Sotterley

Juneteenth Weekend Tours
2023-06-15 - 2023-06-18 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
In honor of Juneteenth, Historic Sotterley will offer guided tours focusing on stories of strength and resilience. Learn about how over the centuries, the enslaved at Sotterley resisted against slavery, how they maintained strength and identity when it had been denied to them, how they built families and communities, and discover how many took their freedom, and what life was like at Sotterley after the abolition of slavery.
Tours will run from Thursday, June 15th until Sunday June 18th.
Note: We will be closed on Juneteenth, Monday, June 19th.

Tour Times
Thursday – Saturday
10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Sunday
Noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm

Pricing
Adults: $10
Senior: $9
Youth: $6
Children: FREE
*** Half-Priced Admission for everyone on Father’s Day 6/18 ***

Denim and Diamonds Gala
2023-06-10 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
You’re invited to Sotterley’s Denim & Diamonds Gala! From JR’s Southfork in Dallas to John Dutton’s ranch in Yellowstone, western get-togethers have a style of their own. Break out your favorite hat, boots, denim, and sparkling diamonds for food, fun, and laughter at Historic Sotterley. We can’t wait to see you there!
We also invite you to join in the bidding on Live Auction treasures including private dinners, wine tastings, exotic vacation packages and more, as well as some incredible Silent Auction items!
Event takes place RAIN or SHINE. Reservations are non-refundable.
Wear your boots and hats but please leave your sidearms at home!
All proceeds directly support Sotterley’s educational programming and preservation efforts. We estimate fair market value of this ticket to be $60. Your charitable contribution is $65.

Purchase Gala Tickets Here!
Ticket sales end May 31st, buy now so you don’t miss out!

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives with Imani Black
2023-05-24 19:00 | Virtual
Our next installment of Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives will take place virtually on May 24th. The seafood industry has rapidly grown over the last few decades, while natural seafood resources have slowly decreased. Imani Black, founder of Minorities in Aquaculture, will explore the opportunities presented by aquaculture, farming seafood like oysters in a sustainable way.
Imani Black was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Chestertown. She has always had a passion for restoration and conservation since she was a young girl and found great interest in the rapidly growing shellfish aquaculture industry, after completing an aquaculture training program at Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 2016. Since then, Imani has worked on oyster farms, nurseries and hatcheries along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. From 2018 to 2020, she was the Assistant Hatchery Manager for Hoopers Island Oyster Company, having the opportunity to work in all aspects of shellfish growout.
Through her love for her career, Imani founded Minorities In Aquaculture, a nonprofit organization that strives to empower and support women of color in the aquaculture industry by educating women of traditional watermen legacy and heritage in coastal communities while providing opportunities such as paid internship, technical skills training and career development resources in the new wave of commercial fisheries. In addition to developing the nonprofit, Imani is also pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science researching the historical minority engagement in commercial fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay.

Register Here!

AeroPark Farmer's Market
2023-05-21 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Historic Sotterley is sponsoring the AeroPark Farmer’s Market, but you don’t need a plane to visit! Drive, bike, or walk in to get fresh goods and produce. All businesses selling at our Airport Farmer’s Market are local small businesses that sell products that they have grown or produced themselves. When you shop local, up to 68% of the money you spend stays in the community, so come help support the wonderful entrepreneurs that make Maryland unique. The market runs from 9am – 1pm and is located indoors so you can enjoy watching the planes go by while shopping rain or shine!
Sotterley is sponsoring this unique market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown.

