New Windsor Heritage

08/26/2026

FYI

SAVE the DATE! We are going to have a Spooky Tales Open Mic Night on Thursday, October 29 from 6 to 8 pm.

Here’s how it will work …

- Cost: $10 per person; $15 for a couple
- No registration required – pay at the door when you arrive
- Sponsored by Dan Hoff, Samuel C. Hoff Agency – THANK YOU!
- Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar provided by Collision Course
Nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages will be for sale – water is FREE
- Costumes are welcome
- Bring a friend
- YOU are the speakers, so …
- Each speaker will have 5-10 minutes to tell their spooky tale(s)
-There is no limit to the number of speakers – as long as everyone is finished by 8
pm
- Keep it clean – but fun and spooky

If you have any questions, please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach & Events Director, at 410.848.6494 ext. 200 or [email protected].

08/17/2026

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07/23/2026

FYI

07/09/2026

FYI - New Windsor Mayor, Kevin Cornick, will be one of speakers.

Please join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the opening/ribbon cutting/rededication for ...
- Shriver-Weybright Auditorium
- Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center
- Doris J. Hull Events Serving Hall
- Barbara Shipley Guthrie Docent Lounge & Gallery
- Dave & Sharon Bollinger Kimmey Exhibit Room
- "Main Street at Work" Exhibit
- "Carroll at 250: People, Place, and the Making of History"

We are excited to share the new spaces, exhibits, and history with everyone. We hope you can come!

Then join us afterward at Covalent Spirits for History: Shaken & Stirred - Untold Stories of Revolution in Carroll County at 6 pm featuring five speakers that you probably know ... Tatiana Bell (Carroll Arts Center), Kevin Cornick (Mayor of New Windsor), John Laycock (Member of the SAR & HSCC Board of Trustees Member), Elaine Shirley (Carroll County Farm Museum), and Cheryl Steinbacher (League of Women Voters of Carroll County MD). We will have food provided by Blowfish Hawaiin Poke Bowls (for purchase) and desserts provided by Collision Course.

07/08/2026

A New Windsor treasure: the Dielman Inn. 💚

Read more about it, and about New Windsor history in the book Times Crossroads, by Emmy Award winning producer and former New Windsor resident, Frank J. Batavick.

Book link - https://www.amazon.com/Times-Crossroads-History-New-Windsor/dp/1545470189

*All information HSCC has on the location is under the "Our site states..." of this post from our online collections database. If you have any questions or information you are welcome to contact our us at [email protected]*

From our collection:
A photograph of the Dielman Inn gardens taken by Louis H. Dielman. Donated to the Society in 2024 by Frank Batavick.

Our site states...
Framed, original photograph of the Dielman Inn gardens taken by Frederick Dielman’s brother, Louis H. Dielman.

07/05/2026

FYI

In celebration of America's 250th Anniversary, join us for the The Strawbridge Shrine's "1760s Farm Life at Historic Strawbridge Shrive" event on Saturday, July 11 from 10 am to 1 pm. Enjoy tours, colonial cooking demos, portrayals, dressmaking, music, and games for kids.

Questions? Please contact Strawbridge Shrive at 443.289.0191.

06/28/2026

Visit our Celebrating America partner on July 11th!

06/20/2026

FYI - Carroll 250 Event:
The Maryland Constitution – An Historical View of Carroll County
Thursday, June 25
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Exploration Commos

Registration is required - more info link https://ccpl.librarymarket.com/event/maryland-constitution

Hear the Honorable Joseph Getty give this informative talk about the Maryland Constitution at Exploration Commons in Westminster.

After the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, Maryland was one of the first states to adopt a state constitution. The Maryland Constitutional Convention (the Ninth Provincial Convention) met in Annapolis during the summer and fall of 1776 and completed its work on Nov. 11, 1776. The Maryland Constitution served as a model for other states and, eleven years later, for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention for the United States during the summer of 1787. Subsequent constitution conventions were held in 1851, 1864, 1867 and 1967, although the proposed constitution in 1967 was rejected by the voters. In this presentation, historian Joe Getty will discuss Carroll County leaders – David Shriver, John E. Smith, William Pickney Maulsby, Mary B. Shellman, Mary Bryson and Richard Dixon.

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