thursday, March 11, 6:30 PM
"Building the Erie Canal: Did the South help make New York the Empire State?”

Gerard Koeppel, author of Bond of Union: Building the Erixe Canal and the American Empire.

saturday, April 24, 11:00 AM
"The Slave Ship: A Human History," a lecture and music program, co-sponsored by the Sandy Spring Slave Museum

Dr. Marcus Rediker, professor of history at University of Pittsburgh and author of The Slave Ship: A Human History, presents a collaborative lecture and musical program with Karen Somerville, renowned gospel and blues vocalist from Chestertown, Maryland. The program combines lecture, images and music into a powerful evocation of both the horrors of the Middle Passage and the human dignity of survivors.

Warm Thanks for Special Support of The Slave Ship: A Human History provided by Granite Security Services of Laytonsville, Maryland.

Saturday, october 2, 11AM
"Lincoln takes the Reins: Illinois lawyer on the threshold of national leadership."

Dr. Brian Dirck, professor of history at Anderson University and author of Lincoln the Lawyer, will speak about the young Lincoln and what he brough to the presidency from his legal career.

thursday, november 18, 6:30PM
"Woman Suffrage, state and Federal campaigns"

Dr. Jean Baker, professor of history at Goucher College and author of Votes for Women Revisited (2006).