Authors Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau share stories from A Culinary History of Montgomery County, MD. The talk explores local food traditions and two cookbooks that reveal life in Montgomery County across different periods of its history. This talk and slide presentation focuses on cookbooks written a generation apart by Elizabeth Ellicott Lea and Maria Brooke Watkins, […]
Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau will share stories from their book, A Culinary History of Montgomery County, MD, that explore local historical foodways—how we grow, sell, prepare, and serve food. Recipes, cookbooks, what we ate and how we ate reveal new understandings of community and culture. From the varied diet of Indigenous peoples to our […]
Enjoy a guided tour of the grounds at Josiah Henson Museum and Park to learn about the features and artifacts that inform our understanding of Rev. Josiah Henson’s life at the Riley Plantation. This 30-minute tour is appropriate for ages 6 and up. Ticketed.
Presenter(s): Dianne Bradley and Juanita Sealy-Williams This lecture will reveal the remarkable story of Paul Edmonson, a formerly enslaved man who built what became one of the largest Black-owned farms in Montgomery County. Learn about his 14 enslaved children, the family’s attempts to escape, and their participation in the abolition movement. Recommended for all ages. […]
This lecture will reveal the remarkable story of Paul Edmonson, a formerly enslaved man who built what became one of the largest Black-owned farms in Montgomery County. Learn about his 14 enslaved children, the family’s attempts to escape, and their participation in the abolition movement. Ticketed.