Please join the Maryland Historical Trust on Thursday, February 1, for the 2018 Maryland Preservation Awards, celebrating ten outstanding people and projects for their extraordinary efforts to preserve and enhance historic places. Presented annually by the Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees, the Maryland Preservation Awards are the highest level of recognition for historic preservation, heritage education and community development projects in the state. The hour-long ceremony will begin at 4:30 pm in the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis. Following the ceremony, mix and mingle with awardees and fellow preservationists at a special reception sponsored by the Maryland Historical...

Scope of Presentation Unusual methods and inventions have developed to get answers about complex migratory life cycles and our understanding of how blue crabs move among habitats and what they do in the Chesapeake Bay. Tuck will explore the blue crab fishery in the Bay and crab production in other countries. Presenter Dr. Anson “Tuck” Hines is the Director and Marine Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). He has a B.A. in Zoology from Pomona College and a Ph.D. in Zoology from University of California at Berkeley. His research on...

Anne Arundel Genealogical Society Is pleased to announce African American Genealogical Research At the Maryland State Archives Featuring guest speaker Chris Haley Chris Haley is Director of Research for the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland at the Maryland State Archives and Director of the Utopia Film Festival in Prince George's County. Additionally, he has served on the following boards: Annapolis Film Festival, Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Historic London Town Foundation, Jake Savage Foundation and the Annapolis Arts Alliance Foundation. His script for the 2004 The RECONCILIATION WALK...