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SUMMARY:Historical Society of Carroll County's Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join for HSCC’s Annual Meeting on October 15th 11am-1pm at the Society’s campus 210 E. Main Street\, Westminster. This year’s meeting will be cocktail style* format with heavy hors d’oeuvres and plenty of time to mix and mingle and explore HSCC’s new exhibit Carroll at 250: People\, Place\, and the Making of History. Guest curator Samantha Dorsey will provide an “insiders look” at the new exhibit for attendees. There will also be condensed-format society business presentations during the event. HSCC’s annual distinguished awards will also be presented. A limited number of accessible seats will be made available. \nBecause of the new event format\, HSCC is able to reduce the per ticket cost to just $25 for members. Cost for non-members is $35 but join the Society today and save! \nPlease contact Laura Bankard at 410.848.6494 ext. 200 or lbankard@hsccmd.org with any questions. \n*Note: Cocktail style is an event style that replaces a fixed sit-down meal with open flow socializing\, featuring hors d’oeuvres and flexible seating.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/historical-society-of-carroll-countys-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Box Lunch Talk: The Greek Families of Westminster Presented by Antigoni Ladd
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Greek families who settled in Westminster in the early 1900s through the 1950s. They came from different areas of Greece\, Cyprus\, and Turkey\, but they formed a strong community that supported one another through the Great Depression and the staff shortages of WWII. They helped one another establish a variety of businesses including hat-making\, restaurants\, department stores\, theaters\, and candy-making. \nAntigoni Lefteris Ladd is CEO of Tigrett Leadership Academy\, developing and instructing leadership workshops. Prior to co-founding Tigrett Corp. with her husband\, Antigoni was Senior Vice President of the Consumer Bankers Association and served for 15 years as Director of the Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia. She has 40 years’ experience in leadership education. Her management experience has been in both private industry and national trade associations. \nAs always\, there is no registration for Box Lunch Talks. You bring your lunch\, and the HSCC provides the drinks and desserts (thanks to our volunteers and staff). They will be holding a nonperishable food drive for Carroll Food Sunday. If you bring a nonperishable item to the October or November Box Lunch Talks\, you get in FREE to the talk. If you choose not to bring a food item\, the cost is only $3 for HSCC members and $5 for nonmembers. \nQuestions? Please contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach & Events Director at lbankard@hsccmd.org or 410.848.6494 ext. 200.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/box-lunch-talk-the-greek-families-of-westminster-presented-by-antigoni-ladd/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Historical Society of Carroll County Strategic Planning Session #1
DESCRIPTION:Since most of the goals for the Historical Society of Carroll County’s last strategic plan have been met\, they would like to have two strategic planning meetings with HSCC members and the community to talk about next steps for the Historical Society. You can choose one of two dates. \nThe HSCC’s first meeting will be on Thursday\, October 29th from 10 am to 11:30 am\, at the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium and Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center. \nThe second meeting will be on Wednesday\, November 4th from 4 pm to 5:30 pm\, at the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium & Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center. \nPlease contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach and Events Director\, at lbankard@hsccmd.org or 410.848.6494 ext. 200 if you have any questions or to let her know which session you will be attending.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/historical-society-of-carroll-county-strategic-planning-session-1/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Spooky Tales Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The HSCC is excited to host Spooky Tales Open Mic Night on the Historical Society campus on October 29th from 6 pm to 8 pm. \nHere’s how it will work … \nCost: $10 per person; $15 for a couple \nNo registration required – pay at the door when you arrive \nSponsored by Dan Hoff\, Samuel C. Hoff Agency – THANK YOU! \nHors d’oeuvres and a cash bar provided by Collision Course \nNonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages will be for sale – water is FREE \nCostumes are welcome \nBring a friend \nYOU are the speakers\, so … Each speaker will have 5-10 minutes to tell their spooky tale(s). There is no limit to the number of speakers – as long as everyone is finished by 8 pm. Keep it clean – but fun and spooky. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach & Events Director\, at 410.848.6494 ext. 200 or lbankard@hsccmd.org.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/spooky-tales-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Historical Society of Carroll County Strategic Planning Session #2
DESCRIPTION:Since most of the goals for the Historical Society of Carroll County’s last strategic plan have been met\, they would like to have two strategic planning meetings with HSCC members and the community to talk about next steps for the Historical Society. You can choose one of two dates. \nThis is the second meeting and it will be on Wednesday\, November 4th from 4 pm to 5:30 pm\, at the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium & Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center. \nPlease contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach and Events Director\, at lbankard@hsccmd.org or 410.848.6494 ext. 200 if you have any questions or to let her know which session you will be attending.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/historical-society-of-carroll-county-strategic-planning-session-2/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Carroll 250 Event: Maryland Invaded! Presented by Stan Haynes
