Parsons Newman Lecture: Presidential Sites Within Two Hours of Frederick That You Have Probably Never Heard Of
May 26 @ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
This program will discuss sites related to our Presidents’ lives, from birthplaces to burial sites. Tom Slater will share his best itineraries for your own travels. A part of our 250th Anniversary celebration, what a great time to connect to US history in and near our own home of Frederick County!
Tom Slater is a retired attorney and educator. He taught U.S. History at high schools in Frederick County and at Frederick Community College. He obtained an M.A. in History from The George Washington University and wrote a thesis entitled “Frederick County Politics 1950-1970: A Study in Rural Conservatism.” He has served as the Historian for the Frederick County Bar Association and the Frederick County Democratic Party. He writes a monthly column for the local Democratic Party where he focuses on history. Since his retirement a few years ago, he has been researching local and state history and hopes to write books about the history of the Maryland Democratic Party and Frederick County politics from 1970 to 2000. He has an extensive collection of obituaries of local and state leaders as well as newspaper clippings collected over the past sixty years. As a student of United States History, he has a special interest in U.S. Presidents and is on a quest to visit the birthplace, death site, and burial site of every U.S. President. He has seven more sites to visit in order to complete his quest (Trump’s birth site, Obama’s birth site, Ford’s birth site, Nixon’s burial site, Harding’s death site, and Reagan’s death and burial sites.
These lectures are FREE, but RSVPs are appreciated! https://www.cognitoforms.com/HeritageFrederick1/ParsonsNewmanLectureSeries2026May
