• Horse and Carriage in front of Hampton NHS

    Hampton

    National Historic Site Maryland

2012 African American History Symposium

Ranger Roberts-Burton speaks with symposium participants.
2010 Symposium Participants at Merrick Lecture Hall
NPS Photographer
 

The 2012 Symposium on African American History committee is pleased to share the date for next year's symposium.

Save the Date: Thursday March 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Merrick Lecture Hall, Goucher College

The theme of the 2012 symposium is, Free Yet Bound: The African American Community in Baltimore, 1800-1864.

Registration fee:

Early Bird (register by February 20, 2012)

Students/GBHA/HHI $20

Regular Registration $25

General Registration

Students/GBHA/HHI $25

Regular Registration $30

Please register for the symposium by March 10, 2012 for catering purposes.  Although not preferred, you may register on the day of the symposium.

Please contact Angela Roberts-Burton at 410 823-1309 x208 for more information and to register.

updated: 1/5/12

 

Good Things to Know

Parking: Free parking is available at Goucher. Visitor parking is denoted as parking lot V on the campus map.

Food: a continental breakfast and a mid-morning snack break are included with your registration fee.

Sales: The Museum Shop of Historic Hampton operates a small sales table at the symposium.

Registration: Registration Brochure

Refunds: All requests for refunds must be made 72 hours prior to the symposium. We cannot guarantee a refund for a cancellation made less that 72 hours before the symposium. Please contact Angela Roberts-Burton at 410-823-1309 x208 if you are unable to attend the symposium and have already registered.

 

updated 8.9.11

 

Directions to Goucher College

By car: If arriving by GPS, use this address: Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, Maryland, 21204. Motorists approaching Goucher College from any direction are advised to take the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), leaving it at exit 27A-Towson (Dulaney Valley Road south). The college entrance is on the left, one-half block from exit 27A.

By train: All passenger trains arrive at Pennsylvania Station in Downtown Baltimore. A taxi from the station to Goucher College takes approximately 20 minutes.

 

For more information about Historic Hampton Inc., or Goucher College please use the links below.

www.historichampton.org

www.goucher.edu

 

Did You Know?

Cedar-of-Lebanon Tree

The impressive Cedar-of-Lebanon that in the center of the south lawn was, according to
family legend, brought back from Europe in a shoe box.