If you missed it live or want to enjoy it again, please join us for the film premiere of "South and Saints," the Maryland Ensemble Theatre's staging of the rich stories Frederick's African American community that contributed so much to Frederick's current landscape. This film captures the final stage performance of this critically acclaimed show....

The Delaplaine Arts Center and AARCH Society presents “Art at Night With Debra Ambush - Featuring the Allen Ambush Jazz Quartet.” A presentation in conjunction with Dr. Ambush’s exhibition at the Delaplaine – “When We Can Say for Ourselves: Embodying Letters from Farmville, 1867–1964.”  Join us for an evening of Artist Discussion and Jazz Performance as...

AARCH Society will present a Black History Month exhibit "Our Journey Our Stories Told Through the Arts" at the C. Burr Artz Public Library for the month of February 2024. It will provide glimpses of the planned Heritage Center core exhibit "Our Journey, Our Stories" while featuring Frederick County connected African Americans involved in the...

AARCH Society will present a Black History Month display at Walkersville Library.

Jackson Chapel UMC with AARCH Society. Honoring the legacy of Frederick’s African American Churches and featuring a presentation by Author Elayne Bond Hyman and her book “They Came Across South Mountain," which is a love story of four generations of one family, free people of color living in a time when freedom wasn’t free. They...

After emancipation in Maryland in 1864, African Americans in Frederick County were eager to establish schools for their children. The first school opened in 1865 in Quinn Chapel AME Church in Frederick. With the assistance of the Freedmen’s Bureau and philanthropic and religious organizations, at least 14 schools operated between 1865 to 1872 when the...

The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project will hold a public meeting for Frederick County, Md., on April 13 at Lincoln Elementary School. There were at least 6,500 lynchings in the United States between 1865 and 1950, and of that number, at least 38 were in Maryland. In Frederick County, three documented lynchings took place, and the...

The history of black Catholics presents us with a wondrous but too often forgotten cloud of witnesses. Black Catholics desperately need and want a sense of identity. Could it be that the lives of these saints challenge many of us in ways that strike too uncomfortably close to home? We’ll explore the relationship, past and...

Join AARCH Society as we celebrate our Living Treasures, African Americans living in Frederick County, MD, who are aged 90 years and older, on whose shoulders we stand. To recognize this year's honorees we are hosting a breakfast buffet at the American Legion. SOLD OUT  

Join AARCH Society tour guides for an informative exploration of local African American history on All Saints Street and the surrounding area. Learn about the cultural and historical importance of the neighborhood that was the center of Frederick County, MD's African American community until the early 1960s. The Walking Tours begin at the Heritage Center...