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  1. Recent Stories

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A forest with ties to Harriet Tubman gets over 2,000 new trees

September 27, 2022

Volunteers flocked to Delaware’s Blackbird State Forest to replant a historic area

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Volunteers gather to watch an instructor plant a tree

Seven locations around the watershed that hold a connection to the Underground Railroad

February 28, 2022

Discover the important role the Chesapeake Bay holds in this critical era of our country’s history

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A new park in Delaware honors the ‘people of the tidewater’

February 23, 2022

Tidewater Park incorporates local culture and history into Laurel’s waterfront redevelopment

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Six lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay with eerie pasts

October 29, 2021

Make sure those lights guiding you on the Bay aren’t from a ghost

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The story of Indigenous tribes comes to life at Machicomoco State Park

September 10, 2021

Virginia’s 40th state park offers access to the York River

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A beloved African-American neighborhood navigates its economic and environmental future

August 26, 2021

A photo essay on Turner Station in Baltimore, Maryland

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Bred for the Bay: Getting to know the Chesapeake Bay retriever

August 25, 2021

Find out how the Maryland state dog came to be

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Black history lives on in a mountain region just outside Washington D.C.

August 19, 2021

History interpreter gives a tour of the Bull Run Mountains

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A heritage trail effort aims to preserve both land and legacy

July 22, 2021

Community members restore a church with the help of the American Chestnut Land Trust

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Virginia seeks to retell the story of two segregated lakes

March 25, 2021

A group of hikers stumbled upon a Virginia park steeped in civil rights history

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