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Baltimore History Honors

The Baltimore City Historical Society 2017 Baltimore History Honors takes place from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Saturday October 28, 2017 at The Parks & People Foundation, 2100 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore 21217, as part of 2017 Doors Open Baltimore. 

Being honored for Scholarship are Christopher Brown and David S. Bogen; for Living History are Mary Pat Clarke, Lou Fields, Raelynne Snyder and Lew Duiguid; and In Memoriam are Jody Albright, Meredith Millspaugh and Margaret Armstrong.

A Police History of Baltimore City and County

Baltimore City Historical Society & Historical Society of Baltimore County 6th Annual Joint Program

2pm to 4pm Saturday November 18, 2017 at the Professional Development and Training Academy, 3500 W. Northern Parkway, Baltimore MD 21215

With Distinguished Presenters: 

Michael Berlin, Director of Criminal Justice Graduate Program and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Coppin State University

Kenny Driscoll, Baltimore Police Reired Detective, Baltimore Police History Website Administer, Baltimore City Police Museum Curator and author of Baltimore City Police History: Historical Timeline, A Day-by-Day Look Through our Past

Leonard Hamm, Chief of Public Safety, Coppin State University, former Baltimore Police Commissioner and author of Hamm Rules

James Johnson, Retired Chief, Baltimore County Police Department, rose from Cadet and served in virtually every position within the Department before becoming its Chief 

Free Admission & Refreshments

Parking on building’s westside via Park Heights Ave onto Manhattan Ave

For more information, contact Joe Stewart: joestewart31947@comcast.net

Visit www.baltimorecityhistoricalsociety.org and www.hsobc.org

Baltimore City Department of Public Works Public Information Supervisor, Kurt Kocher, delivered a presentation about "Baltimore Water History in Brief." This event took place November 16, 2013, at the Maryland Historical Society, and was jointly sponsored by the Historical Society of Baltimore County and the Baltimore City Historical Society. Other speakers included former MD State Archivist, Edward C. Papenfuse, and the Center for Watershed Protection's William Stack.