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.
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 »
Wes Moore’s leadership marks a first for Maryland.
Wes Moore becomes youngest African American governor Read More »
The first use of DNA links 27 Black workers buried in the local cemetery of the Catoctin Furnace (c1800) and reveals links to nearly 42,000 living relatives, and traces the enslaved back to their African origins.
First use of genetic genealogy at Catoctin Furnace Read More »
The Water’s Edge Museum opens in 2021, featuring works of white painter Ruth Starr Rose who chronicles an African American Eastern Shore maritime community in the 1930s.
The Water’s Edge Museum opens Read More »
A Columbia couple initiates a suit that becomes the first law in the country in 2023 that limits Homeowner Association’s control over eco-friendly yards.
Columbia family is first to control its eco-friendly yard Read More »
Carla Hayden heads the country’s oldest federal institution, The Library of Congress, in 2019. She is the first professional librarian, first woman and first African American in the post. Previously she directed the Enoch Pratt in Baltimore for 13 years.
Carla Hayden becomes the Librarian of Congress Read More »
Janice Hayes-Williams honors the memory of the anonymous African American mental patients buried at the Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane, founded in 1911.
Unknown Black mental patients buried at Crownsville Hospital are honored Read More »
Nancy Pelosi is sworn in as the first woman and 52nd Speaker of the House in Congress in 2007. Born and raised in Baltimore she has deep political roots in the Italian American community.
Nancy Pelosi serves as first female Speaker of the House Read More »
The American Visionary Art Museum opens its doors in 1995. It is unique, the first of its kind, bringing work from untrained artists to the public in a new an engaging way.
American Visionary Art Musuem Read More »