Celebrate Women's HerStory Month at Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum

The Friends of Benjamin Banneker and Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks  will host it's second annual Women's HerStory Month  program at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum located at 300 Oella Avenue in Catonsville, MD 21228.

This year's program will focus on the many roles African American women played during the Civil War. Dr. Rebecca Lee Davis Crumpler, Elizabeth Keckley, Susie King Taylor, Hallie Quinn Brown, Frances Anne Rollin and a Nameless Faceless Woman of the Civil War will reveal to the audience some of women's bold and daring achievements during this period. The Female Re-Enactors of Distinction are from the Civil War Museum (Washington, DC) will  delight and engulf the audience with  adventurous war time stories. The Ladies will be escorted by Maj Martin R.Delany (the First African American Field Officer in the US Army during the American Civil War. While at the museum, view the Benjamin Banneker exhibit, tour the log cabin (if weather permits) and end your afternoon with light refreshments.

This Family Friendly event is FREE.