BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talbot Historical Society - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Talbot Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T173356 CREATED:20260519T165741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T165741Z UID:1223-1779282000-1779285600@drcomputerstaging.com SUMMARY:When Claiborne Bridged the Chesapeake with Marty Bollinger DESCRIPTION:When Claiborne Bridged the Chesapeake\n \n \n \n \n \n with Marty Bollinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, May 20 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Back by popular demand. This lecture is the same as the one presented in January. \nThis is the story of Claiborne’s long-lost role over four decades as the major transportation hub across the Chesapeake\, connecting Western and Eastern Shores\, initially via steamer and railroad\, and later by car ferry. Marty’s research provides a window into the broader history of the Maryland region during periods of tumult and change\, from the Civil War to the Cold War. It illuminates the impact of the era of steam\, the influence of railroads\, the power of monopolies\, the impact of politics\, and the consequences of technical disruptions — all on how people and products were conveyed across the Chesapeake Bay. The broader story\, told through the experiences of the small village of Claiborne\, encompasses failure alongside perseverance and success. The legacy of those days remains visible today\, and Claiborne itself bears witness to it.Marty Bollinger is a retired management consultant working in aerospace\, defense and maritime industries. He has written extensively on the naval and maritime history over the past two decades. When Claiborne Bridged the Chesapeake: The Rise and  of the Ferry Era (2025 by Maryland Center for History and Culture) is his fourth book in this field. He serves on the board of directors of the Talbot Historical Society and is a Trustee of the Naval Institute Foundation. He lives in Claiborne. \nThis is presented by the Talbot Historical Society in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library and will take place at the library located at 100 W. Dover St.\, Easton\, MD 21601. The lecture will be presented on May 20\, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library \nThe lecture is free to the public. Please plan to arrive early\, as seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis. URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com/event/when-claiborne-bridged-the-chesapeake-with-marty-bollinger/ LOCATION:Talbot County Free Library\, 100 W Dover St\, Easton\, MD\, 21601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://drcomputerstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Marty-Bollinger-Lecture-May-2026-360x360-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T173356 CREATED:20260323T022021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T160005Z UID:1087-1778320800-1778346000@drcomputerstaging.com SUMMARY:Home and Garden Pilgrimage: Talbot County Tour DESCRIPTION:2026 Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage Talbot County Tour: Showcasing Talbot County History\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EASTON\, MD – Early Bird tickets are now available for the Talbot County Tour of the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage. Organized by the Talbot County Garden Club\, this May 9\, 2026 event is not to be missed! \nThe 2026 Talbot County Tour will showcase significant historic sites in our county to offer visitors an unrivaled experience in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary. Visitors can access an array of houses and grounds that are rarely open to the public. These include nationally important historic waterfront homes with singular interiors and significant private gardens on the water. At each property\, visitors can expect to see incredible floral displays creatively fashioned by the garden club’s talented designers – a hallmark of this biennial event. \nWaterfront homes on tour include: \nWye House (a 17th century National Historic Landmark with an 18th century residence continuously occupied by 12 generations of the Lloyd family\, including a delegate to the Continental Congress\, Governor\, and U.S. and State Representatives);Plimhimmon (where Anna Maria Tilghman\, widow of Revolutionary War hero Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman\, entertained the Marquis de Lafayette); andEmerson Point (graciously set on the Miles River).The spectacular grounds of Harleigh Farm (on Trippe Creek) will also welcome visitors.Tours and a delicious lunch will be available at Third Haven Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (1684) in Easton. And visitors will be encouraged to tour Talbot Historical Society’s Gardens and Neall House (ca 1804). The gardens are designed and maintained by the garden club and Tour proceeds are earmarked to help with Neall House restoration. \nTo add to the day’s experience\, visitors will be directed via exclusive audio tours to drive by and discover the many historic landmarks in Oxford andSt. Michaels\, towns that were influential in America’s Colonial Period. \nEarly Bird (reduced-price) Tour tickets at $40 are available now until 6 pm on January 31 at MHGP.org/talbotcounty. Regular-price tickets at $50 will remain available online until May 8. On the day of the event (May 9)\, tickets at $60 will be available at all sites. \nFor updated Talbot County Tour details\, visit MHGP.org or talbotcountygc.org \nAbout the Talbot County Garden Club \nThe Talbot County Garden Club is known for its “good and green works” that benefit the Talbot County community. The club was established in 1917 to enhance the natural beauty of the local environment by sharing knowledge of gardening\, maintaining civic gardens\, supporting civic greening projects\, encouraging the conservation of natural resources\, and fostering the art of flower arranging. Noteworthy projects include grounds maintenance at the Talbot Historical Society\, Talbot County Free Library (Easton)\, and the Fountain and Children’s Gardens in Idlewild Park; greenery installations for Easton’s Rails to Trails\, U.S. Post Office and Christ Church; plus an ever-growing number of gardening-related outreach activities serving youths\, seniors and persons living with disabilities. There are currently 112 active\, associate and honorary members. \n  \nThe Tour is generously supported by the local community\, with well over 300 volunteer docents and hosts on hand to guide visitors throughout the Tour day. URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com/event/home-and-garden-pilgrimage-talbot-county-tour/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://drcomputerstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-2026-Home-and-Garden-Pilgrimage-W-TCGC-photos-1024x1024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T173356 CREATED:20260519T165425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T165428Z UID:1217-1777986000-1777989600@drcomputerstaging.com SUMMARY:Hamilton and Taxation with