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SUMMARY:Hear The Story of Sojourner Truth
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, April 2\, 2022 at the Washington County Free Library to hear Mrs. Fanny Crawford share the story of Sojourner Truth. \n\nWhere: Washington County Free Library\nWhen: Saturday\, April 2\, 2022\nTime: 2:00 pm ’til 3:00 pm\nDownload PDF Flier >\n\nSojourner Truth\nSojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree in Swartekill\, New York in 1797\, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828\, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. \nShe gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside “testifying the hope that was in her.” Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously\, in 1851\, at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron\, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title “Ain’t I a Woman?”\, a variation of the original speech re-written by someone else using a stereotypical Southern dialect\, whereas Sojourner Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War\, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war\, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for formerly enslaved people (summarized as the promise of “forty acres and a mule”). She continued to fight on behalf of women and African Americans until her death. As her biographer\, Nell Irvin Painter wrote\, “At a time when most Americans thought of slaves as male and women as white\, Truth embodied a fact that still bears repeating: Among the blacks are women; among the women\, there are blacks.” \nExcerpted from Wikipedia.
URL:https://aahawmd.org/event/hear-the-story-of-sojourner-truth/
LOCATION:Washington County Library\, 100 S Potomac Street\, Hagerstown\, MD\, 21740\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ron Lytle":MAILTO:rlytle2017@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Race Relations Forum
DESCRIPTION:Attend this community-focused forum on race relations in Washington County. \n\nDate: April 16\, 2022\nTime: 2:00 pm ’til 4:00 pm\nLocation:\nWashington County Library\n100 South Potomac Street\nHagerstown\, MD  21740\n\nModerated by the following members of our community: \n\nThe Rev. Don Marbury\nBrooke Grossman\, Candidate for Delegate District 2B\nBrad Smith\nKaren Milgate\nElder Tracy Brown\nHPD Chief of Police\, Paul Kifer\n\nThe Race Relations Forum is part of the Monthly Education Program series provided by the African American Historical Association of Western Maryland. Listen. Learn. Be the Change. \nDownload Event Flyer Here >
URL:https://aahawmd.org/event/race-relations-forum/
LOCATION:Washington County Library\, 100 S Potomac Street\, Hagerstown\, MD\, 21740\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ron Lytle":MAILTO:rlytle2017@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:KHS Presentation on Red Hill African American Church & Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:A brief discussion of the history of Pleasant Hill A.M.E. Church & Cemetery on Red Hill Road\, Keedysville\, a project of the African American History Association of Western Maryland. With an update on the reclamation and continuing efforts to document the site and its former congregation and community\, presented by Ron Lytle and Ted Ellis\nDuring the mid-18th century\, prior to and long after the American Civil War\, the Keedysville area was home to a large and thriving rural African American community. Primarily centered around Red Hill mountain\, in 1879 they built a church there which was active into the 1950’s. Services had been held there continuously by A.M.E. ministers in another structure since at least the 1840’s. Burials predate the 1879 church.\nThis community had many contrasts to the modern-day perception of African American life in the 1800’s. One being that many\, perhaps most in the community were free people prior to Maryland’s 1864 abolition of the institution of slavery. More than “Black History” this is Local History.\nParking and entrance to the meeting room is at the back of the church. This meeting is open to the public. There will be light refreshments.
URL:https://aahawmd.org/event/khs-presentation-on-red-hill-african-american-church-cemetery/
LOCATION:St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church\, 53 N Main St.\, Keedysville\, MD\, United States
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SUMMARY:Docent Training Workshop 2022
DESCRIPTION:This year’s docent training workshop will be held on Saturday\, April 23\, beginning at 10:00 am and should be done by noon. We would love to have you join us for this most-important volunteer opportunity. Without our volunteer docents\, we could not maintain a regular open house schedule at the chapel. Currently\, we are open the first Saturday of each month\, April through October\, from noon to 4:00 pm. \nHaving Tolson’s Chapel and School open to the public is a vital part of our mission to share this significant history with a wider audience. This year\, Antietam National Battlefield is adding a new section to their museum\, detailing the post-war outcome of emancipation and Reconstruction\, using artifacts from Tolson’s Chapel and School to illustrate. We hope this will bring more people to visit the chapel and your participation as a volunteer docent will help make that happen! \nI hope to see many new and old faces for this year’s docent training! Please reply to this email (do not “reply all” please) if you would like to register for the workshop. \nEdie Wallace\nHistorian\nSharpsburg\, Maryland
URL:https://aahawmd.org/event/docent-training-workshop-2022/
LOCATION:Tolson Chapel and School\, 111 E High Street\, Sharpsburg\, MD\, 21782\, United States
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