This new virtual presentation will explore the lost history of the showpiece Moxley's Brass Band of Hagerstown, Maryland and Frederick Douglass across many years and places.
In the years following the Civil War, Moxley’s Brass Band of Hagerstown was one of the most active and respected public performance bands in Western Maryland and adjacent communities from West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle to Baltimore City and Washington City.
Founded and led by three brothers who had served as regimental musicians in the United States Colored Troops (USCT), Moxley’s Band performed nearly 100 times for Decoration Day services, Emancipation Day parades, college commencements, political rallies, local and national celebrations and resort excursionists. The ensemble was also known to deliver personal serenades to notable local citizens and visitors to the area, including the announced August 1869 visit of Frederick Douglass to Frederick City and the April 1879 benefit lecture United States Marshal Frederick Douglass delivered in Hagerstown.
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent.
Muller has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Library of Congress, DC Public Library, Newseum, Politics and Prose, American Library in Paris and local universities. He is currently working on a book about the lost history of Frederick Douglass on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Muller has been featured on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-SPAN’s American History TV, as well on the airwaves of NBC4, WBAL, WMAR-2, WAMU, WYPR and Delmarva Public Radio.
U pon registration a Zoom link will be sent to participants.
