Nominations Deadline Extended!
Our website was down due to technical difficulties, so we’ve extended the nomination deadline to Friday, August 4! You have more time to tell us about your impressive project… Peerless Rockville wants to showcase improvements to our neighborhoods and celebrate homeowners, businesses, and organizations for their hard work and dedication! We’ll celebrate these great additions […]
Confederate Statue Moving This Weekend
The controversial Confederate Veterans monument currently situated on the east lawn of the Red Brick Courthouse will soon be moving to a new home. The monument has been in its present site since 1971 (and was formerly located in the Rockville downtown from 1913). Ownership of the monument has been transferred to White’s Ferry, Inc., […]
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: Revealing Her Life As a Visual Artist
Thursday, August 10, 2017 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Glenview Mansion Free RSVP at Eventbrite! Want to know more about Zelda Fitzgerald? Join us for an illustrated presentation on Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the next event in Peerless Rockville’s speaker series partnership with Glenview Mansion and the City of Rockville. The program will focus on Zelda as a […]
Peerless Rockville Award Nominations Now Open!
Peerless Rockville wants to showcase improvements to our neighborhoods and celebrate homeowners, businesses, and organizations for their hard work and dedication! We’ll celebrate these great additions to Rockville at our 38th Annual Awards program this November – but we can’t honor what we don’t know about. Help us out by nominating worthy projects! Have you […]
Heritage Days Walking Tour – Emancipation to Integration
The Historic Red Brick Courthouse Saturday, June 24, 2017 Tours at 1 pm at 3 pm Free! Reserve your space at Eventbrite! Missed our Spring series? This walking tour will visit significant sites on the journey towards educational equality in Montgomery County. We’ll recount the efforts of the local African-American community to establish a school […]
Peerless Rockville Annual Meeting and Glenview Gardens Tour
Thursday, June 8, 2017 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Glenview Mansion 603 Edmonston Dr, Rockville, MD 20851 Free, open to all. RSVP here. We had another great year! Help Peerless mark it! Please join us for light fare and refreshments, as we celebrate the successes of the past year. Members will vote in new directors […]
Peerless Rockville Board of Director Nominations
The Nominating Committee, chaired by boardmember Nancee Simonson, recommends the following new officers for service on the Board of Directors. Additional written nominations may be filed any time through June 9. The election will be held at the 2017 Peerless Rockville Annual Meeting on June 8 at 6:30 pm at Glenview Mansion. For election to […]
Stories of Desegregation
Tuesday, May 2, 7 pm Rockville City Hall, Mayor and Council Chambers 111 Maryland Avenue RSVP at Eventbrite. The Supreme Court decision Brown vs Board of Education in 1954 ordered the desegregation of American public schools, changing the face of American education across the country. In Maryland, Montgomery County was the first county to desegregate, […]
Rosenwald Screening – Purchase Tickets Ahead Online!
Purchase tickets online via eventbrite and skip the line!
Thurgood Marshall and William Gibbs: Civil Rights in Rockville
Part of Peerless Rockville’s Emancipation to Integration series – come hear the story of an early Civil Rights victory in Rockville. Saturday, April 1, 2017 10:00 am Grand Courtroom of the Historic Red Brick Courthouse In 1937, renowned Civil Rights attorney and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall represented William Gibbs, a Rockville principal suing […]