Emilie Amt

Historian

Beauty and History

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Published Dec. 13, 2018, Herald-Mail Media.com

BOONSBORO — Sixteen churches throughout South County will open their doors Sunday afternoon for a free tour. The event runs from 1 to 5 p.m., and is sponsored by Boonsboro Historical Society. Most churches will feature music, refreshments or other special items to those who visit.

At St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lappans, at 18313 Lappans Road, unofficial church historian and member Emilie Amt will offer tours and historical information to visitors. St. Mark’s, Amt said, is rich in 19th-century history.

“The historic church is very similar to what it looked like in 1849, it’s still the original structure. And a lot of the research I have done has to do with the African Americans who were connected with the church when it was founded, because the church was founded by slave owning Episcopalians who brought their enslaved people to church with them,” Amt said. [read more]

About Emilie Amt

Emilie Amt is a retired professor of history. From 1998 to 2021 she held the Hildegarde Pilgram Chair of History at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. She earned a B.A. in medieval studies from Swarthmore College and a D.Phil. in modern history from Oxford University. Her current research focuses on nineteenth-century African American history in western Maryland.

Her forthcoming book about African American experiences of the Battle of Antietam will be published in summer 2022 by The History Press. She is also working on a history of slavery in Washington County, Maryland. A medieval historian by training, she has published books and articles on medieval religious women and English government, war, and finance. Her books include college textbooks and scholarly editions of Latin texts.

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