(Feb 4, 2007)
Anne Arundel History
Think school overcrowding is bad now? (Feb 4, 2007)
The life and death of another animal star
The death this week of Barbaro and the ensuing blizzard of newspaper copy that chronicled every moment of his all-too-brief life and the heroic medical efforts made to try to save him, reflects how seriously as a nation we love our animals and mourn their passing. (Feb 3, 2007)
New store revives memories of a an older grocery in the downtown
Jacques Kelly (Feb 3, 2007)
Howard History
(Jan 28, 2007)
Jerusalem mayor was frequent visitor to city
Teddy Kollek forged important bonds with the Jewish community (Jan 27, 2007)
Life without technology has a pretty nice ring to it
Jacques Kelly (Jan 27, 2007)
Howard History
(Jan 21, 2007)
'Try and Guess' describes those recipes from long ago
Jacques Kelly (Jan 20, 2007)
'Bawlmore'? Maybe to a sportswriter's tin ear
I wish someone on the copy desk of The New York Times had picked up on and questioned Dave Anderson's use of "Bawlmore" in a column he wrote the day after the Colts put an end to purple mania and the Ravens' dream of possibly going all the way to the Super Bowl XLI. (Jan 20, 2007)
Md. town banks on historic trail
400 years later, tourists could follow path of John Smith's bay voyages to Vienna (Jan 15, 2007)
The rush to cover crash of a B-52 in Western Md.
In the early hours of Jan. 13, 1964, phones began ringing at state police headquarters in Cumberland with callers reporting hearing loud explosions as a major blizzard was sweeping with a vengeance into the state from the Ohio Valley. (Jan 13, 2007)
Mechanic Theatre provides cautionary tale on how not to improve on cities
Jacques Kelly (Jan 13, 2007)
Howard History
As reported Jan. 15, 1967, in the The Sun : (Jan 7, 2007)
Anne Arundel History
Strange but true: It took Annapolis until 1936 to commission a map of the city in Colonial times. In January of that year, as the Great Depression was beginning to lift, a group of history buffs decided to take a closer look at the past. And so the Corporation for the Restoration of Colonial Annapolis announced its first commission. It was the preparation of an accurate map of pre-Revolutionary Annapolis, showing all the 18th-century landmarks. (Jan 7, 2007)
Sewell's hat factory
On Jan. 4, 1821, the hat factory owned by Col. Charles S. Sewell at Old Philadelphia Road and Abingdon Road began operation. (Jan 7, 2007)
Hot holiday seller tracks Maryland's weirdness
It's hard to believe that a Christmas gift phenomenon this year was a recently published 251-page book titled Weird Maryland, written by Matt Lake, a transplanted Englishman. (Jan 6, 2007)
Rowhouse decision does ill to Mercy's image - and piece of Baltimore's past
Jacques Kelly (Jan 6, 2007)
Untold history
New round of a long effort to save an Annapolis building is set to begin (Jan 2, 2007)
Howard History
(Dec 31, 2006)
Town is drawn by the Riverside
Glowing signs illuminate the celebration of our industrial past
Jacques Kelly (Dec 30, 2006)
A war reporter's take on Christmas Eve 1945
During World War II, readers looked to "Lee McCardell's Christmas Letter," published on the front page of The Evening Sun on Christmas Eve, which was addressed to his three daughters, Mary Ann, Abby and Tillie, and signed "Dada." (Dec 30, 2006)
Country Christmases in a long-ago Harford
The kind of Christmases that Kathryn "Kitty" Whistler Burch vividly remembers are those of a vanished rural America depicted in Currier & Ives prints. (Dec 23, 2006)
One-night shopping trip at churches helps take the commercial out of Christmas
Jacques Kelly (Dec 23, 2006)
Harford History
Otho S. Lee was born near Bel Air on Dec. 6, 1840. He attended Bel Air Academy and studied law. (Dec 17, 2006)
Howard History
From The Sunday Sun, Dec. 10, 1922: (Dec 17, 2006)
Towson author's paean to the glory of Mercedes
Who hasn't had a Walter Mitty daydream of roaring over the open road in a Mercedes-Benz with the top down, a beautiful companion at your side, and the speedometer standing slightly off the century mark? (Dec 16, 2006)
Reveling in the 'rehearsal' days leading up to the Christmas holiday
Jacques Kelly (Dec 16, 2006)
Historic black school to be moved, rehabbed
Railroad company has rich freight of history
We can't let the year end without mentioning the 100th birthday of the Canton Railroad Co. which for some reason or other, passed by in May unnoticed. (Dec 9, 2006)
This Christmas, give yourself a delightful present: Baltimore
Jacques Kelly (Dec 9, 2006)
Bay museum to house historian's collection
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels announced this week that it had acquired the maritime collection of Robert H. Burgess, the noted bay historian and writer, who died three years ago. (Dec 2, 2006)
There's nothing like the scent and shape of a good Christmas balsam
Jacques Kelly (Dec 2, 2006)
Free admission opens city art collections to all
Jacques Kelly (Nov 25, 2006)
Local writer helped turn 'noir' on its head
A recent showing on Turner Classic Movies of Murder, My Sweet, Edward Dmytryk's classic 1944 noir film starring Dick Powell as private eye Philip Marlowe along with fellow actors Claire Trevor and Otto Kruger, was followed by Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, the 1982 spoof of the genre starring Steve Martin. (Nov 25, 2006)
New crop of books about Baltimore offers a fine view of city's history
Jacques Kelly (Nov 18, 2006)
The voice of experience and a life of compassion
More than a 100 people gathered in Easton the other day to talk about and remember William Robert Miller - more familiarly known as Bob Miller - a recovering alcoholic who in turning his life around helped and inspired others to do the same. (Nov 18, 2006)
POW's secret diary brings war to life
On this Veterans Day, it is fitting to recall the words of Reamer E. "Buzz" Sewell, a World War II Army Air Forces veteran and prisoner of war, who kept a detailed diary of what daily life was like during his nearly seven months' confinement in Stalag VIIA in Moosburg, Germany. (Nov 11, 2006)
Restaurants long vacant are reminders that city is slow to renew
Jacques Kelly (Nov 11, 2006)
Favored book opened eyes to what makes Baltimore
Jacques Kelly (Nov 4, 2006)
Election Day confusion is nothing new in Md.
