Editing Easton, Maryland (section)

===21st century===
In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by [[Édouard Cortès]] was discovered amongst donated items at a [[Goodwill Industries]] store in Easton. After an alert store manager noticed that it was a signed original, the painting was auctioned for $40,600 at [[Sotheby's]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Easton Team Scores Big!|year=2008|journal=Goodwill Connection|issue=II|page=8}}</ref>

In 2011, local officials erected a statue of [[Frederick Douglass]], the noted abolitionist, who was born a slave in 1818 at the [[Wye River (plantation)|Wye River plantation]] in northern Talbot County.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Home of the Brave|year=2017|magazine=Smithsonian|issue=48|page=67}}</ref>

In 2015, and again in August 2020, the Talbot County Council voted against removing the Talbot Boys statue,<ref name="withstands" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Spector |first1=Candice |title=Vote keeps Talbot Boys in place |url=https://www.stardem.com/emergency_notice/vote-keeps-talbot-boys-in-place/article_bd50ae40-012b-5d6c-865d-861855433ccd.html |access-date=August 12, 2020 |work=[[The Star Democrat]] |date=August 12, 2020 |location=Easton, Maryland |language=en}}</ref> but in September 2021, the council voted to remove the statue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oxenden |first1=McKenna |title=Talbot Boys Confederate monument to be removed on courthouse grounds on Maryland's Eastern Shore |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-talbot-boys-statue-relocation-20210915-q63slcw6nzgkbbb6275pwj3vtm-story.html |access-date=February 21, 2022 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> On March 14, 2022, the statue was removed.<ref name="removed">{{cite news |title=Confederate 'Talbot Boys' Statue Removed From Courthouse For Relocation |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/confederate-talbot-boys-statue-removed-from-courthouse-for-relocation/ |access-date=July 23, 2022 |work=[[WJZ-TV]] |date=March 14, 2022}}</ref>

In 2018, Easton was named one of America's top 5 coolest places to buy a vacation home by Forbes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2018/05/29/the-5-coolest-places-in-america-to-buy-a-vacation-home-now/|title=America's Top 5 Coolest Towns To Buy A Vacation Home|last=Taylor|first=Peter Lane|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref>