The Ageism/Ableism Subcommittee of the Resident Life Committee presents this link to the YouTube video of the Beth Haller October 2023 presentation and the resource list from the slides and other suggestions.
Documentary on the West Branch Herbert Run, tributary to the Patapsco River (2017) and the earlier documentary on the East Branch Herbert Run (2015). Produced by residents at Charlestown Retirement Village in Catonsville, Maryland.
This documentary showcases the removal of the weeping cherry tree near the OLOA Chapel at Charlestown in 2016. It was dead. It had to go. It was only a tree but somehow it represented a part of the history of this place. The tree estimated to be 80 – 100 years old was removed on January 14. It lived beyond the normal life expectancy for weeping cherry trees.
Dr. George Brenneman produced this video in 2015 as part of his presentation about the Sioux Nation for the ELLIC program at Charlestown. He has served as a volunteer pediatrician on the Crow Creek reservation
The ELLIC Video Group produces an interview with a long-time resident, Doris Kitchen in 2014.
Lon Chesnutt actually went outside during our snow falls in 2014 to record this video. Enjoy his 14-minute video.
Enjoy Ralph Strong’s 2014 video of his visit to Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.
Bill Rowan, Charlestown resident and artist, has been painting Christmas cards since 1995. This video shows each card going back in time from 2014 to 1995.
Charlestown donates appliances and cabinets from the apartment renovations. It wasn’t always that way. This video tell the story.Read more