Vendors:

Free State Ciders
Olivin’s Oils & Vinegar
Mully’s Brewery
Intoxi-cake-tion
Zekiah Farms
Olga’s Treats
Unforgoatable Goods
Dixon Family Farm
Boon Doggie Farm
Beez Kneez Ice Cream
Achterberg Acres Farm
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Black Pointe Chocolatier
Beachin Bay Bakery
Juice Buzz
Muzzy’s Wine Jelly
Historic Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Bird Dog Bistro (Food & Coffee)

Half-Priced Specialty Tours for Mother's Day
2023-05-14 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Looking to spend time with your mom this Mother’s Day? Spend the day at Historic Sotterley!
Historic Sotterley will be hosting “Women of Sotterley” specialty tours on Sunday, May 14, in honor of Mother’s Day. Tours will be offered at half-price so you can spend quality time together without breaking the bank. As always, members can enjoy the tour for free!
Tours will run hourly from 12:00 – 4:00pm (12:00, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00pm inclusive). Tickets can be purchased at Sotterley’s Visitor Center on the day of the tour or reserved in advance by calling Sotterley’s office at 301-373-2280.
Historic Sotterley’s guided tours allow visitors an intimate perspective of the lives and cultures of those that owned, lived, and worked in the historic Manor House, enslaved or free, over three centuries of American history. This specialty tour will focus on the women of Sotterley, from Rebecca Bowles, the second wife of Sotterley’s first owner, to Ruth Barber, one of Sotterley’s last residents. Visitors will learn about how these women influenced Sotterley’s history and set the course for its future.
The tour is on the ground floor spaces and is approximately 45-60 minutes in length. The 18th Century Manor House doorways may not accommodate all wheelchairs or walkers in some rooms of the house. Please call in advance for full access details.
After the tour, Sotterley offers a museum gift shop, beautiful trails, expansive gardens, access to a quiet creek, and additional exhibits to explore and learn from. Tour attendees are welcome to bring a picnic and enjoy all that the grounds have to offer with their mom. Historic Sotterley is a “Leave No Trace” site, so please be prepared to pack out any trash and leftover food when you leave.

Heritage Healing Prayer Circle
2023-05-06 09:00 - 10:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Join us on Saturday, May 6th, at 9:00 a.m. as we come together to pray for all Descendants’ journeys to understand and connect with their ancestors at historic sites, and to honor their ancestors’ memories and learn from their experiences. This event seeks to release the pain of past wounds, aid in forgiveness, and provide inspiration to move forward with courage while exploring the lives, traditions, of those who lived on the land before us.
We are holding this prayer circle at the beginning of our guided tour season to honor the memory of those who came to Historic Sotterley during the middle passage and remember the lives of those who perished on the journey. This event is free and open to the public, but if you’d like to stay and purchase a guided or self-guided tour of Sotterley after the event, you are welcome to do so at the Visitor Center.

Historic Sotterley is proud to be a UNESCO Site of Memory for the Routes of the Enslaved, Middle Passage Port Marker’s Project Site, and a partner in the Return Passage Initiative.

Garden Guild Plant Sale
2023-04-30 12:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-29 09:00 - 14:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Whispers from the Water: Ancestral Memories from the Clotilda
2023-04-29 13:30 - 17:00 | St. Mary’s College of Maryland Dodge Performing Arts Center – Main Auditorium, 47855 College Drive, Saint Mary's City, MD, 20686, United States
On April 29, 2022, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Historic Sotterley are partnering to present a screening of the powerful 2022 Netflix film, “Descendant,” to our community. The screening will be followed by a panel that will discuss the film, how it showcases previously undiscovered historical findings, as well as the long-lasting negative economic, environmental and social impacts the slave trade continues to have on Africatown and our nation.
Set in the small Alabama community of Africatown, the documentary follows the descendants of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to transport human beings as cargo from Africa to America. On July 9, 1860, more than 100 captive Africans were illicitly brought to the shores of Mobile, Alabama, under cover of darkness. The international slave trade had been made illegal in the US in 1808, but human trafficker Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could get around the law with his ship. After the illegal voyage, the ship was burned and scuttled in Mobile Cay in an attempt to destroy the evidence. Today, the residents of Africatown, just north of Mobile, count the Clotilda survivors among their ancestors. Uncovering the truth about the Clotilda, which was a centuries-old open secret, was pursued by marine archaeologists to confirm the ship’s existence and bring its stories to the surface.
The panel will feature Jocelyn Davis, a direct descendant of Clotilda survivor Charlie Lewis and lifelong resident of Africatown, as well as Kamau Sadiki who was featured in the documentary for his work as a member of the dive team Divers with a Purpose and who is the President of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers that identified the Clotilda. Joining the panel will be Dr. Susan Langley, the Maryland State Underwater Archaeologist and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Dr. Liza Gijanto, Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Kelsy Bush, Historic Sotterley Descendant and Board Member as well as the Community Affairs Liaison of St. Mary’s College of Maryland; and Gwen Bankins, Historic Sotterley Descendant and Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
The event will be held in the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Nancy R. & Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center, 47855 College Dr., St. Mary’s City, MD with doors opening at 1:00 pm. The film begins at 1:30 pm, followed by an intermission and then the panel discussion approximately at 3:45 p.m. This event is being held free of charge to our community, though tickets are required.

