Lecture: The Weems Family Journey to Freedom

Peerless Rockville 29 Courthouse Square, Room 110, Rockville, MD, United States

Please join Peerless Rockville as they welcome Canadian historians Bryan and Shannon Prince, who will share the heart-wrenching and occasionally heartwarming story of the enslaved family of John and Arabella Weems. Their epic story involved extensive webs of slave traders, Underground Railroad operatives and abolitionists from Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica as well as the United […]

First Communities of Rockville: Quality Hill

Peerless Rockville 29 Courthouse Square, Room 110, Rockville, MD, United States

This March, Peerless Rockville invites the public to learn about one of the earliest communities in Rockville. Quality Hill traces its roots to the 1784 division of 45 acres of land into Rockville’s first streets, lots, and blocks concentrated along both sides of West Montgomery Avenue and Adams Street. This unique historical presentation will trace […]