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Happy Birthday Johns Hopkins!
Johns Hopkins was born 230 years ago on May 19, 1795 in an upstairs bedroom at Whites Hall in the Gambrills/Crofton area. He lived in the...
donaldbailey
4 days ago2 min read
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Furniture at Johns Hopkins House Part 2
Just like in part 1 of this series of furniture blogs, I am going to share some more about the furniture that the Duckett family had when...
donaldbailey
5 days ago2 min read
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MOD Pizza Fundraiser
Help save the HIstoric Johns Hopkins House by joining us for a MOD Pizza fundraiser. We will be at the Gambrills location all day but,...
donaldbailey
May 151 min read
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Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage
I had a wonderful time Saturday in Southern Anne Arundel County. I was touring many old and new homes that were part of the Maryland...
donaldbailey
May 112 min read
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Furniture at Johns Hopkins House
I am not an expert on antique furniture but, have always had an amatuer interets in it. There are a lot of great books on furniture of...
donaldbailey
May 42 min read
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Historic Hancocks Resolution
On Sunday, the Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House went to Historic Hancocks Resolution to take part in their Spring Festival. The...
donaldbailey
Apr 141 min read
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Visiting Other Historic Sites
I was able to visit Tudor Hall, the home of the famous family of actors from the 1800s. the Booths. It is on Tudor Lane in Bel Air,...
donaldbailey
Apr 61 min read
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Anne Arundel County is NOT Purchasing Whites Hall.
It is with great sadness that we let you know the Anne Arundel County government notified us this week that they have decided NOT to...
donaldbailey
Feb 121 min read
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Final Illness and Death of Johns Hopkins
In December of 1873 Johns Hopkins became ill. It was said that he had a simple cold and according to the first two Baltimore Sun...
donaldbailey
Feb 51 min read
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Christmas Eve at Green Mount Cemetery
The President of Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House, Don Bailey, joined a group of friends and family at the graveside of Johns...
donaldbailey
Dec 26, 20241 min read
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Hopkins Portraits
Meet a young Johns Hopkins and his mother Hannah. We recently received these 16x20 prints from Sydney Van Morgan, a professor at Johns...
donaldbailey
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Previous County Executive joins the team!
Jim Lighthizer, former County Executive, heard about our work to save Historic Johns Hopkins House and contacted us with intertest in the...
donaldbailey
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Getting Signatures for our Petition at the Crofton Public Library
Our brand new nonprofit organization, Friends of Historic Johns Hopkins House, is dedicated to saving Whites Hall, the birthplace and...
donaldbailey
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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