Register Here

Photo of Kamau Sadiki courtesy of Wayne Lawrence.

What's Soaring at Sotterley - Bird Walk
2023-04-23 08:00 - 11:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Celebrate Earth Day weekend with a bird walk at this scenic and historic Patuxent River property as the annual surge of migrating birds begins throughout St. Mary’s County. Nesting Bald Eagles, migrating warblers, meadowlarks, woodpeckers, and waterfowl can all be found via Sotterley’s farm roads and trails. From Rt. 235, go north on Sotterley Road, turn right through the gates to the gravel parking lot on the Sotterley historic property. 15-person maximum. RSVP at moulton.davidh@gmail.com or 240-278-4473.

Forward Together: The Legacy of John Hanson Briscoe
2023-04-19 19:00 | MD
Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 19th, for the second of our two connected events featuring two individuals who were transformative in shaping Historic Sotterley, their communities, and our State. April was the birth month of Trustee Emeritus John Hanson Briscoe, former Maryland Circuit Court Judge, Maryland Speaker of the House, and staunch advocate for Historic Sotterley. This event will feature a panel to discuss his life, his work, and the impact he had on Sotterley and our community. Our panel for the evening will include Jan Briscoe, Sam Baldwin, the Honorable James Kenney and Michael Whitson. Senator Ben Cardin has also been invited to join the event to share his remembrances of the man he knew so well.
John Hanson Briscoe was born on April 10, 1934. In his lifetime as a St. Mary’s County resident, he served as a Member and Speaker of the House of Delegates and County Administrative Judge, and served on many County, State and National commissions and boards for the betterment of our communities and their citizens. He always advocated the need to remember our past with historical preservation, to protect and conserve our natural resources and environment, and was instrumental in the passage of state civil rights laws. In his time on the Historic Sotterley Board of Trustees, he advocated strongly for the preservation of Sotterley so that it could continue to share its history with the world.
John worked closely with Agnes Kane Callum, who was honored in part one of our series in February, and their friendship and mutual respect laid the foundation for Historic Sotterley’s Decendants Project today. Together this extraordinary pair created a powerful duo who helped to save Sotterley, but just as importantly, worked to ensure that this irreplaceable site tells an inclusive and honest history.

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AeroPark Farmer's Market
2023-04-16 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Historic Sotterley is sponsoring the AeroPark Farmer’s Market, but you don’t need a plane to visit! Drive, bike, or walk in to get fresh goods and produce. All businesses selling at our Airport Farmer’s Market are local small businesses that sell products that they have grown or produced themselves. When you shop local, up to 68% of the money you spend stays in the community, so come help support the wonderful entrepreneurs that make Maryland unique. The market runs from 9am – 1pm and is located indoors so you can enjoy watching the planes go by while shopping rain or shine!
Sotterley is sponsoring this unique market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown.

