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Open House at the Hays House

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

Graces is not a game we play every day, but games like Hopscotch are more familiar! Come be surprised by how people entertained themselves 200 years ago!

Open House at the Hays House

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

Investigate the Herbs in the Herb Garden. What were their uses in Early America?

Postponed Early American Education

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

Get ready to go back to school—in 1815!! How would the school year be different than today? This program will explore what school was like in the period from 1788 […]

Open House at the Hays House

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

What do you know about the Hays House?  Who owned it? Who lived in it? Where was it originally located? How was it moved? What are the plans for the […]

Bush Declaration Kick Off: Life in Harford County in 1774-1775

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

September 1774. The “shot heard round the world” would be fired in just seven months and the American Revolution would begin. What was the buzz in Harford County? Visit the […]

Constitution Day/Week

Hays House 324 N Kenmore Ave, Bel Air, MD, United States

Constitution Day is September 17 (Tuesday). Learn more about the creation of our constitutional government from the perspective of 1787!

Annual Dinner and Show, featuring Alisa Dupuy as Adrienne de Lafayette

The Historical Society of Harford County 143 N Main St., Bel Air, MD, United States

The Historical Society’s 2024 Annual Dinner promises to be a grand occasion. This year’s dinner will be held at the Historical Society’s Headquarters, 143 N. Main Street in Bel Air. […]

$45 – $75

Canceled Annual Genealogy Workshop

The Historical Society of Harford County 143 N Main St., Bel Air, MD, United States

Join us for the Historical Society’s 2024 Annual Genealogy Workshop. This one-day event will include sessions on accessing Courthouse Records, using online resources and newspapers to discover details about your […]

Free – $15

Lafayette in Harford County Reprised

The Historical Society of Harford County 143 N Main St., Bel Air, MD, United States

In 1931, J. Alexis Shriver wrote a book entitled Lafayette in Harford County that recounted the Marquis de Lafayette’s travels through Harford County, Maryland during the Revolution and his stop […]

Free