Off a wooded road in Germantown, Maryland sits Button Farm Living History Center. A project of The Menare Foundation, the 40 acre farm tucked inside of Seneca Creek State Park depicts 1850s plantation life and explores the legacy of slavery in Maryland. Rooted Wisdom host and Menare’s president, Anthony Cohen, invites us in to learn more about what makes the farm’s programming so unique.

This is the first in a series of two episodes that explore Cohen’s work, listen to Episode 11 | Anthony Cohen: 1996 Walk to Canada to learn more.

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Over the course of six weeks during the summer of 2025, the Rooted Wisdom team worked with a group of Montgomery County Public School students in the Summer RISE initiative. After listening to interviews about the Harper Cabin, the students visited the cabin with Tony to discuss the role of memory in our understanding of history.

This is the fourth in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, MD.

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When Harper descendant, Faith Harper, steps through the threshold of the cabin that bears her family name—a structure that holds an important place in history—she sees “a home full of love.” Tony and Faith discuss what it means to be a Harper and the love that is the Harper Way.

This is the third in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, Md.

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