Baltimore History

"The best thing about liberty is that it's such a charming thing to fight for." - H. L. Mencken

Who really discovered the North Pole?

One of the littlest heroes of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.

In 1906, Upton Sinclair causes an uproar when he publishes his book "The Jungle."

We’ll go On the Record with WYPR Digital Content Director Jamyla Krempel to go behind the scenes of Wavelength, a new podcast on public radio’s history in Baltimore. Plus, reconnecting with the community activist interviewed on YPR's first morning show.

The "Monument Street Girls" supported the Confederacy in downtown Baltimore during the Civil War.

Steeped in secrecy and rooted in Baltimore

The British Navy had a hard time navigating the Chesapeake Bay in winter during the War of 1812.

The adventures of a young socialite from Baltimore who changed the course of world events.

We’ll go On the Record with the Washington Post reporter who traced how many slaveholders served in Congress over decades, and with a Johns Hopkins museum curator and a scholar who tell why it’s important to study and honor those who were enslaved at the Homewood estate.