Essex Musuem Speaker Series: "Todd's Inheritance"

May 15 @ 7 PM

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

Please join the volunteers from Todd's Inheritance Historic Site to learn about this exciting new museum and interpretive property located in Edgemere. Enjoy an introduction to the history of the North Point Peninsula from early Native American presence, Todd family settlement in 1664, the War of 1812-Battle of North Point and more. Information about upcoming events, lectures and openings will be shared. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Visitors may tour the Museum after the event. FREE

Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County will be visiting various historic buildings in charming historic Monkton. Starting at the Monkton Hotel, we will explore Town Hall, private residences, & finish our tour at Manor Mill, where light refreshments will be served.

We will be conducting more tours, including historic cemeteries, in June, please sign-up for our updates at www.PreservationABC.org or go to www.facebook/PreservationABC/

Exploring Genealogy DNA with David Powell

May 26 @ 10 - 11 AM

Location: Manor Mill | 2029 Monkton Rd, Monkton, MD 21111

Have you done a DNA test with Ancestry.com or some other company? Do you want to take a DNA test but are unsure about the process or where to do it? Have you wondered exactly what your DNA results mean? This is the workshop for you. Explore the ins and outs of genealogical DNA. Learn how they identify criminals in cold cases with DNA evidence. Learn about your ethnicity and about your family trees.

Gustavus McLeod Speaker Night

June 14 @ 7 PM

Location: The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum | 701 Wilson Point Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220

Free speaker night with aviation pioneer Gustavus McLeod sharing his adventurous flight circumnavigating the world pole to pole. This program is held at The Museum's Education Gallery in Hangar 5 at Martin State Airport.

Speaker Series: "Flag History"

June 15 @ 7 PM

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

Local flag collector and historian Dale Grimes shares our history of flags and offers a peek at his collection. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Visitors may tour the Museum after the event. FREE

Jane Austen Day at Manor Mill

June 17 @ 1 - 6 PM

Location: Manor Mill | 2029 Monkton Rd, Monkton, MD 21111

Celebrate the life and works of Jane Austen with an afternoon at Manor Mill. Austen enthusiasts will lead book talks on her "big six" novels (ranging from "Sense and Sensibility: God Help the Mister that Comes between Me and My Sister" to  "Persuasion: Setting Boundaries and Self-Care"). Others will explore Austen's medical woes, her poetry, what she ate, and her lasting effect on publishing. Find out how to dress properly from Chemise (slip) to Shawl or Meet Mr. Collins. There are plenty of crafting opportunities with make and take period inspired projects and expert demonstrations everything from spoon carving to basket making.

You choose your schedule with our $30 Adult Day Pass and $15, 18 and Under Day Pass

*Special add-ons can be purchased upon check in such as: custom regency-style portraits or a photo op with a historical carriage!

Presented by the Jane Austen Society of North America and Manor Mill. Proceeds all going to Manor Mill's Water Wheel Restoration Project.

Marshy Point Archeology Dig

June 17 @ 10 AM - 3 PM

Location: Marshy Point Nature Center | 7130 Marshy Point Rd, Middle River, MD 21220

Have you ever wanted to take part in an archeology dig? Come join us as we dig to learn more about Cassandra Bond who is buried in a small cemetery near our site's location. We will be digging shovel test pits (STPs), documenting the soil strata, sifting what we dig, and bagging everything we find to determine the limits of the historical site. No experience necessary. Just wear closed toe shoes and bring work gloves if you have them. We will teach you what to do. Help us uncover history at Marshy Point. Lunch provided.