History@Home – Lincoln Park: Special Places, People, and Stories
History@Home – Lincoln Park: Special Places, People, and Stories February 24, 2022 – 7pm Free On Zoom A virtual presentation about Rockville’s historically black neighborhood of Lincoln Park. In 1891, the Rockville neighborhood of Lincoln Park was founded and became one of Maryland’s first real estate developments for Black families. Join Peerless Rockville and Lincoln […]
Happy New Year from Peerless Rockville!
Celebrate the new year with a donation! Peerless Rockville is planning for a bigger and better 2022! Help us step into the new year on the right foot by making a tax-deductible donation today! DONATE Today! Peerless Rockville will be closed from New Year’s Eve until January 3.
January Event: The History of Rockville’s Sister Cities Program
The History of Rockville’s Sister Cities Program January 13, 2021 7 pm On Zoom A virtual presentation about Rockville’s Sister Cities Program Join Peerless Rockville for a Glenview Mansion Speaker Series program about Rockville’s Sister Cities Program. The Sister Cities initiative was founded 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Learn about the Sister Cities initiative, […]
Donate to Celebrate Rockville’s First National Historic Landmark
A generous supporter has agreed to match all donations up to $10,000! Make a donation to help Peerless Rockville steward Frieda’s Cottage today to assist with the many tangible expenses of maintaining a historic property!
Photography Exhibit: It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings
It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings Entry by timed admission only, Monday and Wednesdays 10-4 A photography exhibit of the Remembrance Walk and Soil Collection Ceremony, held in Rockville, MD on September 26, 2021. Following the recent Remembrance Weekend Symposium and Pilgrimage Walk, the exhibit, launched in collaboration with Peerless Rockville and Montgomery History, […]
Glenview Speaker Series: Forging Freedom
Forging Freedom: Endurance, Escape, and Rockville’s Underground Railroad Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 7 pm On Zoom A virtual presentation on Peerless Rockville’s exhibit “Forging Freedom: Endurance, Escape, and Rockville’s Underground Railroad.” November 1 is Emancipation Day in Maryland! For November’s Glenview Mansion|Peerless Rockville Speaker Series, Peerless Rockville is offering the Forging Freedom: Endurance, Escape, […]
Extended: Explore Rockville’s African-American Heritage
Explore Rockville’s African-American Heritage October 21-24 $20 per Household! Presented by M&T Bank in memory of Sharyn R. Duffin It was a little stormy this past weekend – so we’re extending this great event! Grab a sweater! Peerless Rockville’s Explore Rockville African-American Heritage Tour and Scavenger Hunt will show you the rich history of African-American […]
Maryland Emancipation Day – African-American History Walking Tour
Maryland Emancipation Day – African-American History Walking Tour October 30 – 1 pm $10 per person Register now! November 1 is Emancipation Day in Maryland – when enslaved peoples were freed by a state constitutional referendum! Join Peerless Rockville and local historians Ralph Buglass and Chiquita Sorrels for a walking tour of downtown Rockville’s African-American […]
Online Event: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Rockville
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Rockville Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 7pm Free on Zoom An illustrated presentation of Rockville in the time of F. Scott Fitzgerald This presentation takes a look at the small town of Rockville that F. Scott Fitzgerald knew in the1920s and ’30s, with an explanation of how America’s favorite writer came to […]
Celebrate Rockville’s First National Historic Landmark
Join us for a Landmark Party celebrating the designation of Freida’s Cottage – Rockville’s First National Landmark with Peerless Rockville and your friends and neighbors! Friday, October 1, 4 pm on the lawn of the the Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Cottage. On January 13th, 2021, the Secretary of the Interior designated Frieda’s Cottage as a National Historic […]
