 @ 1:30 - 3 PM

Location: Historical Society of Baltimore County | 9811 Van Buren Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21230

PDV 363


Delve into your family’s fascinating immigration history and U.S. citizenship experience. Learn about entry ports, citizenship records and resources, emphasizing Maryland/Baltimore. Instructor: David Powell.

(You can not register through HSBC, but class will be held in the Almshouse)


Cost: $30

CRN: 73634

Call 443-840-5830 in order to register for the class

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CCBC at HSBC- Genealogy: Military Records

March 8 @ 1:30 - 3 PM

Location: Historical Society of Baltimore County | 9811 Van Buren Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21230

PDV 364


Discover the hidden stories of your ancestors’ military service. Explore records from the Revolutionary War to recent conflicts, even during peacetime. Learn about the benefits available to service members, like land grants and pensions. Uncover valuable online resources for military research. Instructor: David Powell.

(You can not register through HSBC, but class will be held in the Almshouse)


Cost: $30

CRN: 73635

Call 443-840-5830 in order to register for the class

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Speaker Series: "History and Hauntings: In Conversation with The Baltimore Paranormal Society"

March 14 @ 7 PM

Location: Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River | 516 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221

Members of the Baltimore Paranormal Society will discuss some of their most active investigations, including their experiences at the Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River. Guests will have the opportunity to learn about the tools/equipment used during their investigations and hear about the team's methodology when approaching haunted locations. A Q&A session will follow the talk. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Visitors may tour the Museum after the talk. Free and open to the public.

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Baltimore County Public Library

February 19 @ 6 PM

The Baltimore County Public Library, Towson Branch, is hosting a program entitled East Towson: From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter as a Black History Month feature.

Baltimore County Public Library

Maryland Fire Museum

Cabin Fever Mondays at the Fire Museum of Maryland continue through February. The Discovery Room is open for caregiver/child playtime every Monday from 10 - noon through February 26. Tickets at the door. 

March 2 @ 10 AM - 4 PM

Family Safety Day at the Fire Museum of Maryland is coming up! This is a very popular event! Admission is free.

MD Fire Museum

Natural History Society of Maryland

February 25

Meditate with a Mammoth

Natural History Society of Maryland

MD Aviation Museum

February: Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays @ 11 AM - 3 PM

The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum will highlight Black History Month and African American aviation pioneers who contributed to aviation advancement. Children will investigate history reading an article on the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, take a short quiz, and the first 30 children of the month to complete this history activity will receive a model P-51 Mustang airplane flown by the Tuskegee pilots.


Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children.

Essex Museum

March 7 @ 7 PM

March Membership Meeting

Essex Museum

District 5 Town Hall

March 6 @ 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Location: Perry Hall Highschool | 4601 Ebenezer Rd, Nottingham, MD 21236

Marshy Point Nature Center Council's research chair is calling for all of those who love and appreciate history to make their voice heard and request Baltimore County Recreation and Parks to appoint an archaeologist and researcher on their county staff. Other counties have this benefit and we should be no different. There is a need for clear direction of how preservation and conservation will take place. Currently, there are no standardized means within this Department for protection within the parks. The MPNCC has been fortunate enough to have the help of the Archeological Society of Maryland (ASM) and the newly created chair position but is it imperative for our Municipal leaders to share in this undertaking. Volunteerism and organizations such as the ASM should always be welcome along with public effort. We must have responsibility within Baltimore County Recreation and Parks offices towards safeguarding history, with clear direction of how preservation and conservation will take place.


To speak your mind, our County has town hall meetings with the public to discuss the FY25 budget and what citizens feel are important to include. You can email your concerns to these Town Halls at townhall@baltimorecountymd.gov, or to our County Executive, John A. Olszewski, Jr., at johnnyo@baltimorecountymd.gov.


District 5’s next town hall meeting will be hosted on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Perry Hall High School. If you have only 5 minutes to spare, please email these two addresses with the calling to, “Save our History with an Archaeologist and Researcher on Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Staff!.”

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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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