Vendors:

Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable Goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Beachin Bay Bakery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Achterberg Acres
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Bird Dog Café
Blue Wind (Chocolate & Stuffed Ham)
Juice Buzz
Muzzy’s Wine Jellies

Spring Break Activities
2023-04-07 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-04-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-04-04 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-04-03 10:30 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Historic Sotterley is once again hosting daily kids activities during Spring Break week to keep our community’s young minds active and engaged! There will be new activities each day running from 10:30 am to noon, which you can see below:
Monday– Explore how aircraft fly! Meet our aircraft expert and learn about how planes and jets soar above the clouds. Then test your skills by building paper airplanes and launching them to see how far they’ll go!
Tuesday– Little Hands Can Make a Big Impact! Join us for a morning of dirt filled fun planting vegetable seeds and seedlings. Later this year, the produce raised will be harvested and ndonated to local food pantries and soup kitchens. There will also be a mini Scales and Tails event brought to us by Park Ranger Sam Behrens, who will be bringing a couple friends to meet everyone!
Wednesday– How does our garden grow? With your help! Day 2 of planting vegetables that will be donated to help supply people in need with healthy vegetables.
Thursday– Let’s rock-n-roll! Eggs may be a little pricey this Easter but local Girl Scouts have found an alternative to decorate and hide on the grounds at Sotterley- rocks. Come and decorate a rock that you can take home or hide in the gardens and trails of Sotterley!
Friday– Once Upon A Time in the Garden is back! The St. Mary’s County Public Library will be on site leading a storytime in the garden.
Check in for each day’s events will be between 10:00 am and 10:30 am near the Visitor Center. Activities are included with our $5/person grounds fee. Members are free.
We are offering a special $55 Family Pass for the week of Spring Break so you and your family can get into all of our activities for the week for one simple payment.
We will also be doing a soft opening of our tour season with a 10:30 guided tour available for purchase each day of Spring Break. You can purchase your tour when you check in near the Visitor Center between 10:00 – 10:30 am.
Don’t just join us for the activities – we are open until 4:00 pm, stay and have a picnic lunch, walk the trails, see if you can spot our residents eagles, bring your own outside activity and enjoy the day.

Spring Break Activities
2023-04-06 10:30 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Historic Sotterley is once again hosting daily kids activities during Spring Break week to keep our community’s young minds active and engaged! There will be new activities each day running from 10:30 am to noon, which you can see below:
Monday– Explore how aircraft fly! Meet our aircraft expert and learn about how planes and jets soar above the clouds. Then test your skills by building paper airplanes and launching them to see how far they’ll go!
Tuesday– Little Hands Can Make a Big Impact! Join us for a morning of dirt filled fun planting vegetable seeds and seedlings. Later this year, the produce raised will be harvested and ndonated to local food pantries and soup kitchens. There will also be a mini Scales and Tails event brought to us by Park Ranger Sam Behrens, who will be bringing a couple friends to meet everyone!
Wednesday– How does our garden grow? With your help! Day 2 of planting vegetables that will be donated to help supply people in need with healthy vegetables.
Thursday– Let’s rock-n-roll! Eggs may be a little pricey this Easter but local Girl Scouts have found an alternative to decorate and hide on the grounds at Sotterley- rocks. Come and decorate a rock that you can take home or hide in the gardens and trails of Sotterley!
Friday– Once Upon A Time in the Garden is back! The St. Mary’s County Public Library will be on site leading a storytime in the garden.
Check in for each day’s events will be between 10:00 am and 10:30 am near the Visitor Center. Activities are included with our $5/person grounds fee. Members are free.
We are offering a special $55 Family Pass for the week of Spring Break so you and your family can get into all of our activities for the week for one simple payment.
We will also be doing a soft opening of our tour season with a 10:30 guided tour available for purchase each day of Spring Break. You can purchase your tour when you check in near the Visitor Center between 10:00 – 10:30 am.
Don’t just join us for the activities – we are open until 4:00 pm, stay and have a picnic lunch, walk the trails, see if you can spot our residents eagles, bring your own outside activity and enjoy the day.
Don’t just join us for the activities – we are open until 4:00 pm, stay and have a picnic lunch, walk the trails, see if you can spot our residents eagles, bring your own outside activity and enjoy the day.

