Congratulations to Connie Strott, vice-chair of the Nabb Center Board of Directors, who was honored today by the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay and named the 2012 Lower Shore Woman of Distinction! Thank you Connie for all of the work that you do for the Nabb Center and for the community!
Thanks to all who cam out to help us “Step Back in Time” to celebrate 30 years of preserving Delmarva’s history and culture!
Invitations for the Nabb Center’s 30th Anniversary event, “Step Back in Time,” have arrived! If you have not received one in the mail and would like to purchase tickets, please contact us at rcdhac@salisbury.edu.
Continuing their celebration of Black History Month, the Nabb Research Center will honor Frederick Douglass on Tuesday February 21, 2012 with two special events.
First, there will be a discussion on the autobiography of Douglass at 3 p.m. at the Nabb Center Gallery. Leading the discussion will be Salisbury history professor Dr. Clara Small who will also speak of the life and times of Douglass as we honor one of the Eastern Shore’s most noble historical figures.
Later that day, there will be a performance by Master Motivational Story Speaker Bill Grimmette as he steps back in time as Douglass and will reenact his life. Grimmette has performed as Douglass at institutions like the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian. This event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be at the Wicomico Room at the Guerrieri University Center.
Both events are free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
Last night at the Guerreri Center, there was a special presentation from Dr. Kate Clifford Larson on her studies of Harriet Tubman. Larson has been a scholar of Tubman’s for years and wrote her biography “Harriet Tubman, Bound for the Promised Land” in 2003. Larson has continued her studies on Tubman since then and discovered new information on one of the nation’s bravest heroes. It was an honor to have Larson share her discoveries with us.
Check out our blog numbers for 2011! Our blog was viewed 1,200 times last year! Thanks for your support!
Stay tuned for upcoming news and events from the Nabb Research Center!
This fall at the Nabb Center we’ve been very busy! Book signings, classes, lectures, workshops, and family visits…take a look!
Over 3,000 people visited the Maryland Dove September 14-18. The Maryland Dove is a full scale replica of the Dove of 1634, which accompanied Lord Baltimore’s original expedition to Maryland. The Maryland Dove is owned by the State of Maryland and operated and maintained by the Historic St. Mary’s City Commission.
This event was sponsored by the Nabb Research Center and the Wicomico Historical Society.
Come and meet author Jason Rhodes when he signs copies of his new book Images of America: Salisbury on Saturday, September 24th 2 p.m. at the Nabb Research Center. Rhodes, an Eastern Shore native, conducted research for his new book at the Nabb Center. For more information, call (410) 543-6312.
Explore the turn-of-the-2oth century business district of Salisbury, MD. This exhibit opens August 29, 2011 and runs until May 25, 2012.
