We have created a petition that will be sent to Mr. Pittman, County Executive's office asking him to add the purchase of Whites Hall, birthplace and childhood home of Johns Hopkins, to the budget for next year. We have set a goal of 1,000+ names on the petition. If you have already added your name, THANK YOU. If you have not added it, visit our website and click on the PETITION button at the top of any page. We have around 550 names already! If we can get Anne Arundel Count

During my visit to the Johns Hopkins Library, I found this news article about a new portrait of Johns Hopkins. I also found a radio play script from the Cavalcade of America Radio show on May 26, 1941. The radio play is about Johns Hopkins, his family and friends, and the love of his life his first cousin Elizabeth. When Johns moved into Baltimore to work with his uncle Gerard T. Hopkins he became better acquainted with his first cousin Elizabeth. They fell in love with eac

Let me share some information I looked at when I visited the Hopkins Family Files at the Johns Hopkins University Library. Something I did not know is that a ship built during World War II was named in honor of Johns Hopkins. SS Johns Hopkins was a Liberty Ship built in Baltimore during World War II. She was named after Johns Hopkins, an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Following his death, his bequests founded numerous institutions bearing his name, most no

I had the pleasure of spending more time with Professor Van Morgan. She knows incredible amounts of facts about Johns and his family. This time we visited the Johns Hopkins University Library. We examined the Hopkins family collection of items that can be found there. We looked at the family Bible that belonged to Hanna (johns' Mother) She recorded the births and deaths of her 11 children in this book. There is a lock of hair which is believed to be Hannah's that was added