A Rainy Day in Annapolis
By Will A. Davis The nineteenth century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this famous line in his poem “The Rainy Day“….“Into each life a little rain must fall”. Well if you are visiting historic Annapolis on the coast of Maryland whether...
Harriet Tubman: The Most Famous “Conductor” on the Underground Railroad
By Jim Weaver Much has been written about Harriet Tubman, the black slave who escaped to freedom from her Cambridge, Maryland, plantation only to return again more than a dozen times to help other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. In August...
The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
By Mary Gallagher The history of Baltimore and African Americans reaches back to the beginning of United States’ history. Before the Civil War, Baltimore (pop. 100,000) was home to the largest community of free blacks in the nation, more than 25,000,...
Maryland, My Maryland
By Carol Sorgen Every Maryland schoolchild knows that the “Old Line State” has another nickname as well—“America in Miniature.” It’s not hard to see why. Maryland’s attractions range from the Eastern Shore with its Atlantic coastline and...
National Aquarium Goes Down Under
By Carol Sorgen Boomer’s a little skittish these days but that’s to be expected. The two-year-old wallaby is getting used to his new digs at the National Aquarium in Baltimore’s much anticipated–and newly opened–exhibit,...
