Unlike other port cities on the eastern seaboard, Baltimore was not a site of original colonization. It emerged almost a century after the first British colonists arrived in Maryland. When Baltimore emerged, there was already an entrenched political establishment in Annapolis unwilling to grant the new town the authority needed to manage its own affairs. And Annapolis cast its shadow over Baltimore for much of the city’s history.
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Earlier Event: December 3
Adult Forum - The Rev. Hentzi Elek, "What in the World is the Season of Advent?"
Later Event: December 17
Adult Forum - Dr. Matthew Crenson, "Economically Strapped Baltimore"