Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lieutenant Governor.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
Louis Goldstein, much loved and much admired, is elected to state comptroller nine times, dying in the middle of his tenth campaign.
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The Booth Brothers were well known American actors. Here they are costumed for Julius Caesar; John Wilkes is on the left.
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Mortgage lending practices in the 1930s reinforce segregated neighborhoods in Baltimore as red lining makes home ownership by African Americans difficult.
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John O’Donnell brings the first Asian immigrants to the US in 1785 as sailors on his ship that carries a cargo of Chinese goods. His statue in O’Donnell Square has been recently removed.
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The Catonsville Nine, led by Catholic priests, burn draft records to protest the Vietnam War in 1968. Philip Berrigan is second from left, rear row.
A Catholic anti-Vietnam War group burns draft records in Catonsville Read More »
Fannie May Salter serves 22 years ending in 1947 as the last female lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light on the Elk Neck River in Cecil County. Here she is pictured with her son and their turkeys. Her house and lighthouse are in the background.
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Mallows Bay in Charles County became home to a wooden “ghost fleet” of 230 World War II ships in 2019. It is now a wildlife sanctuary.
Mallows Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the first in an American River Read More »
Baltimore shipyards build 384 Liberty Ships over four years to carry supplies and soldiers to the European battlefields of World War II.
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard builds the first Liberty Ship Read More »
Wes Moore’s leadership marks a first for Maryland.
Wes Moore becomes youngest African American governor Read More »