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Support the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area With Your End-Of-Year Donation!

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by Hope Stewart

Many of our stakeholders make end-of-year donations. This holiday season, please consider a donation to the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area, as you support us in our mission to protect and strengthen the natural, historic, and cultural resources of our heritage area, to nurture their discovery through educational and recreational experiences for visitors and residents, and to promote the region’s rich legacy. As an example of our impact, we recently awarded twelve new Mini-Grants to local heritage-related nonprofit organizations as part of our FY24 Mini-Grant opportunity. The grants awarded this fall...

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Apply to Join the MHAA Grants Review Panel

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by Hope Stewart

The Maryland Heritage Areas Program is seeking panelists to review heritage tourism grant applications for the upcoming grant round. Did you know that grant applications submitted to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority’s (MHAA) grant program are reviewed and recommended for funding by Marylanders? Does this sound interesting to you? Here's your chance to get involved in the process! The program is seeking panelists to review heritage tourism grant applications for the upcoming FY25 MHAA grant round. We are looking for folks from across the state with various backgrounds and experience in a...

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Miller History Fund Grant Cycle Now Open

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by Hope Stewart

The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) is proud to announce the fifth grant cycle of the Thomas V. “Mike” Miller, Jr. History Fund. This competitive grant program is accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) until November 10th.The Miller History Fund provides grants ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 that support capacity-building and collections care projects for Maryland's history museums, historical societies, and community archives. This cycle, MCHC will award a total of $200,000. Full details on applicant eligibility and evaluation criteria are in the FY 2024 grant guidelines. An applicant webinar...

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Save the Date – Captain Avery Museum’s 26th Annual Oyster Festival

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by Hope Stewart

Captain Avery Museum is preparing its 26th annual oyster festival, with this year’s waterfront gathering featuring good community company, fine regional music, an array of choice gifts for purchase, local food and drink, and the best oysters anywhere. Come out for the festival — winner in the past of the prestigious Best of the Bay award for Community Events — Saturday Oct. 14, from 12:30-5, on Captain Avery’s broad green lawn on the banks of the West River in Shady Side. Admission is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Children...

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SHINE Grants: Deadline September 1 — Apply Now!

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by Hope Stewart

Maryland Humanities’ grants program funds general operating support to humanities nonprofits in Maryland. The Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grant fund will provide 95 General Operating Support grants worth $10,000, to non-profit organizations which provide humanities programming throughout the state of Maryland. Goals of the Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant Program Continue and expand general operating support funding, awarding $950,000 in grants. Focus on small and mid‐size humanities, arts, cultural, and educational nonprofits that may not have staff capacity or resources to be competitive in fundraising. Ensure a...

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Special Announcement: Preserving Black Churches Grant Program

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by Hope Stewart

Learn more below about a special opportunity from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Black churches are a living testament to the achievements and resiliency of generations of African Americans. With support from the Lilly Endowment Inc, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is leveraging historic preservation as a tool for equity and reconciliation and celebrating historic Black churches as centers of heritage, community, and cultural life. Do you know a historic Black church that needs funding to strengthen its capital, staffing, operations, or endowment?...

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Open House at the Annearrundell County Free School This Weekend

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by Hope Stewart

Annearrundell County Free School Museum In 1723 the Maryland Colonial Assembly passed the Free School Act which established the building of a school in each of the twelve existing counties using tax payer money.  It is believed that the Annearrundell County Free School in Davidsonville is the only structure from that time period still standing.  The one-room schoolhouse is operated by members of the Anne Arundel Retired School Personnel Association (AARSPA).   There will be an Open House on July 8, 2023 and on July 9, 2023 from 1:00-4:00 pm. The school...

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Take a Survey! History, Preservation, and Cultural Heritage in Maryland’s Future

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by Hope Stewart

Help shape the future of cultural heritage in Maryland by taking a survey! The Maryland Historical Trust is seeking feedback to help inform the 2024-2031 update to their statewide preservation plan, which will guide historic preservation, archaeology, and cultural heritage activities around the state. You can participate by completing the Public Survey: History, Preservation, and Cultural Heritage in Maryland's Future and joining one of MHT's public meetings this summer! Stay tuned for public meeting dates. ...

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Sunday! African American Pioneer Women Book Launch

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by Hope Stewart

In celebration of the March Women’s History Month, the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Inc. is highlighting local African American Female Pioneers with the release of a book: Celebrating African American Female Pioneers, at a reception Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Michael E. Busch branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library at 1410 West St. Annapolis, Maryland. Doors open at 1:30 and the formal program will begin at 2:00 followed by a reception to meet and talk to some of the 34 women honored in the book. Books will be...

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Anne Arundel County Arts and Cultural Resources Grants

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by Hope Stewart

The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County is honored to partner with the Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning Cultural Resources Division, which protects the County’s historic sites, buildings, archaeological sites and landscapes, to offer a second FY2023 grant funding opportunity. The Anne Arundel County Arts and Cultural Resources Grants will provide funding for programming that utilizes heritage resources in Anne Arundel County in a new or innovative way; increases public access to historic sites; improves or enhances how the public engages with heritage resources; and/or encourages the maintenance...

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