The Children's Colonial Trunk

09/19/2026

https://www.heritagetourismstudio.com/post/heritage-tourism-and-outdoor-recreation-are-telling-the-same-story

Laura Scharle spent ten years managing interpretive programming at Delaware Seashore State Park before she thought of herself as anything other than a biology major who wanted to teach people about horseshoe crabs. Today she runs Scharle Outdoor Recreation Consulting and Delmarva Trails and Waterway...

09/14/2026

On this day, in 1814, a Frederick lawyer, held captive on a British ship, saw his country's flag still flying over Fort McHenry. He was moved to write a poem.....

09/06/2026

https://shipcaulkers.org/2026/08/a-summer-day-on-the-bay-the-ship-caulkers-pleasure-excursions/

A Summer Day on the Bay: The Ship Caulkers’ Pleasure Excursions By Sarah Groesbeck   One truth universally acknowledged among Baltimoreans is that no summer is complete without a little time spent on the water. And it was as true in the nineteenth century as today! This month, to celebrate the su...

07/05/2026

Celebrating America 250 at Baltimore's oldest surviving urban dwelling, The Robert Long House.

07/04/2026

05/31/2026

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/14-international-tall-ships-will-sail-into-baltimores-inner-harbor-for-nations-250th-birthday/

Fourteen international tall ships will anchor across Baltimore as part of SAIL250 Maryland & Airshow Baltimore.

05/09/2026

https://www.history.com/articles/mothers-day-peace-movement-origins?cmpid=email-hist-inside-history-onequestion-2026-0508-05082026&om_rid=&~campaign=hist-inside-history-onequestion-2026-0508

Before Mother’s Day was an established holiday, Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe urged communities to gather in ...

05/04/2026

May 10th 1-4 Refreshments, musical entertainmnet and costumed docents!

YES ! We will be having our annual OPEN HOUSE on Mother's Day, May 10th 1-5. Enjoy refreshments, music and costumed docents.(pictured is Martha Washington)

04/10/2026

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/podcast-the-hidden-stories-behind-marylands-state-symbols/

Maryland has 26 official state symbols, and many of them - from jousting to square-dancing have intriguing back stories.