DESCRIPTION:During the Civil War\, in September 1862\, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac River from Virginia and invaded the Union state of Maryland. Lee wanted to turn Maryland to the Confederacy. It did not go as he hoped\, with much of the population indifferent\, or hostile\, to the Rebels. And then came the Battle of Antietam. Join author Stan Haynes for a discussion of the invasion and the reaction of Marylanders to it. \nStan Haynes is an attorney and author who spent his career as a litigator with a Baltimore law firm. He has had a lifelong interest in American history. His most recent book\, And Slavery No More\, is historical fiction\, and is set during the Civil War. This book will be on sale the evening of the talk. \nHe has two other historical novels that explore the years before the war. One\, And Tyler No More\, is set in the 1840s and the other\, And Union No More\, is set in the 1850s. \nHe has also written three nonfiction books on the history of presidential nominating conventions. Two of these\, The First American Political Conventions and President-Making in the Gilded Age\, concern the conventions held in the Nineteenth Century. His third book on the conventions\, Roosevelt to Roosevelt\, is about the conventions held in the first half of the Twentieth Century. He has spoken about his books at several presidential homes and libraries. \nAll of his books are available on Amazon and other book websites. \nQuestions? Please contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach & Events Director at 410.848.6494 ext. 200 or lbankard@hsccmd.org.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/carroll-250-event-maryland-invaded-presented-by-stan-haynes/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Business Memories in Carroll County Presented by HSCC & Barnes Bollinger Insurance Services
DESCRIPTION:Join the HSCC on Thursday\, November 5th at 6pm for an evening of shared memories of Carroll County businesses\, entrepreneurs\, and main street shops. Sarah Coster\, guest curator of HSCC’s new Main Street at Work Exhibit\, will offer a special presentation about the exhibit to kick off the evening. Following her presentation\, attendees will be encouraged to sign up for a three-minute podium slot to share a memory of a local shop\, business\, or special community entrepreneur. To reserve an earlier time slot in the evening email Outreach and Events Director Laura Bankard at lbankard@hsccmd.org. To keep the memories coming\, a factory whistle will sound giving folks a 30 second wrap up warning at the podium. This is a free event open to all! Complimentary snacks and beverages will be served throughout the evening. \nThank you to Barnes Bollinger Insurance Services and Carroll County Chamber of Commerce.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/an-evening-of-business-memories-in-carroll-county-presented-by-hscc-barnes-bollinger-insurance-services/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T183000
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SUMMARY:Good Morning Gettysburg! Presented by Neil Beller
DESCRIPTION:25 Miles\, 38 Hills\, and a Completely Unnecessary Amount of Civil War History \nWhat started as a simple bike ride through Gettysburg has somehow turned into a 5\,000-mile obsession. For years\, Emmy Award-winning editor/producer and storyteller Neil Beller has driven 38 miles from his home in Carroll County to Gettysburg\, unloaded his mountain bike\, and ridden a roughly 25-mile loop around one of the most famous battlefields in American history. \nAlong the way\, something unexpected happened: Neil started paying attention. The monuments became landmarks. The landmarks became stories. The stories became questions. And the questions led him down some fascinating\, and occasionally ridiculous rabbit holes into the history of the Battle of Gettysburg. \nIn Good Morning\, Gettysburg!\, Neil takes audiences on a humorous ride through the battlefield as seen from the seat of a bicycle. He explores the roads\, monuments\, farms and fields that have become part of his Saturday-morning routine while sharing the history behind the places he passes every week. But this isn’t a traditional Civil War lecture. \nNeil mixes history with personal storytelling\, observations from thousands of miles on the battlefield\, encounters with locals\, reenactors\, tourists\, yard sales\, and hills that seem to get steeper every week. You’ll learn that “drafting” might be a dirty word\, beavers fought at Little Round Top and guns and knives are not allowed around other guns and knives. You’ll also learn the realization that knowing a lot about Gettysburg does not make riding up a Gettysburg hill any easier. \nAlong the way\, he’ll ask some important questions: Why am I doing this? Why are there so many monuments? Who thought putting a monument at the top of THAT mountain was a good idea? And perhaps most importantly… Why does Gettysburg have so many damn hills? \nPart history lesson\, part travelogue and part mid-life bicycle adventure\, Good Morning\, Gettysburg! is a funny and personal look at how repeatedly riding through a historic landscape can change the way you see it. \nYou may come away knowing more about the Battle of Gettysburg. You will definitely come away understanding why Neil needs a better bicycle. \nThis is a free event and no registration is required. Please contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach & Events Director\, at lbankard@hsccmd.org with any questions.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/good-morning-gettysburg-presented-by-neil-beller/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Box Lunch Talk: Church of the Brethren: Beliefs\, Practices\, and Customs Presented by Reverend Dr. James Benedict
DESCRIPTION:The Church of the Brethren [known officially as the German Baptists before 1908\, and unofficially as Dunkers] first came to Maryland and what would become Carroll County in the mid-18th century. Brethren families\, congregations\, and institutions have played important roles in the county. This presentation will focus on Brethren beliefs\, practices\, and customs\, as well as the contributions of Brethren to local history and their current presence and impact in the state\, country\, and worldwide. \nJames Benedict is a pastor and scholar with four earned graduate degrees in theology and ethics. Born and reared in Iowa\, Dr. Benedict has been a resident of Carroll County for thirty years. He served the Union Bridge Church of the Brethren as pastor for 20 years\, before retiring in 2017. Since then\, he has been a Scholar in Residence and adjunct professor in the Center for Global Health Ethics at Duquesne University while also serving part-time as an interim pastor at three congregations. He is married to Kathy\, a teacher in the Frederick County School system\, and they have three adult children and six grandchildren. Dr. Benedict’s long-standing interest in the history of the Church of the Brethren has led him to teach courses on the subject and to write articles and book chapters for denominational publications. \nAs always\, there is no registration for Box Lunch Talks. You bring your lunch\, and the HSCC provides the drinks and desserts (thanks to HSCC volunteers and staff). They will be holding a nonperishable food drive for Carroll Food Sunday. If you bring a nonperishable item to the November Box Lunch Talk\, you get in FREE to the talk. If you choose not to bring a food item\, the cost is only $3 for HSCC members and $5 for nonmembers. \nQuestions? Please contact Laura Bankard\, Outreach & Events Director at lbankard@hsccmd.org or 410.848.6494 ext. 200.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/box-lunch-talk-church-of-the-brethren-beliefs-practices-and-customs-presented-by-reverend-dr-james-benedict/
LOCATION:Historical Society of Carroll County – Shriver-Weybright Auditorium\, 210 East Main Street\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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