Calendar of Events

The Historical Society will be closed all major holidays.  Be certain & call first!  410-666-1878

All programs will be held at the Almshouse, 9811 Van Buren Lane, Cockeysville unless otherwise stated.

January 2008 February 2008
March 2008 April 2008
   
May 2008 June 2008
18th - Annual HSBC Meeting and Covered Bridges in Miniature
Sunday 2:00 p.m.

The annual HSBC Meeting will be followed by a presentation on covered bridges in miniature.  Paul Schmitz, who has skillfully and accurately recreated hundreds of covered bridges in miniature, will give the presentation.  (Click here for program flyer)

24th - Saturday - CLOSED

8th - Baltimore's Confederate Women: Perpetuating a Culture of War
Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Claudia Floyd, Senior Professor at Villa Julie College, will lead this presentation.  (Click here for program flyer, abstract, and details)
July 2008 August 2008
4th - 5th - Closed Friday, July 4 & Saturday, July 5

19th - Researching Your Family's WWII Military Service
Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Limited to 8 participants.  Sign up now.  A workshop for novice researchers who would like to find out about their family members' military service.  Dr. G. Johnston.  Members are $15/person and non-members are $25/person.

16th - How Historians "Do" History
Saturday, August 16, 2008, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Limited to 8 participants.  Sign up now.  A workshop for amateur historians who would like to learn about the processes of corroboration, contextualization, and historical revision.  Dr. G. Johnston.  Members are $15/person and non-members are $25/person.

18th - Closed Monday, August 18 through Monday, September 1st. 

September 2008 October 2008
12th - Second Annual Shrimp Feast at Columbus Gardens
Friday, September 12, 2008 - $35/person  (click here for flyer)

28th - The History Expedition: A Blueprint for Teaching History By Doing History
Sunday, September 28, 2008. 2:00-3:00 p.m.

A lecture for those interested in learning how to run successful community-based, cooperative, group investigations in history.  Dr. G. Johnston.  Non-members are $5/person.

 

19th - Current Historical Research in the Greenspring Valley
Sunday, October 19, 2008.  1:30-2:30 p.m.

Find out about the history of Greenspring Valley as well as recent scholarship regarding the area.  Dr. A. Boulton.  Non-members are $5/person

November 2008 December 2008

9th - MacArthur's Cavalry Combat Team in WWII: the 112th Cavalry RCT.
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008.  1:30-2:30 p.m.

The last horse mounted cavalry unit deployed by the US Army to fight as cavalry, the 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team served in the Southwest Pacific during WWII.  Known as "The Little Giant of the Pacific," this outfit always fought outnumbered and achieved remarkable success in its service.  The unit on which "The Naked and the Dead" was based, Norman Mailer was one of several notable veterans of the regiment.  A recognized authority on the subject of the 112th Cavalry's activities in WWII, this event will mark the premier lecture on the topic on the East Coast.  Dr. G. Johnston.  Non-members are $5/person. 

27th-29th - Closed to recognize the Thanksgiving holiday.
 

14th - Charm City's Contribution to Polish Independence: General Haller's Baltimore Volunteers
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 at 2:00-3:00 p.m.

In 1917, nearly 250 Polish men from Maryland volunteered to join the Polish Army in France under General Haller.  Recruited in Baltimore, trained in Canada by the British, equipped by the French, these men joined 23,000 other volunteers to form the "Polish Blue Army."  After helping defeat the Germans in World War I, many of these men returned to the newly independent nation of Poland only to engage in a ferocious war against the Bolsheviks.  Ultimately achieving victory, a large number returned to the United States.  This lecture will explore the stories of some of those Polish men from Baltimore.  Dr. G. Johnston.  Non-members are $5/person. 

Dec. 24th - Jan. 1 - Closed for winter break.

Please contact the HSBC at bchistory4@verizon.net or 410-666-1878 for additional information.