A Date with History Speaker Series

The A Date with History Speaker Series is hosted by The Talbot County Free Library in a partnership with Talbot Historical Society. See our past lectures below:

More information coming soon!

October 20, 2026 @ 1pm

Past Lectures:

A House Divided: The Tilghman Family and the American Revolution with Dr. Richard Bell

When Claiborne Bridged the Chesapeake with Marty Bollinger. May 2026.

Financing the New Country with Ronald Lesher. May 2026.

Thy Will Be Done with John Garrison Marks. April 2026.

The United States Colored Troops of Queen Anne’s County with Chris Pupke. February 2026.

Doc I Need a Drink with Ron Lesher Nov 2025 lecture

Women of the Eastern Shore with Kathy Marconi. March 2026.

Tracing the Goldsboroughs with Blake Funston. September 2025

Frederick Douglass on Emancipation Proclamation with reenactor Nathan Richardson, August 2025

A Story of Valor and Honor with Clara L. Small, Ph.D., June 2025

Traveling Freedom’s Road Frederick Douglass in Maryland with author Jack Hanrahan

Understanding Island Loss in the Chesapeake Bay w/ Darrin Lowery, November 2024.

Sit. Stay. Heal. The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond and its Healing Power with Meg Olmert