Talbot Historical Society

The Invention of Colonial Williamsburg Lecture
2021-09-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Hill Research Center, 25 S. Washington St., Easton, MD, 21601, United States
“The Invention of Colonial Williamsburg.”
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, is the most studied 18th-Century town in the world. This illustrated lecture will cover the founding and growth of this vast historical resource. What drove the recovery of the town? What changes have been made over the last 95 years? What sorts of insights can Williamsburg’s archaeology, architecture, material culture, and history give us. This talk is about peering into the seeds of Time.
Michael Olmert wrote the Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg (1985-2015) and has written some 50 articles for Colonial Williamsburg Magazine. A professor in the University of Maryland’s English Department, Olmert has long been interested in the connection between literature and history and architecture. His books include Milton’s Teeth and Ovid’s Umbrella (Simon and Schuster, 1996) and Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies (Cornell Univ. Press, 2009). His television writing has won him three primetime Emmys.

Historic Easton Walking Tours
2021-08-21 11:00 - 14:00
The Talbot Historical Society is happy to host Historic Walking Tours highlighting some of Easton’s historic buildings. These tours are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 10 am and 12 pm and will leave from Hill Research Center.

There will be a limit of 10 people per the tour. To reserve your place in the tour please call 410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org

10am Guided Tours of Historic Easton
Tour 1 will journey past many of the earliest Federal buildings where you will hear the stories of our transformation and growth as war, fire, and railroads impacted the town. Guide: Mike Olmert
LOCATION: Outside, Meet at 25 S. Washington Street.

Noon Guided Tours of Historic Easton
Tour 2 will focus on the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Market House and Bullitt House and will discuss how architecture related to spiritual, civic and daily life. Guide: Alison Irvin
LOCATION: Outside, Meet at 25 S. Washington Street.

Slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: The Legacies of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Richard S. Potter, and Moses Viney
2021-08-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Hill Research Center, 25 S. Washington St., Easton, MD, 21601, United States
From newspaper accounts to personal narratives to essays, we’ll analyze the everyday lives of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 19th century. We’ll retrace the journey of slaves such as Frederick Douglass, whose life began on the Wye Plantation of Talbot County, and ended on his own estate of Cedar Hill in Washington, D.C. To imagine what life would have been like for him, we’ll take a virtual tour of both estates. We’ll also discuss lesser known slaves of Caroline and Talbot Counties, such as Richard S. Potter and Moses Viney. Please join us for what promises to be a memorable discussion!
This event will be held August 4th at 1:00 PM with guest speaker Linda F. Earls, Associate Professor of English, Chesapeake College. It will be in the Extended Museum Gallery in the front of the Hill Research Center. Tickets are free for members and $5 for non-members. This event is by reservation only, and will be limited to 40 seats, so please email erinp@talbothistory.org or call 410-822-0773 to reserve your seat.

About the speaker
Linda Earls began teaching at Chesapeake College in 1995 as an adjunct faculty instructor to the English department, but was hired as a full-time professor in 1997 (teaching reading, composition and literature courses, particularly American and African American literature).
She frequently co-teaches American literature with American history professors, as she believes the two courses go “hand in glove.” A lover of history, she has an extensive collection of Civil War letters, and since childhood has been fascinated visiting and reading anything pertaining to the war.
A native of the Eastern Shore, Earls shares her passion for making history “come alive” with her students by traveling with them to locations such as Cedar Hill in Washington, D.C. (former home of Frederick Douglass); the Wye House & Plantation (where Douglass was kept as a slave); the Edgar Allan Poe House in Baltimore; and many other local sites.
She received her BA in English and her MA in Literature from Salisbury University, and worked on her PhD in American Literature at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Earls volunteers for the Talbot Historical Society and the Talbot Humane Society. She lives in Easton with her husband, Chris; her son, Ryan, her daughter, Morgan; and her furry family of cats and dogs.

Historic Easton Walking Tours
2021-07-17 11:00 - 14:00
The Talbot Historical Society is happy to host Historic Walking Tours highlighting some of Easton’s historic buildings. These tours are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 10 am and 12 pm and will leave from Hill Research Center.

