Talbot History is Our History

Talbot County eighth graders poured out of school buses and onto the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to explore the meaning of freedom.

The exhibit, “Bear Me Into Freedom: The Talbot County of Frederick Douglass,” opened March 5. The exhibition traces Douglass’ life from his birth and early years as an enslaved person in Talbot County, through his escape to freedom, and into his later returns to the region as a celebrated free man.

WBOC took to the skies and collected some aerial footage of General Perry Benson’s Grave in Talbot County.

The Talbot Historical Society is presenting a Native American Heritage & Artifact Day, held on February 21, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering families and individuals a rare opportunity to experience centuries-old Native American artifacts along with the living history of the Pocomoke Indian Nation through demonstrations, presentations, and cultural displays.

Born on Christmas Day 1744 on his father’s plantation at “Fausley,” just two miles from what is today Easton in Talbot County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tench Tilghman was the eldest of ten children of James and Anne (Francis) Tilghman.

Solomon Barrott (1763–1851) enlisted in the Revolutionary War at age sixteen and served as a drummer in the Maryland Line, fighting in major battles of the Southern Campaign through the surrender at Yorktown. Remembered as “The Little Drummer Boy” and the last surviving member of the Maryland Line, he later returned to Easton, where he lived as a respected citizen and is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery.

The Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and The Mid-Shore Constitution Alliance sponsored a celebration of the fourth annual Constitution and Citizenship Day hosted at the Academy Art Museum in Easton on Sept. 17.

Each September, Americans commemorate Constitution Week — a time to honor the 1787 signing of the United States Constitution and reflect on the principles that continue to shape our nation. This year, Talbot250 is marking the week by sharing the voices of our own community leaders.