Talking and Walking Common Ground Film Screening
2023-03-29 19:00 | Virtual
Historic Sotterley and St. Mary’s County Library invite the public to join us virtually on Wednesday, March 29th at 7:00pm for a screening of Talking and Walking Common Ground followed by a panel discussion with several of the Sotterley Descendants who are featured in the film. The Descendants will discuss Sotterley’s mission, the importance of interpreting the realities of our shared history honestly, and the complex feelings that facing these realities can bring.
This program will be held free of charge, and you can join us for this virtual event by registering via the Zoom link on sotterley.org or on the St. Mary’s County Library events calendar found on www.stmalib.org. Guests will be able to participate in a Question-and-Answer session that evening via Chat.
About the film: Talking and Walking Common Ground is a short, interview-based film about Historic Sotterley’s Common Ground Initiative and Descendant Project. It features descendants of Sotterley enslaved and Sotterley owners sharing their stories in their own words.
This documentary was filmed with a grant from Maryland Heritage Area Authority and first screened at Historic Sotterley’s Day of Unity and Healing event in August of last year.
The discussion panel will include the film’s director, Merideth Taylor, and Sotterley Descendants Gwen Bankins, Jan Briscoe, Martina Callum, Dante Eubanks, Jerome Spears, Trudy Taliaferro, and Angela Wilson.

You can register on the St. Mary’s County Library Website, HERE!

AeroPark Farmer's Market
2023-03-19 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Historic Sotterley is sponsoring the AeroPark Farmer’s Market, but you don’t need a plane to visit! Drive, bike, or walk in to get fresh goods and produce. All businesses selling at our Airport Farmer’s Market are local small businesses that sell products that they have grown or produced themselves. When you shop local, up to 68% of the money you spend stays in the community, so come help support the wonderful entrepreneurs that make Maryland unique. The market runs from 9am – 1pm and is located indoors so you can enjoy watching the planes go by while shopping rain or shine!
Sotterley is sponsoring this unique market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown.

Vendors:

Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable Goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Beachin Bay Bakery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Achterberg Acres
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Bird Dog Café
Blue Wind (Chocolate & Stuffed Ham)

St. Mary's County History Day
2023-03-04 | Leonardtown Public Library, 23630 Hayden Farm Ln, Leonardtown, MD, 20650, United States

Forward Together: The Legacy of Agnes Kane Callum
2023-02-22 19:00 | Virtual
Register Here

Join us virtually on Wednesday, February 22nd, for the first of two connected events featuring two individuals who were transformative in shaping Historic Sotterley, their communities, and our State . February is both Black History Month and the birth month of Sotterley Descendant and Trustee Emeritus Agnes Kane Callum, so who better to begin our two-part series than this incredible woman. Through her genealogical research and her advocacy of how we must tell an honest and inclusive history, Agnes impacted not only Sotterley and how we tell our stories, but people and institutions throughout Maryland. Our panel for the evening will include Sotterley Descendants Martina Callum, Gwen Bankins, Jerome Spears, and Dante Eubanks, as well as Merideth Taylor and Sam Baldwin.
Agnes Kane Callum was born on February 24, 1925. In her lifetime she did extensive and painstaking genealogical research, published many books documenting the genealogy of enslaved persons in Maryland, and was a founding member of both the Baltimore chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society and the Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery’s History and Legacy in Maryland. In her time as a member of the Historic Sotterley Board of Trustees, Agnes helped save and preserve Sotterley so that it could continue to share its history with the world.
In April, we will host the second part of this series to remember the legacy of John Hanson Briscoe, who, together with Agnes, helped to save Sotterley.

