Tchaikovsky in Baltimore

At the beginning of the 20th century, young aviators like Hubert Latham awed spectators with their high-flying antics, including a thrilling Baltimore flyover on November 7, 1910.

In 1907, Ernest Wardwell wrote his account of the Pratt Street Riot, and how he , though not yet 16 years old, joined the ranks of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and went off to war.

In 1907, Ernest Wardwell wrote his account of the Pratt Street Riot, and how he , though not y

In 1894, Max Brodel came to Baltimore from Leipzig, Germany, and revolutionized the art of medical illustration at Johns Hopkins hospital. He also became friends with H. L. Mencken, and the two of them made music, brewed beer, and enjoyed legendary meals with members of the Saturday Night Club.

William and Lucy Carter were just two of the passengers on the ill-fated, maiden voyage of the ----unsinkable---- Titanic in the early hours of April 15, 1912. Traveling first class, they survived the disaster, though their marriage did not.

----She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.---- - This is the text of a Gestapo transmission regarding OSS agent Virginia Hall, a Baltimore native who fought with the Resistance in France during World War II. This is her remarkable story.

While he was imprisoned at Point Lookout in Southern Maryland during the Civil War, poet, musician, and Confederate soldier Sidney Lanier soothed himself and his fellow soldiers with music played on a flute he managed to slip past the guards.

While he was imprisoned at Point Lookout in Southern Maryland during the Civil War, poet, musici

Between 1851 and 1860, Harriet Tubman freed a reported thousand slaves from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.