Event Category: November 2024

Mr. Paca’s Garden Storytime is a fun hour full of reading and activities in the William Paca Garden, a secret treasure in the Historic District of Annapolis. Each program is designed for little ones, 3-7 years, with a book reading, song, craft/art project, and exploring in the Paca Garden. This Week’s Book: American Holidays: Veterans… Continue reading Mr. Paca’s Garden Storytime: Veterans Day

By March 1770, the people of Boston had lived almost 18 months under British military occupation. The town was a powder keg—and on Monday, March 5, it exploded. Shots rang out on King Street and when the smoke from soldier’s muskets cleared, five local men lay dead and dying on the snowbound street. In this… Continue reading Virtual Lecture – Fire! The Inside Story of the Boston Massacre

At the invitation of Congress and President Monroe, the Frenchman/American General Lafayette toured America for more than a year, 1824-25.  A young confidant of General Washington and one of the few surviving heroes of the American Revolution, the then-aged Frenchman traveled to all 24 of the current states and was greeted by massive public celebrations –… Continue reading Virtual Lecture – Lafayette’s Musical Reception: Annapolis, 1824