If you would like to share some history with us, please email your stories and/or photos to:

People of Note in the Brandywine area including some links to photographs Photographs of Brandywine History Map of Prince George’s County in 1895 Plan for Brandywine City in late 19th century (which never happened)  Historic Houses, Buildings, and Sites of Southeastern Prince George’s County History on record at the National Register of Historic Places for the William W. Early House. Runaway Slave Ads located in or near Brandywine 1851-1859 What’s in a Name by Laurie Verge Walk Through History: Students Connect Key Pieces of Maryland’s African-American History through New Heritage Trail by Maggie Haslam, University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation History links to other sites: History of Baden Elementary Facebook: Who remembers Brandywine,Md 1950’s and 60’s Pope’s Creek History a history of the railroad that goes through Brandywine; photos of the present day railroad can be seen on the Pope’s Creek Railfan Guide also. T.B. Historical Marker History of Upper Marlboro from Town of Upper Marlboro Historical Committee The War of 1812 in Croom Blacks of the Chesapeake (including Eagle Harbor) Prince George’s County Historical Society History Links Prince George’s County History & Fascinating Facts

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For people studying local history or doing genealogy, here are some places where you can find out more about Brandywine, MD, which you might not find in a general search:

Search this website, which has more than 1,000 results for “Brandywine, MD” from newspapers from 1898 – 1969, including an archive of the newspaper, Prince George’s Enquirer of 1919 – other searches can also be used

The Way Back Machine and Internet Archives to search former internet websites and special archived information, including articles about Wilmer’s Park which was a popular “stop on the chitlin circuit” (aka pop music venue featuring black artists) from 1947-1970 and also in the late 1990s.

PLEASE NOTE: We would very much like to publish your paper or genealogy that contains Brandywine history, on this website. Email it to web at brandywinemd.com (put @ in place of “at”) with subject line Brandywine History. If you have photos or videos, please upload them to Google Drive and include the link in your email.