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Discovering a lost past
May 4, 2018Long thought to be lost to erosion, the footprint of the Jamestown fort reveals secrets of past settlers
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A life on the Chesapeake Bay
March 9, 2018After 30 years, Captain Tyrone Meredith has witnessed the Bay’s ebb and flow
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Life on the Bay, through ebony eyes
February 28, 2018Hear from three voices working to continue the long-established legacy of African-American maritime leadership
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The remains of an impressive legacy
February 16, 2018The library of abolitionist Frederick Douglass is preserved through time at Cedar Hill
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For 100 years, this forest was fed to a furnace
January 5, 2018Catoctin Mountain fueled the American Revolution before nature rebounded
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Preserving American history in perpetuity
December 1, 2017Thanks to a public-private partnership, the site of the Battle of Antietam will forever retain its 19th century character
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Universal Sailing Club supports African-American maritime heritage
September 20, 2017Since 2001, Marcus Asante has led one of the Bay’s first African-American sailing clubs
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Travel back in time at these six historical Potomac River sites
August 16, 2017Discover cultural and natural history along the Nation’s River
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Learning from history to shape the future
July 3, 2017Chesapeake Bay Program Diversity Workgroup meeting takes place in Petersburg, Virginia
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Revisiting history at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
June 2, 2017Once-abandoned farmland became home to cutting-edge research facility
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