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Montgomery History outlines oral‑history work and plans for new county history center; staffes recommend another year of operating support
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Montgomery History updated the joint committee on the Black Resistance Oral History Initiative, the county—s 250th anniversary programming and plans to develop exhibit and artifact space at Four Courthouse Square and storage in the Circuit Courthouse; OMB noted one more year of operating funds in the executive recommendation.
Montgomery History representatives told a joint Montgomery County Council committee on Wednesday that they are using funding to record first‑hand and family oral histories, to prepare a revised county history titled "The Unfinished Revolution," and to secure physical museum and collections space in downtown Rockville.
Matt Logan, a representative of Montgomery History, described progress on a Black Resistance Oral History Initiative and recruiting researchers and chapter authors for the county—s 250th anniversary volume. Logan said the organization has hired an oral‑history lead and has collected interviews across the county in communities including Lyttonsville, Lincoln Park and Sandy Spring.
Logan also described two…
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