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State Senators and Delegates recognized 21 outstanding Maryland middle and high school history scholars at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on January 28, 2019. The students were acknowledged for awards or honors they received at the 2018 National History Day competition.
January 31, 2019
The Garrett Lakes Arts Festival has announced its 2019 season of performances. The main focus of the summer will be the 2019 Chautauqua, a Maryland Humanities program. Maryland Humanities also supported the Festival with a grant to make this happen.
January 23, 2019
Maryland Humanities awarded a total of $83,154 in grant funding to fifteen Maryland organizations. This round of funding supports Maryland organizations in six counties and Ba
December 14, 2018
Maryland Humanities is pleased to welcome five new members to the organization’s Board of Directors.
December 6, 2018
Capital Gazette spoke to collaborators at Southern High school about our Veterans Oral History Project, which Four Rivers Heritage Association named Partnership of the Year 2018.
November 26, 2018
Bay Weekly reported on our Veterans Oral History Project winning the Four Rivers Heritage Area Partnership of the Year Award. The program is a collaboration with Southern High School: the paper spoke to teacher Ms. Jen Davidson and two of her students.
November 19, 2018
Three Maryland History Day teachers have been selected for National History Day professional development programs. Lief Liberg of St. Mary's County will travel to Europe World War II legacies. Joseph Landgraf and Tyler Miller have been selected to participate in an online program.
Maryland Humanities is pleased to announce that Four Rivers Heritage Area has awarded the Maryland Veterans Oral History Project the 2018 Heritage Partnership of the Year Award. The program is a partnership between Southern High School and Maryland Humanities.
November 5, 2018
One Maryland One Book author Tim Junkin will visit seven counties and Baltimore City to speak about his book, Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA. Maryland Humanities kicks off the tour at the Baltimore Book Festival.
August 6, 2018
Maryland Humanities is proud to award grants to twelve organizations across the state for its most recent grant cycle for public humanities programming (Spring 2018).
July 26, 2018