This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Banneker-Douglass Museum. We’ve celebrated with two galas (thank you Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation, and the team of Governor Martin O’Malley, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and the Legislative Black Caucus), three exhibits, and a documentary. But 2009 holds special significance for the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) as well. The MCAAHC originated in 1969 as the Maryland Commission on Negro History and Culture, by a state bill introduced into the state legislature by Senator Verda Freeman Welcome, America's first African American female state senator. The Commission plans to celebrate this milestone at its next public meeting on December 15, 2009 at M&T Bank stadium. The public is invited to attend this event, which will last from 1:30-4pm. And finally, 2009 marks the 135th anniversary of the main building itself. The site began as Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church. It served as a house of worship for nearly a century. When the congregation relocated to Bay Ridge Avenue, the purchaser planned to demolition the building. Want to know more? Then come on by!
