International Underground Railroad Month in the month of September and Black History Month is celebrated in February, but you can retrace the history all year long. Come and see how Charles County is helping to shape Maryland as The Most Powerful Underground Railroad Storytelling Destination in the World. From the stories of Josiah Henson and Washington Burch to Camp Stanton and Sergeant Charles Henry Brown and so many others, you cannot understand the story of Maryland's role in the Underground Railroad without a visit through Charles County. 

Emancipation Day of Maryland - On November 1, 1864, Maryland became one of the earliest states to abolish slavery- a full year before the 13^thAmendment.  Discover the Civil War Trail and the local stories of those that were once enslaved in Charles County.