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Coming to Baltimore: Immigrants Old and New

Severna Park United Methodist Church 731 Benfield Road, Severna Park

Featuring guest speaker Nicholas Fessenden It is a little known story that, during 1830-1914, 1.5 million immigrants landed in Baltimore, which was America's third largest port of entry. Mr. Fessenden will describe the stories of the largest groups who came here; Germans, Irish, Jews, and Poles, why they left their homeland and how they fashioned new lives in their adopted country. Nicholas Fessenden taught History in the Upper School at Friends School of Baltimore (1972-2010) and also as an adjunct at Towson University, Maryland Institute of Art, and Community College...