“History of the Plimhimmon Estate” with Robert Shannahan, local historian The legendary Plimhimmon Estate in Oxford has been closely associated with the family of Colonel Tench Tilghman, George Washington’s aide-de-camp, during the Revolutionary War. The estate dates back to the early 17th century as a 600 acre land grant from Lord Baltimore to Henry Morgan in 1659. Local Historian, Bob […]
Collector's Day Native American Artifacts It’s not every day that centuries old Native American artifacts are offered for public display but that’s exactly what is happening at the Talbot Historical Society on March 25th from10am-4pm. Two rooms of THS will be filled with amazing artifact collections together with their owners/finders. It is an opportunity to […]
Maryland Day Celebration with The Dan Meyer Choir at the Talbot Historical Society Gardens *Weather Permitting* See below for Details The Dan Meyer Choir is Baltimore's most original community choir, performing all original compositions and arrangements. They have performed for Artscape, the Star-Spangled Spectacular and many other events. Most recently they sold out Baltimore's Creative […]
Because of the popular response Bob Shannahan will be presenting this lecture again on March 29th, 2023 at 1pm See details below to make reservations “History of the Plimhimmon Estate” with Robert Shannahan, local historian The legendary Plimhimmon Estate in Oxford has been closely associated with the family of Colonel Tench Tilghman, George Washington’s aide-de-camp, during the Revolutionary War. […]
A Date with History Lecture Series “364 Years of History at Easton Point” with Priscilla Morris, Pete Lesher, Bob Shannahan and Marion Lyttle April 12th , 2023 at 11am See details below to make reservations A panel of local experts and descendants will discuss the history of settlement at Easton Point with a focus on […]
A Date with History Lecture Series “African Prince, Eastern Shore Slave” The Quakers and Slavery on the Eastern Shore with Dr. Ed Papenfuse, MD State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents May 10th, 2023 at 1pm See below for reservation details Dr. Edward Papenfuse will speak about an Eastern Shore slave who ran away from […]