Gems of the Collection: Malcolm Walter
August 20, 2020 at 12 pm Free on Zoom! Register now! A picture is worth a thousand words! Nothing brings the past to life better than pictures. Peerless Rockville invites you to a presentation of the photographs of Malcom Walter, a professional photographer who operated from his home in Kensington from 1918-1932. His clients included […]
Event: The Life of Josiah Henson
The Life of Josiah Henson August 13, 2020 at 7 pm On-line – FREE! Register now! Peerless Rockville and the Glenview Mansion Speaker Series is thrilled to welcome Jamie Ferguson Kuhns, senior historian for Montgomery Parks, as she presents on her book Sharp Flashes of Lightning Come from Black Clouds: The Life of Josiah Henson. […]
Two-Part Lynchings in Rockville Event
Register Now! A two-part event on Zoom with Peerless Rockvillle, Montgomery History, Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation, and the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project. In Part 1, Montgomery History Archivist Sarah Hedlund will present the work she has undertaken in the last year, primarily using newspaper articles from the time, to document the […]
Grant News
We are delighted to announce that funding has been provided to Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation from Maryland Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. This operating funding will help us to continue to serve the public during these […]
Great Escapes: Journeys of Maryland’s Underground Railroad
July 7 on Zoom, 12 pm or 7 pm Register now! Join Peerless Rockville and historian Anthony Cohen for a lecture and preview of the upcoming book Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland’s Underground Railroad. A project of The Menare Foundation, Inc. and Heritage Montgomery, the book explores the people, places and social forces the created […]
Peerless Rockville Stands in Solidarity with the Black Community
We recognize the need to address racial inequities as we reflect on the state of our society. We acknowledge, respect, and appreciate the contributions that black Americans have made to shape our city, county, and country. We denounce acts of violence, racism, and injustice towards people of color. Listening to each other’s stories and understanding […]
Peerless Rockville/Glenview Mansion Speaker Series: The Community and the Microbrewery
June 11 at 7 pm on WebEx Register now! The Peerless Rockville/Glenview Mansion Speaker Series continues on-line! Join Bailey O’Leary, co-founder of True Respite Brewery, to learn about the historical culture surrounding beer and breweries: from Egypt to Europe to the US, through prohibition and the temperance movement, to Jimmy Carter legalizing home brewing, to […]
Zoom Event: Bees, Beneficials, and Blooms
Thursday, June 4, 2020, 12:00 PM Free on Zoom! Register now! Want to help the honeybees and other pollinators, but confused about what plants to put in your garden? Interested in attracting all of those insect “good guys” to your property, so that they’ll do some of the pest management for you? Come find out […]
History@Home: The History of Baseball in Rockville
Thursday, May 28 at noon Free on Zoom! Register now! Miss Baseball? Join us to learn about Rockville’s rich baseball history from long ago to today. Take this sports pause as an opportunity to learn about Rockville’s storied connection with both major league and Negro leagues baseball. Bill Hickman will present a rundown of the […]
History@Home: Rockville 1850
Thursday, May 14, 2020 at noon on Zoom. Register now to receive the link! Join Peerless Rockville for a presentation on what life was like in the small town of Rockville in 1850! Rockville 1850 will look at a time when slavery was the practice of the day and the community experienced the rising tensions […]