by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Community Engagement, Interpretation, Outreach, Planning, Public Speaking
Dedicated in 1991, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, shown above and below, honors federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who have died in the line of service dating back to the first known death in 1791. The memorial itself attracts...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 1, 2018 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Interpretation, Outreach, Publication
Heritage Foodways in Culture, Traditions & History Historical Excerpts by Dr. George W. McDaniel Information taken from the Heritage Montgomery Website: “Inspired by the stories of our ‘Community Cornerstones: African American Communities...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Nov 30, 2017 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Governance, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Public Speaking, Whole Place Preservation
Polarity Thinking Sparks New Insights SC Audubon Society Heritage Meeting November 15, 2017 Back in August 2017, at the invitation of Sharon Richardson, the SC executive director of Audubon South Carolina (ASC), I visited Silver Bluff plantation, now a South...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Historic Preservation, Interpretation
An Ancestral Home Welcomes A Visitor I was asked to speak at the Maryland Historical Society in the fall of 2017 by Louise Hayman, chairman of the board. I was delighted to do so because of my past connection with the area: in 1974, while in graduate...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2017 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Education, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Outreach, Public Speaking, Publication
The Maryland Historical Society Francis Scott Key Lecture Series November 2, 2017 In early November I was a guest speaker at the Francis Scott Key Lecture Series of The Maryland Historical Society. The topic of my lecture was the future of historic sites, and...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Oct 24, 2017 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Interpretation, Outreach, Public Speaking, Publication
Opening Up History & Healing Wounds: Choosing a Future for Confederate Memorials University of Mississippi – October 3, 2017 What do Confederate Memorials mean and what do we do with them? These are questions that have us struggling to find...