Voting machines once seen as a big step forward from the paper-ballot era (Nov 4, 2006)
A U.S. religious landmark is renewed in Baltimore
Basilica was statement on faith, liberty in new nation (Oct 29, 2006)
A smoking ban? Baltimore is, as always, the last to get into line
Jacques Kelly (Oct 28, 2006)
Bigg Lizz, Moll Dyer and other state haunts
It's Halloween and time for our annual visit with Ed Okonowicz, the Elkton ghost expert and author who enjoys researching and chronicling the kinds of eerie experiences that most of us mortals would rather not have. (Oct 28, 2006)
Timelessly wedded
Something old, something new: Paca House comes alive with wedding (Oct 25, 2006)
Backhoe unearths Annapolis gravesite
A backhoe operator working near Annapolis Elementary School made a macabre discovery in the Colonial capital: a human skeleton in a small burial site that likely dates back to the 18th century. (Oct 25, 2006)
A life on the fringes vanishes into shadows
Another Marylander who took a walk into the shadows was Julius "The Lord" Salsbury, the one-time colorful Block nightclub owner and gambling figure who vanished 36 years ago. (Oct 21, 2006)
As neighborhood thrives, we suffer from a narrowed perspective
Jacques Kelly (Oct 21, 2006)
A living tradition
Ann Dowsett Jensen has opened her family's 18th-century home to the public (Oct 18, 2006)
When marathon makes walk tough, the tough turn to uncluttering
Jacques Kelly (Oct 14, 2006)
After 30 years, Bishop killings still a mystery
It happened on the night of March 1, 1976, in the gray-shingled split-level on Lilly Stone Drive in Carderock Springs, an upper-class Bethesda neighborhood, where police say William Bradford Bishop Jr., a cultured, high-ranking State Department official, beat his wife, Annette, 37, to death with a sledgehammer. (Oct 14, 2006)
For 300 years, a rock in Rehobeth
When Francis Makemie, the father of the Presbyterian Church in America, built a sturdy little chapel near the banks of the Pocomoke River, he intended it to be a magnet for his fledgling flock. (Oct 2, 2006)
Quakers remember Maryland's part in American founding 350 years ago
Galesville event commemorates the religion's arrival in the New World (Sep 18, 2006)
Hampden landmark to begin life anew
Renovations near completion at old Northern District station (Sep 14, 2006)
Clay Street leads city back into its history
Annapolis is working to preserve the legacy of a black community (Aug 30, 2006)
Mystery set in stone
A look back at City Hall
Historic preservation panel to explore renovation of site (Jul 26, 2006)
Children get a big taste of local history
Camp shares 18th-century life through cooking, field trips (Jul 21, 2006)
The resuscitation of Baltimore's port
By the early 1950s, with Baltimore's aging port facilities worn down from heavy use during World War II and with the neglect of the all-powerful railroads, it was clear that something had to be done. (Jul 1, 2006)
40 years
After their high school success, The Sun's Athletes of the Year have continued to stand out since the award began in 1967. (Jun 4, 2006)
40 years of Sun athletic standouts
The Sun revisits its High School Athletes of the Year. Today some are parents, business people and yes, even still athletes (Jun 4, 2006)
This Baltimore-born 'acro-comedian' rose to great heights
No one recalls the name of Stanislaus Theodosius Rubanowski -- the vaudeville gymnast born and raised in East Baltimore -- but they might recognize the name of Jimmy Rae. (May 20, 2006)
New twist to old rivalry
In sports, O's, Nats hometowns haven't always been neighborly (May 19, 2006)
Hippo's opening another night to remember
Jacques Kelly (Feb 14, 2004)
Hoping B&O Museum is able to maintain pieces of history
Jacques Kelly (Feb 22, 2003)