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A Presentation of “From the Choptank
to Washington City: The Lost History
of Caroline County’s First Graduate of HELP
Howard University” WANTED
Lost History Associates, in partnership native Dennis F. Groce (Class of 1889),
with the Greensboro Historical Society, Caroline County’s first graduate of
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presents, “From the Choptank to Howard University in Washington, D.C.
ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ
Washington City: The Lost History of
A question and answer session will ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ͟
Caroline County’s First Graduate of
follow the presentation. • Experienced Mechanic
Howard University”
• Heavy Equipment Operator
Friday, April 9 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Featured Presenters • Laborer
John Muller, author of Frederick
Greensboro Historical Society • Driver
Douglass in Washington, D.C.: Th e Lion
104 East Sunset Ave., Greensboro DƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă Kd ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂů͕ ǀĂůŝĚ
of Anacostia (2012) and Mark Twain
Established in the nation’s capital in in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůĞĂŶ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ
1867, Howard University was founded of a Capital Correspondent (2013), ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐ Ă ĚƌƵŐ ƚĞƐƚ͘ EĞĞĚ
as an integrated and co-ed institution of has presented widely throughout the ŐŽŽĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĞƚŚŝĐƐ͕ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ
higher learning supported by Tuckahoe DC-Baltimore metropolitan area and ĂŶĚ ďĞ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ƉůĂLJĞƌ͘ &Ƶůů ƟŵĞ
native Frederick (Bailey) Douglass, who Eastern Shore. Muller has been featured ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶĞĮƚƐ͘
served on the Board of Trustees from on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-SPAN’s WůĞĂƐĞ ĂƉƉůLJ Ăƚ͗
1871 until his passing in 1895. During American History TV, in the pages of ŚŽƉƚĂŶŬ ^ƵƉƉůLJ͕ /ŶĐ͘
his quarter-century of service to the the Washington Post and Star Democrat, ϴϬϮ ƌLJƐƚĂů ǀĞŶƵĞ
university, Douglass welcomed and airwaves of NBC4 (Washington) and ĞŶƚŽŶ͕ D ϮϭϲϮϵ
supported students from all over the WBAL (Baltimore) and radio stations Žƌ ĨĂdž ƌĞƐƵŵĞ ƚŽ ϰϭϬͲϰϳϵͲϭϮϯϮ
country, including those from familiar WPFW (Washington), WAMU
families of his native Eastern Shore. (Washington), WYPR (Baltimore), Choptank
WEAA (Baltimore) and Delmarva
Join the Greensboro Historical Society
Public Radio (Eastern Shore). For the Excavating
for a groundbreaking presentation and
past decade Muller has contributed
discussion on the ongoing research E st abl is h e d 199 6
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hundreds of articles to local and national
into the life and times of Greensboro
print and online news sources, including
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