Join Us Thursday, In Person, to Reconnect and Celebrate the Annual Heritage Awards and Our 20th Anniversary! |
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Celebrate history, heritage and excellence as the Four Rivers Heritage Area celebrates its Eighteenth Annual Heritage Awards and Twentieth Anniversary! These awards recognize individuals, organizations, programs and achievements that contribute significantly to our community by interpreting, promoting, preserving, researching and/or supporting our historical legacy.
Thursday, November 4th 5 p.m., at Historic London Town and Gardens, under the tent. The address is 839 Londontown Road, Edgewater, MD. Tickets are $10 per person at Eventbrite or at the door. Light refreshments will be served. Please join us as we gather again in person to reconnect and celebrate this year’s outstanding honorees!
We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate our Eighteenth Annual Heritage Awards and Twentieth Anniversary!
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Nine Mini-Grants Awarded to Organizations in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County |
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Four Rivers Heritage Area is pleased to announce nine new Mini-Grant awards to local heritage-related nonprofit organizations as part of our FY22 Mini-Grant opportunity. The grants awarded this fall totaled $28,000 for overall projects of $264,964.
This matching Mini-Grants program, made possible through a Block Grant from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, augmented this year by an anonymous donor, leverages other funding to assist local heritage related non-profit organizations to create new programs, products, activities, and events that build upon heritage-based interpretive themes, foster collaborative partnerships, and enhance local cultural historic resources and heritage tourism.
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Meet Our Heritage Awards Honorees |
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The Four Rivers Heritage Area's Heritage Awards honorees have had a lasting impact on authentic stories and experiences at our museums and historic attractions, the sustainability of local organizations, and the preservation of the history and heritage of the local community.
We are pleased to announce the honorees to be recognized this year:
2021 Heritage Tourism Product (Exhibit) Award - Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park for its new Permanent Exhibit, “Our Changing Waterfront”
2021 Heritage Tourism Product (Event Series) Award - Historic London Town and Gardens, for its “Colonial Cocktails” series
2021 Heritage Volunteers of the Year Award - Susie Cosden and Cynthia Czubat of the Galesville Heritage Society
2021 Heritage Professional of the Year Award - Catherine Rogers Arthur of the Maryland State Archives.
2021 Heritage Interpreter of the Year Award - Barry Gay, of the Galesville Community Center Organizationand The Lost Towns Project
2021 Heritage Leadership Award - Glenn Campbell of Historic Annapolis
2021 Patricia Barland Leadership Award - T.C. Magnotti, a founder of the Captain Avery Museum in Shady Side
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Founding Freedoms Walking Tour Continues |
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Friday, November 5 & Saturday, November 6
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
William Paca House and Garden
186 Prince George Street, Annapolis
Take advantage of the special opportunity to combine a tour of the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence with a viewing of special printings of the very document he signed! Your experience begins with a 45-minute tour of the William Paca House and Garden. Your tour continues with a short stroll to the Maryland State House as your guide points out highlights of Annapolis history and architecture. At the Maryland State House, your guide will lead your visit to the Founding Freedoms: The Essential American Documents exhibition which tells the story of the formation of the United States from the patriotic ideals fought for in the Revolutionary War to the democratic principles of the Founding Generation in their creation of our government.
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Tonight! A Historical Profile of Life on Churchton’s Broadwater Creek
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Tuesday, November 2
7:00 pm
Cedar Grove Ministry Center at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church
5965 Deale Churchton Rd, Deale
The Deale Area Historical Society presents “A Historical Profile of Life on Churchton’s Broadwater Creek: Tracing a family, their farms and their community.” A member of the Deale/Churchton community will narrate an excellent presentation with photos, maps and commentary about property located on Broadwater Creek off Rodgers Road. Not only history and photos of the property but the surrounding Churchton area, to include Schools, Stores, and the various other farms and creeks in the area.
