Carroll 250 Speaker Series: The Memory of Landscapes: A study of four historic national parks within an hour’s drive of Carroll County

Join presenter Winona R. Peterson, retired NPS Cultural Resource Program Manager, for this fun informative talk. 

All landscapes have stories to tell; even the ones we interact with daily. This program will present compelling layers of history found at selected historic national park sites within an easy drive of Carroll County. We will explore the importance of nationally significant landscapes and the complexities of managing resources that have more than one significant story to share with the visiting public. The discussion will focus on how the National Park Service studies and manages these cultural landscapes.  We will be visiting Hampton National Historic Site, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.

Winona R. Peterson graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Recreation and Parks. She began and ended her 41-year career with the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park. In between, she worked at Everglades National Park, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Hampton National Historic Site and Eisenhower National Historic Site. She was an interpretive park ranger, an administrative clerk, a chief ranger, historian and a cultural resource specialist. During the last 5 years of her career, she was the historian responsible for assessments completed at eight historic parks in the northeast region. Mrs. Peterson recently became a member of the Preservation Maryland Board of Directors, an organization that has been at the forefront of historic preservation in Maryland for 90 plus years. She lives on a 90-acre farm in Carroll County with her husband Steve.

Registration will open closer to the event and is required. 

Please see the Carroll County Public Library Program Calendar for more information, when it’s available. 

Questions about this or any of our events? Please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach