The surgeons, physicians, and doctors of the Civil War have received deserved attention in the study of the Civil War. But what about the common stretcher bearer? Hear the fascinating tale of common men in an uncommon world. Who were the stretcher bearers and ambulance drivers of the Civil War? What was their daily life like? How were they trained? Learn the answers to these questions and more with Kyle Dalton of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.​ Free for members (become one today!) or $10 for non-members. All...

Kit Brooks, the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, will provide insights into the representation and attitudes toward women in the Edo period. Live-stream link will be provided before the event begins. Kit Brooks is the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer-Sackler Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. She holds a PhD in Japanese art history from Harvard University. Specializing in prints and paintings of the Edo and Meiji periods, Kit’s primary research interests revolve around...

Sold Out In-person. Virtual Only. Join the Captain Avery Museum for this exciting series! Programs begin each Wednesday at 11:30 am, followed by a luncheon of delicious soup, bread, dessert, tea & coffee. Members $100 for Series; $25 for individual luncheons. Non-Members $120 for Series; $28 for individual luncheons. FEBRUARY 2 Black Watermen of the Chesapeake - Vincent Leggett Vincent Leggett is the President and CEO of the Leggett Group USA, an Annapolis-based consulting firm specializing in Government Relations, Public Affairs, and Advocacy. Vince holds a B.S. and M.A. in...

Annapolis Maritime Museum's 2022 Winter Lecture Series Join Annapolis Maritime Museum virtually for their annual winter lecture series hosted over Zoom. You will be challenged to question and to learn by engaging speakers on eight diverse topics including maritime history, local history, science and maritime art. Admission is $10 per person for non-members and FREE for First Mate and above members. Presenter: Leslie Reeder-Myers | Assistant Professor – Department of Anthropology at Temple University Oysters struggle to grow in much of the upper Chesapeake Bay today, but thousands of archaeological...

Trace the journey of African Americans, and explore their impact both nationally and internationally. This 2-hour walking tour, offered in partnership with the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation and named a “Heritage Award Winner” by the Four Rivers Heritage Area, starts at Market House Park across from Annapolis City Dock, where slave ships entered 300 years ago. The Alex Haley statue that marks the significance of the author of Roots and the journey of his ancestor Kunte Kinte is featured. Symbolically, the stroll continues uphill through local history to the State...

The historic “Andrew Ellicott & Benjamin Banneker Surveying the Boundaries of Washington, DC”, painted by William Arthur Smith in 1968, was conserved and will be permanently hung at the Banneker-Douglass Museum. Sign Language interpreters will be present at this event.

2022 is the 200th anniversary of Harriet Tubman’s birth. Join the Commission on African American History and Culture for our February meeting, where we will celebrate the bicentennial of Harriet Tubman with special presentations and guest speakers.

oin Dr. Richard Bell for his first lecture of the 2022 HA Virtual Lecture Series. It is the first of several lectures which will look at the impact of the American Revolution on the institution of slavery. The American Revolution was a transformative moment in African American history, a freedom war second only to the Civil War in significance. Over long eight years of war, both the Continental Army and the British Army appealed to Black Americans for manpower. This lecture argues that chaos of the war itself brought many enslaved...

Sold Out In-person. Virtual Only. Join the Captain Avery Museum for this exciting series! Programs begin each Wednesday at 11:30 am, followed by a luncheon of delicious soup, bread, dessert, tea & coffee. Members $100 for Series; $25 for individual luncheons. Non-Members $120 for Series; $28 for individual luncheons. FEBRUARY 9 The Story of the Making of the first U.S. Flag - Marjorie Riordan Marjie Riordan is an engaging speaker and historian. Mary Young Pickersgill produced the gigantic Star Spangled Banner, our defining icon. But most of her life was...

Presenter: Dr. Jenny Masur, National Parks Service historian and author Dr. Masur will discuss her latest book, Heroes of the Underground Railroad around Washington DC, sharing stories of nine Maryland freedom seekers originating from a variety of counties and settling in varied destinations in the Northeast and abroad. In some ways the experiences of these men and women fit stereotypes of the Underground Railroad—Vigilance Committees, Quakers, crossing into Pennsylvania, heading to the north. However, their stories are unexpected in the key interventions of fellow African Americans, and in the necessity...