In the winter of 1804, Baltimore belle Besty Bonaparte made quite a splash at a variety of splendid parties and balls, and inspired some choice observations from other attendees. 

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On December 2nd, 1859, abolitionist John Brown met his end at the gallows in Charlestown, Virginia. 

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On this edition of Your Maryland, we explore the truth behind the origins of the feast day we all celebrate as "Thanksgiving." 

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On November 19th, 1863, at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, one of America's greatest orators of the time, Edward Everett, gave a grand speech. But it was Abraham Lincoln’s brief address, consisting of only 272 words, which will be remembered forever.

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In 1893, Mary Garrett, daughter of B&O Railroad magnate John Work Garrett, uses her fortune to fund the nation's first co-educational medical school at Johns Hopkins. 

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Early settlers of Maryland were wary of (and not always kind to) those they suspected of practicing witchcraft. 

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Meshach Browning was an early backwoodsman, hunter, and explorer of the watersheds of the North Branch Potomac and Youghiogheny Rivers. His memoir is Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter. He has been celebrated as Maryland's most famous frontier hunter.

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In 1890's, the Baltimore Orioles remade their team, perfecting the "suicide squeeze" and other key elements of "inside baseball." 

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In September 1862, the Confederate Cavalry arrived in Urbana, Maryland, and though Federal troops were on their heels, they decided to hold a ball to celebrate. 

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

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