The African American Heritage Festival is held the 3rd Saturday in August. Locations are downtown Charles Town, Wright Denny Elementary, and alternative school grounds at Avis and Lawrence Street. This event
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Reenactors from the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. B., and the 23rd U.S.C.T. will stage a military encampment that portrays the history, training and soldier life of African American units
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Parade, Concert & Fireworks The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ended slavery in Washington, DC, freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly
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The B&O Railroad Museum in Ellicott City, MD is having a one-day event for Black History Month, Saturday February 17 from 10AM to 7PM.
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This Union fortification comes to life as military and civilian reenactors portray the lives of soldier and citizen inhabitants of the fort.
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Walls descendants and members of the Lincoln University community will gather on Sunday, February 18 at 4 pm for a launch ceremony for “Hinsonville’s Heroes” at Mary Dod Chapel on
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In honor of Black History Month and the 200th celebration of Frederick Douglass’ birth, join many of Baltimore’s most exciting attractions for an afternoon of FREE performances and interactive family-friendly
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The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment will be doing a living history with tents and other camp gear. We will be camped directly in front of the house. There will
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Help us celebrate the 159th birthday of our 26th president with an afternoon of activities designed to appeal to the young—or young at heart—in all of us. Drop in for
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On March 8, 1862, the CSS Virginia entered the waters of Hampton Roads and destroyed the USS Cumberland and the USS Congress in a battle that showed the supremacy of
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