Events
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Themed Guided Tours – Historic Sotterley as a Museum
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 2 & 3, 2026 - Historic Sotterley will be offering guided tours with an added focus on Historic Sotterley's history as a museum in honor of the grand opening of our brand-new Visitor Experience Center on May 2nd. The tour will feature all of our normal topics and include some additional information about Historic…
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Temporary Exhibit – Revolutionary Maryland: Freedom of the Press Then and Now
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay - June, 2026 - This traveling exhibit is on loan to Historic Sotterley from Maryland Humanities. It explores the evolution of one of our most important American freedoms from its earliest incarnation in the Maryland Colony to its role in contemporary society, and is part of an extended project designed to encourage all citizens…
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Visitor Experience Center Grand Opening
May 2, 2026 - Celebrate the Grand Opening of our brand-new Visitor Experience Center with us! The new Visitor Experience Center is located centrally on our site, giving visitors better access to our historic corridor and providing additional space for a series of rotating exhibits on local and national history. This event also marks the…
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Mother’s Day Weekend – Mom’s tours are 1/2 off!
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 8-10, 2026 - Looking to spend time with your mom this Mother’s Day? Spend the day at Historic Sotterley! Historic Sotterley will have an extra focus on the women of Sotterley from Friday May 8th to Sunday May 10th. To make the day extra special, Moms get their tours for half off! Tickets can…
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Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
May 9, 2026 - Historic Sotterley is offering an opportunity to celebrate the important women in your life with an afternoon tea service. The service will be held in the beautifully restored Historic Barn event space and feature special guest Maria Derisavi to talk about her year being Miss Maryland 2025. The afternoon’s menu will…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Edna Cummings
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 20, 2026 - Retired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings joins us to talk about her life and memoir, "A Soldier's Life," which chronicles her unlikely but successful path to leadership in the army and after retirement. The memoir also tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight,…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Agnes Lightfoot, Gwen Bankins, and Dave Brown
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 17, 2026 - Sotterley descendants Agnes Lightfoot and Gwen Bankins along with author Dave Brown join us to talk about Dave's new book, The Kane Family: Slavery to Freedom at Sotterley. The book compiles and preserves the work of Agnes's mother, genealogist and historian Agnes Kane Callum. Agnes's decades of research into her family, beginning…
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Themed Tours – Pursuit of Freedom
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 19-21, 206 - In honor of Juneteenth, Historic Sotterley is offering its guided tours with additional notes on The Pursuit of Freedom at Historic Sotterley and how struggles continued after the Civil War. Tours will be offered on Friday & Saturday at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:00 pm and on Sunday at 12:30…
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Father’s Day Weekend – Dads’ Tours 1/2 off!
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 19-21, 2026 - Bring your history-loving Dad to Historic Sotterley to celebrate Father's Day with a guided tour! To make the day extra special, dads get their tours for half off. Tickets can be purchased at Sotterley’s Visitor Center on the day of the tour. Other tour participants will need to buy their tickets…
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Threads of Freedom: Honoring Edith Younger Edmunds at 100
June 19, 2026 - In celebration of Juneteenth, Historic Sotterley is proud to present “Threads of Freedom: Honoring Edith Younger Edmunds at 100,” a powerful and intergenerational program rooted in the theme of threads—those that bind history, memory, resilience, and community across generations. 45-minute presentation from Edith Younger Edmunds Community engagement and reflection Live music…
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America’s 250th Presentation: George Plater III with Dave Brown
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 25, 2026 - Join us for a special presentation in honor of America’s and Maryland’s 250th as historian and author Dave Brown explores the life and legacy of George Plater III, one of Maryland’s highly involved and influential early leaders. Through Dave's research, this program illuminates Plater’s role in shaping the state and the…
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Themed Tours – Descendants of Sotterley
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 26-28, 2026 - In honor of Descendants Day on June 28th, Historic Sotterley is offering its guided tours with additional notes on the role of descendants in preserving Sotterley and its stories. Tours will be offered on Friday & Saturday at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:00 pm and on Sunday at 12:30 pm…