Washington College’s esteemed professor Emeritus Robert “Rob” J.H. Janson-La Palme passed away on September 1, 2026. He was 97 years old.
At the end of August 1868, the Newport Reading Room auctioned her last painting of George Washington. Did it end up here at Washington College?
Most of our student body was not yet born when the Pentagon and World Trade Center were attacked on a sunny Tuesday morning twenty-five years ago.
On September 11, 1777, a year after the Battle of Brooklyn and the sacrifice of the Maryland 400, Maryland troops once again fought in the largest single-day engagement of the American Revolution.
On August 27th, 1776, the first battle of the American Revolution after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence took place.
Welcome back to a brand-new year at Washington College.
You did it!
Every Memorial Day weekend, Chestertown and the local citizenry drop everything to focus on the famous Chestertown Tea Party Festival, three days of events, music, vendors, and historical reenactment. But where does this strong, beloved tradition come from?
Roselyn reflects on their work in the Washington College Archives.
Washington College lost one of our most dedicated, passionate supporters this week as Barbara Townsend Cromwell passed away on Monday, April 27 following a short illness.