AeroPark Farmer's Market
2023-02-12 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Our first AeroPark Farmer’s Market of 2023 will be on February 12th, but you don’t need a plane to visit! Drive, bike, or walk in to get fresh goods and produce. All businesses selling at our Airport Farmer’s Market are local small businesses that sell products that they have grown or produced themselves. When you shop local, up to 68% of the money you spend stays in the community, so come help support the wonderful entrepreneurs that make Maryland unique. The market runs from 9am – 1pm and is located indoors so you can enjoy watching the planes go by while shopping rain or shine!
Sotterley is sponsoring this unique market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown.

Vendors:

Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable Goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Beachin Bay Bakery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Achterberg Acres
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Bird Dog Café
Blue Wind (Chocolate & Stuffed Ham)

AeroPark Farmer's Market
2022-12-18 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
The last AeroPark Farmer’s Market of 2022 is coming in time for you to get fantastic local goods for your holiday parties and dinners! Support local this holiday season by purchasing fresh, delicious ingredients and prepared foods directly from Southern Maryland businesses.

We’re expecting a very special visitor again this year. Bring the kids along, because we hear Santa himself will be making an appearance around 11:30 am, and weather permitting he’ll be flying in! There will be an opportunity to meet Santa on the flightline and he’ll be passing out treats.

This Airport Famer’s Market embraces and showcases the rural characteristics of Southern Maryland while highlighting the role that our region has played in developing our nation’s air and space technologies. One of the most unique characteristics is that people can fly their plane into the airport from other parts of the region to buy goods and then fly home!

Sotterley is sponsoring this special market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown and is part of the growing AeroPark Innovation District.

Vendors:

Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Tobacco Barn Distillery
No Guarantees Bakery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Achterberg Acres
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Bird Dog Café
Blue Wind (Chocolate & Stuffed Ham)
Double T Oysters

Winter Wonderland Workshops
2022-12-03 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Four sessions throughout the day available for you to choose from: 8:30, 10:30, 1:00 & 3:00
Have you tried DIY holiday décor projects before, but just couldn’t seem to pull it off? Great news, the Sotterley Garden Guild is offering workshops on Saturday, December 3rd to share their expertise! This is a fantastic opportunity to spend time with your friends and loved ones while creating something beautiful. The Garden Guild’s wreaths and other holiday décor are unique, festive, and eye-catching – you’ll love showing them off just as much as you enjoy making them!

Only 16 participants per session and each session is 1 1/2 hours long. Tickets must be purchased in advance. $30 per participant.
Purchase Tickets Here

Please Note: Bring your own gloves and clippers for the workshops – other materials to be provided. Workshops will be held in Historic Sotterley Maintenance Building. Guests are asked to arrive promptly for your workshop time and to proceed directly to the Maintenance Building across from the Visitor Center to check in. Visitors are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and to wear foot gear suitable for the conditions as the site is kept rustic, although the workshop will be held indoors.

AeroPark Farmer's Market
2022-11-20 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Sotterley is hosting another “Fly-In” Farmer’s Market on November 20th, but you don’t need a plane to visit! Drive, bike, or walk in to get fresh goods and produce. All businesses selling at our Airport Farmer’s Market are local small businesses that sell products that they have grown or produced themselves. When you shop local, up to 68% of the money you spend stays in the community, so come help support the wonderful entrepreneurs that make Maryland unique. The market runs from 9am – 1pm and is located indoors so you can enjoy watching the planes go by while shopping rain or shine!
Sotterley is sponsoring this unique market at the Airport Terminal building located at 44200 Airport Road, California, Maryland. Located in St. Mary’s County, the airport is about four miles northeast of the central business district of Leonardtown.