There will be a limit of 10 people per the tour. To reserve your place in the tour please call 410-822-1287 or email collections@talbothistory.org

The specific host and topic of this tour is To Be Announced.

Historic Walking Tours
2021-06-26 11:00 - 14:00
Come out and join us on a guided tour of historic downtown Easton!

Our regularly scheduled third Saturday walking tours have been moved to the following week, June 26th. We are allowing 10 people per tour.
Call 410-822-0773 or email erinp@talbothistory.org to reserve your spot.

10am GUIDED TOURS OF HISTORIC EASTON
Tour 1 will journey past many of the earliest Federal buildings where you will hear the stories of our transformation and growth as war, fire, and railroads impacted the town. Tours are offered by the TALBOT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Guide: Jeff Fahrman
LOCATION: Outside, Meet at 25 S. Washington Street.

Noon GUIDED TOURS OF HISTORIC EASTON
Tour 2 will focus on the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Market House and Bullitt House and will discuss how architecture related to spiritual, civic and daily life. Tours are offered by the TALBOT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Guide: Prof. Michael Olmert.
LOCATION: Outside, Meet at 25 S. Washington Street.
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Historic Easton Tours
2020-11-14 10:00 - 15:00
The Talbot Historical Society is pleased to announce a day of free guided tours of Historic Easton on Saturday, November 14, 2020 (Rain date November 15).
Visitors and residents will enjoy this opportunity to explore the streets and buildings of Easton, and will learn about the founding and growth of the town over the last 200 years. Easton was founded in 1710 as Talbot Courthouse, and in 1788 became the official capital of the Eastern Shore, and the town that we know today. Tour 1 will journey past many of the earliest Federal buildings where you will hear the stories of our transformation and growth as war, fire, and railroads impacted the town. This tour will be held at 10am, noon and 2pm and will be led by Alison Irvin. Tour 2 will focus on the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Market House and Bullitt House and will discuss how architecture related to spiritual life, civic life and daily life and will be led by Professor Michael Olmert. This tour will be held at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Each tour will be under an hour and will leave from the Talbot Historical Society Mary Jenkins House at 30 S. Washington Street. Groups will be limited to 10 people to accommodate social distancing and masks must be worn during tours. These tours will be on a first come, first served basis, so you may need to wait for the following time slot if a tour fills up.

The History of Baseball in Talbot County: Facebook Live Video
2020-10-22 19:30 - 20:30
Join baseball historians and aficionados Marty Payne and Jim Apple to learn about the history of baseball in Talbot County, through a Facebook Live video. They will be discussing historic baseball in the county, as well as the Talbot Fair Plays league, a group that plays baseball with historic rules today! Tune into our Facebook page on October 22, at 6:30 PM to watch our Facebook Live lecture. You do not need a Facebook account to watch! For more information, visit our page on the event

Marty Payne is a native of Talbot County and has been a member of the Society of American Baseball Research for thirty years. He has written and presented widely on baseball and rural culture in the 19th and early 20th centuries, always emphasizing the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Jim Apple was a U.S. history teacher for 43 years. He was also a pitcher with the Talbot Fair Plays Baseball Club from 2006-2019. He is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research.

Honoring WWII Veterans of Talbot County
2019-09-28 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-21 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-14 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-07 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-08-31 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-08-24 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-08-17 11:00 - 16:00, 2019-08-10 11:00 - 16:00 and 3 more dates | James Neall House, 29 S. Washington Street, Easton, MD, 21601, United States
May 17, 2019-September 28, 2019
The Exhibit features uniforms of Talbot Countians who fought in the war, memorabilia from the war including medals, service ribbons, rationing coupons, even shrapnel from a fighter plane hit by enemy fire. A wedding dress made from a used parachute is a highlight as well as a Japanese Kamikaze flag. Lists of those who served from the county and the list of those who died while in uniform serve as a reminder of the commitment of Talbot County to the war effort.
