Behind the Scenes and a Ballgame at Camden Yards
with Kate Drabinski
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building
Date & Time
July 14, 2017, 5:00 pm – 7:05 pm
Description
Camden Yards is best known to today’s Baltimoreans as the home of the Baltimore Orioles, but it has a colorful history that long predates our home team. Before hitting the game join Kate Drabinski for a tour of Camden Yards and the surrounding neighborhoods. Topics will include the role of the B&O Railroad in building Baltimore, the Pratt Street Riots and Baltimore’s role in the Civil War, and the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, a signature moment in the growth of the country’s labor movement.
Transportation & other details:
We will meet on the shuttle parked in front of the Performing Art & Humanities Building at 5:00pm, or at Pratt & Penn at 5:30 and will be at the gates and ready for the first pitch against the Chicago Cubs at 7:05pm. Tickets are $5 and for sale at the Campus Information Center inside the Commons.
Space is limited. UMBC students, faculty and staff who wish to participate should use this link to RSVP.
For more information please contact Natalia Panfile.
