In September 1862, the Confederate Cavalry arrived in Urbana, Maryland, and though Federal troops were on their heels, they decided to hold a ball to celebrate.
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Sep 10, 2021
4 min
Between 1851 and 1860, Harriet Tubman freed a reported thousand slaves from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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Sep 2, 2021
4 min
During the Civil War, Montgomery County, Maryland native Rose O'Neal Greenhow worked as a spy for the Confederacy, sharing important military intelligence with fellow Southern sympathizers in Washington, DC. Part two of our story.
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Aug 17, 2021
4 min
During the Civil War, Montgomery County, Maryland native Rose O'Neal Greenhow worked as a spy for the Confederacy, sharing important military intelligence with fellow Southern sympathizers in Washington, DC.
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Jul 22, 2021
4 min
Baseball phenom Jimmie Foxx got his start playing with the Easton Farmers in Queen Anne's County before breaking into the big leagues in the late 1920s with Connie Mack in Philadelphia.
photo: University of Miami baseball coach Jimmie Foxx with FSU coach Danny Litwhiler in Tallahassee, Florida credit: State Library and Archives of Florida/Flickr/Creative Commons
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May 25, 2021
4 min
After moving to New York in 1890, the Preakness Stakes made its triumphant return to Pimlico in 1909.
(photo credit Ryan Dickey/Flickr/Creative Commons)
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May 12, 2021
4 min
In 1840, William Gilmor held a tournament, replete with jousting, a quintain, and guests clad in Medieval garb, at his Vineyard estate in Baltimore, which was located near 29th Street and Greenmount in the Waverly neighborhood in Baltimore.
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May 6, 2021
4 min
After the Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore, Clara Barton attended to the Massachusetts volunteers when their train arrived in Washington, DC, and went on to found the American Red Cross.
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Apr 28, 2021
4 min
On April 13, 1940, Monty R, a "family pet" born and raised in Maryland horse country, defeated the favored thoroughbred Blockade at My Lady's Manor in a shocking upset.
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Apr 22, 2021
4 min
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