Events
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Food Drive
Calling all helping hands! The end of the year can be an incredibly stressful time for families in need, and Historic Sotterley is no stranger to the battle against food insecurity…
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Partner Event – Historically Speaking: George Plater: St. Mary’s Forgotten Patriot
St. Mary's College of Maryland Daugherty-Palmer Commons 47720 College Dr., St Mary's City, MD, United StatesMarch 26, 2026 - David Brown, adjunct professor, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University With over thirty-three years as a Foreign Service Officer, David Brown…
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Daffodil Planting Volunteer Opportunity
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMarch 28, 2026 - Calling all volunteers! We're looking for help transplanting some daffodils from where the Homestead House originally stood to its new location on Historic Sotterley's property and…
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Spring Break Activities
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesHistoric Sotterley, Southern Maryland Folklife Center, St. Mary's County Public Library, and author Nocola Williams are partnering for a week of low-cost activities during Spring Break to keep kids active…
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Bald Eagle Nest Photography Walk
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 11, 2026 - Experience and capture the beauty of birds and other wildlife on an excursion at Historic Sotterley’s scenic Patuxent River property led by Ken Barlow. On Saturday…
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Partner Event—Front Porch Stories @ Lexington Park Library
Lexington Park Library 71677 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd, Lexington Park, United StatesRegistration not required, but you can register HERE for a reminder email. An interactive training program rooted in the tradition of gathering stories in informal, welcoming spaces. Front…
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St. Mary’s County History Day
Leonardtown Public Library 23630 Hayden Farm Ln, Leonardtown, MD, United StatesApril 18, 2026 - St. Mary’s County History Day is a local contest affiliated with Maryland History Day and National History Day. It is a district-level contest for middle and…
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Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Michael Kent
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 22, 2026 - When the international slave trade was outlawed in 1808, other methods were tried to fill the labor void in the South. Border States like Maryland, Virginia,…
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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…