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July 2018

Jul 16 2018

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Awards Matching Grants Totaling $427,000 to Local Heritage Organizations

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by Carol Benson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 16, 2018 Annapolis, MD: Four Rivers: The Heritage Area of Annapolis, London Town & South County joins the Hogan Administration in announcing 9 new grants totaling $427,000 to local Annapolis and Anne Arundel County non-profit organizations by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA). The 9 local grants are among 114 matching grants totaling nearly $5 million that were awarded to Maryland non-profits, local jurisdictions and other heritage tourism organizations including museums, and historic preservation, natural resources, cultural, and educational organizations. These grant funds support heritage tourism projects,...

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Jul 02 2018

Make Your Plans Now for FREE National Folk Festival in Salisbury, Sept. 7-9

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by Carol Benson

A Great American Festival Comes to Maryland’s Historic Eastern Shore, on SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2018, in DOWNTOWN SALISBURY, MD​! Make your plans now to join in the fun in Salisbury, Maryland, for the National Folk Festival—one of America’s largest, most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of arts, culture, and heritage. ​A free, large-scale three-day outdoor event, the National Folk Festival celebrates the roots, richness and variety of American culture. It features over 350 of the nation’s finest traditional musicians, dancers, craftspeople and other keepers of culture in performances, workshops, and demonstrations, plus children’s activities, savory regional and...

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