Upcoming Events
Saturday October 19, 2019 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Northern Arundel Cultural Preservation Society (NACPS) Historical and Educational Tour of African American Enclaves and Sites in Northern Anne Arundel County Lloyd Keaser Center, 5757 Belle Grove Rd, Pumphrey, MD. The tour will begin and end at the Lloyd Keaser Center in Pumphrey. Lloyd Keaser, Olympic medalist for whom the building is named, will greet our guests and is expected to continue the entire tour with us. The tour will include the following stops: Freetown, Furnace Branch, Marley Neck, Magothy/Pasadena, Queenstown, and Harmans/Dorsey, and the Benson Hammond House for a tour of the awesome exhibit of the Benjamin and Jeremiah Gaither families. Transportation will be provided by the Nixon Bus Company, founded by minority owner and operator Mrs. Willie Nixon in 1973. Water will be provided. Attendees will be responsible for bringing their own snacks/lunches. For a donation of $10.00, patrons will receive a spot on the Tour and the Historical and Educational Tour of African American Enclaves and Sites in Northern Anne Arundel County Booklet. For a donation of $20.00, patrons will receive a spot on the Tour, the Historical and Educational Tour of African American Enclaves and Sites in Northern Anne Arundel County Booklet, and the Trails, Tracks, Tarmac: Lives of African Americans in the History and Culture of Northern Anne Arundel County,1850 to the Present Book. If you would like to sign up for this tour, please click the “Donate” and the “Get Email Updates” buttons on this website.
Lives of African Americans in the History & Culture of Northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland from 1850 to the present.
Goals:
To produce articles, books, cultural programs, educational activities, exhibitions, mass media products, musical productions and historical quilts that engage, inspire and perpetuate the continual outreach of NACPS.
