Stories from APG – Discovery Center at Water’s Edge

Discovery Center Free Community Forum Welcomes Author Kathy Kleiman

Kathy Kleiman, author of Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer, will tell how she tracked down these women and captured their stories starting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the free Discovery Center Community Forum at Havre de Grace Middle/High School, 445 Lewis Lane, Havre de Grace, MD 21078.

The Workers’ Memorial located in Aberdeen’s Festival Park, was built and dedicated in 2017. Above, APG Discovery Center, City of Aberdeen, and installation leaders mark the dedication of this monument.

Commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day

April 28, 2020 Workers’ Memorial Day was established nearly 50 years ago in part to remember those who lost their…

Sharing ‘The ENIAC story’

"The ENIAC Story" is reprinted from here. Link broken, download here. The world's first electronic digital computer was developed by…

Now that’s a big gun!

The High Altitude Research Project (HARP) was a joint project between the United States Department of Defense and Canada's Department…

Aberdeen’s AMTRAK/MARC Train Station, future home of the Preview Center, has interesting backstory

Photo Caption: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (LC-G612- 45195 [P&P;]) In 2019, the APG Discovery Center will open…

Did you know that the computer in your pocket or purse traces its roots to Aberdeen Proving Ground?

Did you know that in 1945 the world was introduced to the first ever electronic general purpose computer (the supercomputer…