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Recent News: #history

  • February 28, 2022

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

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

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  • February 23, 2022

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

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

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  • October 29, 2021

    Six lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay with eerie pasts

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

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  • September 10, 2021

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

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

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  • August 26, 2021

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

    A photo essay on Turner Station in Baltimore, Maryland

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  • August 25, 2021

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

    Find out how the Maryland state dog came to be

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  • August 19, 2021

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

    History interpreter gives a tour of the Bull Run Mountains

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  • July 22, 2021

    A heritage trail effort aims to preserve both land and legacy

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

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  • March 25, 2021

    Virginia seeks to retell the story of two segregated lakes

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

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  • March 04, 2021

    On land preserved in Rachel Carson’s name, spring isn’t so silent

    Experience the biologist’s environmental legacy at Rachel Carson Conservation Park

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