Available Presentations for interested organizations based on the five chapters of Images of America: Cecil County:
These presentations are image-based on PowerPoint
Images of America: Cecil County is a photographic overview of Cecil County history
Establishing chronicles the colonial history of Cecil County.
Passing Through highlights Cecil County's role as a transportation link between major urban areas of the East Coast, with major highways, water routes, raillines, and trade patterns. With this developed transportation network came a variety of visitors - travelers, tourists, friendly armies, hostile armies (twice), dignitaries, and romantic couples intending to marry.
Making a Living presents the rich economic diversity in 19th and early 20th century Cecil County; a diversity that would surprise many people today.
Serving discusses the many ways Cecil Countians have served their nation, region, state, and communities.
Enjoying, Relaxing, and Reflecting shows Cecil Countians and visitors enjoying the benefits of living at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, taking time to relax and reflect.
Other Presentation Topics Available:
Principio
Delmarva and the American Revolution
Bridging Port Deposit "Off from the World and the Rest of Mankind" (controversy over the first bridge at the mouth of the Susquehanna)
Thomas McCreary and the Slavery Issue at the Mason-Dixon Line
Delmarva and the Underground Railroad
Delmarva and the Civil War
Maryland and the Civil War
General William Mackall, CSA, Cecil County's Highest-Ranking Civil War Officer
Steamboats in the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Steamboats and Resorts on the Upper Bay
Governor Thomas Ward Veasey and Maryland's 1836 Constitutional Crisis
Governor James Black Groome: Governor, Senator, and Cog in the Gorman Machine
Governor Austin Crothers Progressive Era Reformer
(The Delmarva topics may be narrowed to Cecil County if requested)