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Discussion – Illustrator to Artist: Winslow Homer and the Public |
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Wednesday, November 3
5:30 pm
Organization: Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College
Join a discussion “Illustrator to Artist: Winslow Homer and the Public” with American art scholar Wilford Scott. This event is in conjunction with the Mitchell Gallery’s latest exhibit “A View from the Shore: Winslow Homer’s Impressions of the Coast” available exclusively in the Mitchell’s Gallery’s online gallery.
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Odenton Heritage Society Open House |
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Sunday, November 7
1:00-4:00 pm
Odenton Heritage Society Historical Center
1367 Odenton Road, Odenton
Sharing new stories: this month’s Open House at the Odenton Heritage Society Museum will feature a display about Sappington School, an elementary school for African American children that stood near today’s roundabout from the 1920s to the 1940s. Located adjacent to Macedonia Methodist Church in a wooden building moved from Camp Meade, the school served area children until about 1950, when several Black schools in the area were replaced by George Washington Carver Consolidated School near Crofton. Desegregation later ended racially separated school systems. The OHS Historical Center is located at 1367 Odenton Road. Hours are 1 PM-4 PM. Admission is free. Wearing a mask inside the building is required. This event is free to attend.
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AASLH's National Visitation Report Now Available |
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Since 2019, AASLH has conducted annually a national survey of in-person visitation trends at United States historical organizations. The National Visitation Report provides data about attendance at historical organizations of all types and sizes, enabling a more confident assessment Americans’ engagement with U.S. history museums, sites, and other institutions.
The Report highlights year-to-year visitation trends, helping to understand more clearly if visitation is going up or down (and by how much) at institutions of different budget sizes, organizational structures, functions, and in different regions of the country.
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Call for Nominations! 2022 Maryland Women's Hall of Fame |
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The Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly are issuing a call for nominations for the 2022 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame was established by the Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators of Maryland in 1985 to honor Maryland women who have made significant and lasting contributions in their field of endeavor. Candidates may be either posthumous or contemporary and must be Maryland women whose achievements are of historic significance in fields such as the arts, athletics, business, community advocacy, education, government, the humanities, human rights, law, medicine, the military, philanthropy, science, etc.
Complete nomination submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on November 22, 2021
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Grant Opportunity! Telling the Full History Preservation Fund |
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In November 2021, the National Trust has begun accepting applications for the Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, a one-time grant program to help interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities across the country. This opportunity is made possible through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations.
The Telling the Full History Preservation Fund grant program will provide $25,000 and $50,000 grants to 60-80 humanities-based organizations working to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities including, but not limited to, women, immigrants, Asian Americans, Black Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQIA communities.
The application cycle has already started. Completed applications for the program must be submitted through the National Trust’s online application system by Wednesday, December 15, 2021, by 11:59 pm applicant’s local time.
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Upcoming Webinar: Grants Available from the Historic Preservation Fund |
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In 2022, the Historic Preservation Fund will fund more than $150 million in projects to assist communities with historic preservation and conservation projects. On Wednesday, November 4 at 4:30pm EDT, the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program will host National Park Service Grants Management Specialist Seth Tinkham to learn more about the different funding opportunities available to support physical preservation work to buildings and sites, nomination of resources to the National Register, and preservation planning efforts.
In this webinar, you will learn the various grant programs, types of projects funded, total dollars currently available, and eligible applicants.
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Four Rivers is looking for a dynamic self-starter to join our team! Excellent potential for advancement.
Four Rivers Heritage Area (one of Maryland’s thirteen certified heritage areas), a nonprofit organization with its office in Annapolis, seeks a part-time Heritage Programs Coordinator. Excellent interpersonal, writing, and communications skills are essential. Grants, tourism, museum, nonprofit management, and preservation experience helpful. The Heritage Programs Coordinator works under the supervision of the Executive Director. This is a part-time position with flexibility in schedule and numerous networking and educational opportunities.
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Four Rivers Heritage Area | 410-222-1805 | heritage_area@aacounty.org | fourriversheritage.org |
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