War of 1812 exhibit coming soon!

War of 1812: Bicentennial Observance Exhibit will open on Wednesday, Feb. 1st. The opening is from 3:00- 6:30 p.m. and will feature at lecture by local historian Mike Dixon at 4:30. Mr. Dixon will speak on the lesser known stories of life in the Upper Bay.

Be sure to stop by before and after the lecture to hear period music, and skits by costumed performers!

The exhibit will showcase the local history as it relates to the War of 1812, as well as daily life in the early Republic period. New displays and updated information will be added throughout the exhibit run, which will close in December 2012. 

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The Civil War is coming to HCC!

The Library at HCC and the Hays-Heighe House are sponsoring a book discussion on the Civil War, part of a grant received from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The books to be discussed are:

*  “March” by Geraldine Brooks
* “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPherson
*  “America’s War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries,” edited by Edward L. Ayers.

James Karmel, Ph.D., associate professor of history, will lead the discussion at each session.

Advanced registration and reading of the materials is required! Sign up for either the 12:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. time slots on the following days:

March 1, March 15, March 29, April 19 and May 3.

The discussions will be held at the Hays-Heighe House.

In addition, a tour of Tudor Hall will be available for participants in the discussion series on Thursday, April 12, at 12:30 p.m.

To register or for more information, call 443.412.2495 or email apersson@harford.edu

Holiday Open House

  

Holiday Open House at the Hays-Heighe House

Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 1-6 p.m.

There will be light refreshments, colonial style music and decorations. 

This will also be the last chance to see the Herblock exhibit!

Digital Photo Preservation from LOC

Digital photographs are great! Using a point and shoot camera, or a fancy DSLR camera, allows you to take hundreds of pictures at a time - allowing you more opportunities to capture people and events, than with a traditional film camera.

Here are some tips from the Library of Congress for how to preserve the digital files of your photographs. Enjoy!

LOC Blog

HCC & Hays-Heighe to host Civil War book discussion

Our college has been mentioned in The Washington Post in regard to the ALA/NEH grant we received to host a book discussion on the Civil War.

Interested in participating? Contact the House to sign up!

Fall Open House

Halloween 

and 

Harvest

Open House

October 21, 4-7 p.m.

Enjoy fall decorations and light refreshments and harvest history. As night approaches, hear spooky tales and haunted history! 

Free and open to the public.    

African foodways and heritage garden talk

October 19, 11:30 a.m.

 Student Center 243

 Culinary historian and author Michael Twitty will present his research on three centuries of African foodways, tracing its origins from Africa to the Caribbean to the Chesapeake region. Mr. Twitty will illustrate his talk with vegetables and herbs from the African-American Heritage Display Garden growing between the Library and the Hays-Heighe House.

Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council.

Light refreshments will be served.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.