Vendors:

Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Intoxi-Cake-Tion
Tobacco Barn Distillery
No Guarantees Bakery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Achterberg Acres
The Garden (Mushrooms)
Bird Dog Café
Blue Wind (Chocolate & Stuffed Ham)

NovemBEER
2022-11-12 13:00 - 17:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
NovemBEER
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
VIP Early Party 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
General Admission 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

IMPORTANT – Please read ALL event information and policies below before making your purchase:
Purchase Tickets Here

Autumn Party & Craft Beer Event

Live Music & Dancing (if the spirit moves you) – Music from HydraFX
Food for purchase – Food trucks from Blue Wind Gourmet, Dooley’s BBQ, and Olde Town Pub’s Wing Wagon

Fall is brewing at NovemBEER! Enjoy an assortment of craft beer while listening to local band HydraFX, perusing items from artisan vendors, and playing lawn games. Food appealing to all taste buds will be available for purchase from food trucks. Wine will also be available for purchase for the non-beer drinkers joining us! On Saturday, November 12th, 2021, the good times will roll from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Purchase a VIP ticket to start the party early and get in at 12:00 pm! Want to take the fun home? We’ll be offering growler fills throughout the event AND we’ll be selling LIMITED EDITION 32-ounce NovemBEER growlers while supplies last.

VIP Craft Beer Drinkers: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
General Admission Craft Beer Drinkers: $20 in advance; $25 at the door.
Designated Drivers & General Admission (Non-beer drinkers): $10.
Children 6 and under: FREE
BYO Growler to Fill: $10 per 32-oz on site only. Growlers cannot be consumed on site.

SHOUT OUT! We couldn’t do this event without our good friends Sunny Malhotra of Taphouse 1637/Bollywood Masala and Josh Peeling of The Hole In The Wall, who select the beer menu!

– ​Advance VIP Tickets: $30.00 includes one hour EARLY admission, a signature pint glass and eight 4 oz pours of selections from Maryland’s fantastic craft brewers. Purchase additional pours on-site. Purchase in advance to SAVE your spot and SAVE $5! Tickets will also be available at the gate ($35.00/ea.)
– ​Advance General Admission: $20.00 includes admission, a signature pint glass and four 4 oz pours of selections from Maryland’s fantastic craft brewers. Purchase additional pours on-site. Purchase in advance to SAVE your spot and SAVE $5! Tickets will also be available at the gate ($25.00/ea.)

– AT THE GATE ADMISSION:
VIP Beer Drinkers: $35
General Admission Beer Drinkers: $25.
Under 21 & Designated Drivers (Non-​​​beer drinkers): $10.
Children 6 and under: FREE
Purchasers of drinking tickets must be 21 or older. Please bring a valid ID or entry to the tasting will be denied. Food & drink will be available for additional purchase. Tasters of the craft brews will have the option to purchase additional pours. Upon arrival, proceed towards the Pavilion to the right of the Visitor Center to check in. Please be sure to read all event information and policies before making your purchase.
All tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE.
Event is RAIN or SHINE. In the unlikely event of cancellation, all tickets will be considered a taxable donation to Historic Sotterley, Inc.
Coolers, food, drink, and pets are not allowed at this event​, but chairs are welcome!

