Nature writer Rachel Carson writes a groundbreaking book, “Silent Spring”, in Silver Spring. Praised by scientists but loudly condemned by chemical producers, the book not only leads to the banning of DDT in 1987 but also is an important contributor to the creation of Earth Day and President’s Nixon’s establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
William Lloyd Garrison begins his abolitionist career, writing and coediting the newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation in Baltimore in 1829. He is the most famous white American to devote his life to freeing the slaves. Photo shows Garrison (center) with two other abolitionists, Wendell Phillips and Englishman George Thompson.
Soldiers from both North and South units fight at the Battle of Front Royal. in 1861, pictured. A year later they engage again at Gettysburg. These are the only times in US military history that regiments with the same designations from the same state engage in combat.
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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