The Cecil County Historic District Commission (HDC) works to protect the area’s historic and architectural resources. The duties of the HDC include making recommendations on applications for historic designation. In addition to preserving the County’s past, there are a number of additional benefits to designation. Those include a 10% property tax credit for approved restoration…
Old Postcards, Photographs, Newspapers, and Books Available at 2014 Paper Americana Show
Singerly Volunteer Fire Company, of Elkton MD, will present their twenty-seventh annual “Paper Americana Show” on Saturday January 25, 2014 from 10 AM to 4 PM. The show will feature over thirty dealers from several states who are offering for sale, antique books, postcards, newspapers, art prints, advertising & regional collectibles, photographs, and general ephemera….
Archeological Society of the Northern Chesapeake Sponsors Kilby Talk on Fair Hill on Jan. 8th.
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Time: Open for refreshments at 6:30. Speaker program begins at 7:00 pm. Location: Havre de Grace City Hall, corner of Juniata St. and Pennington Ave. Program: “Locating Historic House Sites within the Boundaries of the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area of Cecil County.” by Emily Kilby. Abstract/Preview: In this…
Emily Kilby Talks About Tracking Down Local History at Fair Hill
This afternoon at the Historical Society of Cecil County, Emily Kilby talked about mysteries, puzzles, and other wonderments from the past for the monthly winter lecture. In the program, “Reconstructing 100 Ruins,” the retired magazine editor explained how clusters of crumbling stone ruins and other physical surviving evidence from centuries ago got her attention as…
Elkton Digs Out From Early January Snowstorm
January 3, 2014 — An overnight snow storm dumped 6.5-inches of snow on Elkton and early this Friday morning the town was beginning to dig out.
Last Class Graduates from George Washington Carver High School
An earlier post about an undergraduate thesis examining the desegregation of Cecil County Public Schools caused us to take a look at the last graduating class of George Washington Carver High School. ————— The nine seniors that stepped forward and received their diplomas on June 8, 1964 at the George Washington Carver High School were…
Undergraduate Thesis Examines the Cecil County School Integration, 1954-1965
It is always exciting to obtain fresh perspectives and insights on Cecil County’s past, something that is often provided when scholars take a serious, fresh look at our history. These thorough investigations, requiring months of intensive digging into original documents and a critical evaluation of the sources, are valuable as they focus on specific research…
Remembering a Civil War Veteran from Cecilton, George Douglass of the USCT
Just before Christmas, I paused for a few minutes in the quiet Union Bethel Cemetery in Cecilton. A chilling December breeze gently swept over this old burial ground, and as I gazed at monuments for soldiers, ministers, teachers, mothers, fathers, working people, and children, one particularly caught my attention. It was a regulation tombstone issued…
The Lost Histories of Long Abandoned Properties Examined in January 4th Lecture
As a new year gets underway, the Historical Society of Cecil County’s winter speakers series continues on January 4, 2014, when Emily Kilby talks about “Reconstructing 100 Ruins.” Several years ago the retired magazine editor’s curiosity was aroused by clusters of crumbling stone ruins and walls in the Fair Hill Nature Resources Management Area. What…
On the Longest Night of the Year, Lights on the Conowingo Dam Glow in Gathering Darkness.
As the day slipped quickly away and twilight settled on Cecil County on this busy last weekend before Christmas, the lights of the Conowingo Dam flickered to life. In contrast to the frenzied day of last-minute shopping in downtowns and malls, the scene on the Susquehanna was quiet and settled this Saturday evening at this…