Ronald Lesher DESCRIPTION:Hamilton and Taxation in the 1790s\n \n \n \n \n \n with Ronald Lesher\n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, May 5 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Federalist Paper No. 12 suggested that the federal government should be funded through import duties. Yet by 1791 Congress at the urging of Alexander Hamilton had enacted a tax on domestically distilled spirits\, which led to the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. That is what we learned in high school history. \nHowever\, those tax rates were reduced in 1792. But did we learn about the annual license on retailers of foreign distilled spirits or the annual license for retailers of wine enacted in 1794? Or did learn about the annual tax on carriages for the conveyance of people? Or the taxes various kinds of financial transactions\, such as promissory notes? \nLet’s learn the truth about federal taxation in the 1790’s that were all abolished in 1802 under the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. \nRon Lesher has been a lifelong collector and researcher of tax stamps\, especially for distilled spirits beginning in the 1790’s and the receipts for the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits that brought on the Whiskey Rebellion. \nThis is presented by the Talbot Historical Society in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library and will take place at the library located at 100 W. Dover St.\, Easton\, MD 21601.The lecture will be presented on May 5\, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free LibraryThe lecture is free to the public\, please plan to arrive early\, as seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis. URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com/event/hamilton-and-taxation-with-ronald-lesher/ LOCATION:Talbot County Free Library\, 100 W Dover St\, Easton\, MD\, 21601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://drcomputerstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ronald-Lesher-Hamilton-Lecture-May-2026-1-600x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T173356 CREATED:20260323T021813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T155950Z UID:1084-1776776400-1776780000@drcomputerstaging.com SUMMARY:A Date With History: Thy Will Be Done with John Marks DESCRIPTION:Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory\n \n \n \n \n \n with John Marks\n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, April 21 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n How should we remember George Washington’s involvement in slavery? Americans have argued over that question for nearly 250 years. More than any other “Founding Father\,” Washington’s ties to slavery have vexed us. He enslaved more people than any of his fellow Founders\, yet he was the only one of them to emancipate the people he held in bondage. Since his death\, Americans have grappled with this contradiction\, shaping and re-shaping our collective memory of Washington and slavery—along with our understanding of the nation. In this talk\, historian and writer John Garrison Marks will draw on his book Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory to tell the story of how politicians\, abolitionists\, educators\, activists\, Washington’s former slaves and their descendants\, and others have remembered\, forgotten\, and manipulated slavery’s place in Washington’s story over the past 250 years. Marks’s work reveals how generational struggles over our collective memory of Washington and slavery have always been part of a bigger conversation about defining America and its people—and continue to shape the nation’s public discourse. \nLink to the book here: https://uncpress.org/9781469693521/thy-will-be-done/ \nJohn Garrison Marks is a historian and writer whose work has appeared in TIME\, Washington Post\, and Smithsonian Magazine. Previously the author of Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery\, he earned his Ph.D. from Rice University. He currently serves as the Vice President of Research and Engagement with the American Association for State and Local History. \nThis is presented by the Talbot Historical Society in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library and will take place at the library located at 100 W. Dover St.\, Easton\, MD 21601.The lecture will be presented on April 21\, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library. The lecture is free to the public\, seating is limited\, so arriving early will help ensure a seat. \nTalbot Historical Society office/research/exhibit hours are:Wednesday through Saturday 10am-3pm URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com/event/a-date-with-history-thy-will-be-done-with-john-marks/ LOCATION:Talbot County Free Library\, 100 W Dover St\, Easton\, MD\, 21601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://drcomputerstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Marks-Lecture-April-2026-1-1024x1024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T140000 DTSTAMP:20260530T173356 CREATED:20260323T020028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T155936Z UID:1070-1776430800-1776434400@drcomputerstaging.com SUMMARY:A Date With History: “Music of the New Nation” with Ampersand celebrating 250th U.S. Anniversary DESCRIPTION:“Music of the New Nation” with Ampersand\n \n \n \n \n \n Dick Hogle\, Beth Lawton\, and Topher Lawton\n \n \n \n \n \n Friday\, April 17\, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ampersand’s special Revolutionary War-era program\, “Music of the New Nation” focuses on the experience of the home front and everyday people as they faced the battle for independence. Included are songs about the stirrings of revolution; the experiences of colonists in different walks of life; songs from soldiers on both sides of the conflict; a fiddle tune written by an enslaved person\, and protest songs written at the time. This trio of musicians brings guitar\, mandolin\, bouzouki\, hammered dulcimer\, cello\, and penny whistles to underscore rich vocal harmonies and great joy in sharing this traditional music with modern audiences.www.ampersandmusic.org/ampersand250 \n \n \n \nThis is presented by the Talbot Historical Society in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library and will take place at the library located at 100 W. Dover St.\, Easton\, MD 21601. The lecture will be presented on April 17\, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Talbot County Free Library The lecture is free to the public\, seating is limited\, so arriving early will help ensure a seat.Talbot Historical Society office/research/exhibit hours are: Wednesday through Saturday 10am-3pm URL:https://drcomputerstaging.com/event/a-date-with-history-music-of-the-new-nation-with-ampersand-celebrating-250th-u-s-anniversary/ LOCATION:Talbot County Free Library\, 100 W Dover St\, Easton\, MD\, 21601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://drcomputerstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ampersand-Lecture-April-2026-1024x1024-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR