The National Home Front Project is a major grassroots initiative under the leadership of historians at Washington College. Our innovative oral history program partners with individuals, communities, and organizations across the United States to record, preserve, and share audio interviews with civilians who experienced World War II.
It was 161 years ago this month that for the first time, the shocking violence of the Civil War was brought right here to Maryland during Robert E. Lee’s Maryland Campaign of 1862.
Things to bring to college, learning a new campus, and experiencing a new group of people are all things our incoming classmates are experiencing.
Fifty-three years ago this fall, students, staff, and faculty were welcomed back to campus to the sights and sounds of ongoing construction around the library- just like last week.
Congratulations! You did it!
One night in January 1916 a young William Wallace looked out his dorm window to see William Smith Hall on fire and raised the alarm. Wallace was born in Church Hill, and after he graduated in 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps.
Once the degrees have been handed out most Washington College students return home to enjoy their summer before returning to school or embarking on their next adventure. But for those who stay in Chestertown, there is an event filled with history and fun for them to experience.
In the southeast corner of the state of Maryland, 10 miles off the coast of Crisfield and straddling the Maryland/Virginia line, lies Smith Island, the last inhabited island in Maryland not accessible by bridge.
Dictionaries. Clifton Miller library has hundreds of them. There are dictionaries on law, costumes, and statistics. However, in the mid 19th century, the struggle was to become THE dictionary of the English language.
…. So begins a rhyme my mother remembered from her college days in the mid-1950s. “…outdoor (fill in the blank) is now okay!”