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives with Donald Shomette
2022-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Donald Shomette
Author, Archaeologist, and Award-winning Historian
The Civil War in Southern Maryland: The Forgotten Conflict
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Note: This is a HYBRID EVENT! If you are local to Southern Maryland and interested in attending in person, please register on our EventBrite instead! In-Person Space is limited, so register soon.
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On November 2, noted historian and author Donald Grady Shomette will present a fascinating illustrated lecture on his most recent award winning book Anaconda’s Tail: The Civil War on the Potomac Frontier 1861-1865, the hitherto unwritten and all but forgotten chronicle of that devastating conflict as it was played out in Southern Maryland. It is a hitherto largely ignored account of the guerilla war, spies and smugglers, invasions and naval battles, heroism and chicanery, slavery and emancipation, and the political intrigue that swept across the countryside of Maryland’s five southernmost counties that would influence the course of the war itself. It is a story that will place for the first time Southern Maryland’s critical role in not simply speaking to the well trod accounts of the Lincoln assassination and the escape of John Wilkes Booth or the ill-famed Point Lookout prisoner of war death camp, but in the very context of both the major Northern and Southern war efforts and their consequences. It is a narrative well worth visiting.
Donald Grady Shomette completed his undergraduate work in graphic design and art history at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. In 1997 he was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Baltimore for contributions to history, science and the arts. His early career included stints at the Wall Street Journal and Grolier Publishing in New York City, and with the Washington Post in Washington, D.C. For more than two decades he served on the staff of the Library of Congress and simultaneously as director of Nautical Archaeological Associates, a non-profit research organization, which conducted, among others, the first underwater archaeological surveys in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Arkansas.
As a historian Shomette has served as a cultural resources management consultant for numerous states, various agencies of the U.S. Government, museums, universities, and non-profit research establishments. As a marine archaeologist he has worked in the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe under the sponsorship of such institutions as the National Geographic Society, the National Park Service, the U.S. Navy, and various educational foundations and museums.
Shomette is the author of twenty books, the most recent being Navigational Hazards (2020) and Anaconda’s Tail: Civil War on the Potomac Frontier, 1861-1865 (2019). He is a contributor to three international encyclopedias and five anthologies of history and archaeology. His many scientific and popular articles have appeared in such publications as National Geographic Magazine, History and Technology, Sea History, and the American Neptune. He has appeared in documentaries on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, Maryland Public Television, NBC, CBS and the BBC. For more than a decade he served as a lecturer for the Smithsonian Journeys Program in the Great Lakes and along the entirety of the North American Atlantic Seaboard.
Thrice winner of the prestigious John Lyman Book Award for Best American Maritime History, and twice winner of the Marion V. Brewington Award for Best U.S. Naval History, Shomette was also honored with the Calvert Prize, the highest award in Maryland for historic preservation. He is a resident of Calvert County, Maryland.
​​​​​​​This presentation is made possible by the generous support of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
FREE EVENT for the public – Advance registration required.
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Family Activities in October
2022-10-30 12:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Join Us the Month of October!
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in October!
Historic Sotterley is offering a fun month for children. Pumpkin painting, games and activities are offered each weekend and are included in the normal grounds fee of $5 (or the normal guided tour fee), and children under 6 are free, as are Members! An extra bonus – children 12 and younger will receive their small pumpkin to paint for free!

Activities include:
Pumpkin Painting
Cornhole Toss
Sensory Bins
Farm Puzzles

Large Games:
Farming Football and Basketball

Please join us while supplies last!

Nightmare on Sotterley Lane
2022-10-29 19:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
October 21, 22, 28 & 29
Tour times start at 7:00pm

Sotterley is hosting a new event based on some of our favorite haunted and ghostly happenings from the past. Come and join us for Nightmare on Sotterley Lane! You will go on a walking tour of some of our favorite creepy spaces and places and be prepared to encounter both the earthly inhabitants and those not of this earth. Your self-guided tour will include walking on some uneven outdoor terrain, so wear appropriate footwear and weather gear since the event is rain or shine.

Guests will sign up for a 20-MINUTE window of time, and you can show up anytime during that 20-minute window to start your tour. Tickets are $15/person, and MUST be purchased in advance online.

*Produced by the FRIENDS OF SOTTERLEY and made possible by their generous donations of time and talent. *
Visit the Sotterley Museum Shop to purchase goodies for everyone on your holiday gift list!

Purchase Tickets Here!

This is a walking tour which includes going outside and through woods. Tours are held RAIN or SHINE! The tour route will include some hilly, rough and uneven terrain. Guests are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and to wear footwear suitable for the conditions.
This is a self-guided walking tour production and will include spooky moments and special effects, maybe strobe lights. Some content may not be suitable for young children. Parents, please use your own discretion and be considerate of the others in your group when making the decision on whether to bring your child. This event is recommended for ages 8 and up. No strollers, walkers, or wheelchairs.
Proceeds from programming, membership and events support the education and preservation efforts of Historic Sotterley.
