Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience is dedicated to fostering innovative approaches to the American past and present. Through educational programs, scholarship and public outreach, and a special focus on written history, the Starr Center seeks to bridge the divide between the academic world and the public at large.
Starr Center Stories
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Sponsored by the Starr Center and kicking off on June 22, the 2017 Riverfront Concert Series highlights America’s diverse musical heritage from traditional folk music to contemporary Latin-influenced guitar, to the enduring sounds of gospel music.
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In a gathering with community and College organizers of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street that is coming to Chestertown this spring, Lonnie Bunch praised participants for recognizing the power of work to bring people together and define our common past and present.
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Best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick wins the 2017 George Washington Prize for his story of the complex relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.
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Kent County Middle School students visit the “The Way We Worked”, part of the Smithsonian’s traveling Museum on Main Street Program.
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History major Faith Stahl ’19 took first place in stiff competition for a $25,000 scholarship from the Saint Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia to study in Scotland.
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We saw a great turn-out of campus and community members for the opening of “The Way We Worked” exhibition, part of the of Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program.
2017 SUmmer Events
July 6th, 2017
July 20th, 2017
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Starr Center for the Study
of the American Experience
Custom House - 101 South Water St.
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-810-7161 aceruzzi2@washcoll.edu
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