click image for close-up The cover of Benjamin Banneker's 1795 Almanac features a woodcut portrait of the author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner ...

On August 19, 1791, Benjamin Banneker wrote a lengthy letter to Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, in which "having taken up my pen in order to direct to you as a present, a copy of an ...

Baltimore County is celebrating Arbor Day with a free tree giveaway ... in the parking lot of the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, with pre-scheduled times for residents who have ...