Sotterley

Spring Break Activities: Partnering for Playing and Preservation
2022-04-15 10:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Sotterley is hosting a series of family friendly activities for you and your kids during Spring Break week (April 11th – 15th)! Unless otherwise noted, all activities start at 10:30.

Special event pricing for spring break is $5 per person ages 3 and up!

Monday, April 11th – Muddy Art Pottery will be on site all day (see their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/muddyartpottery/) providing demos on how to use a pottery wheel. They will also have items for sale – it’s never too early to shopping for Mother’s Day or unique Easter gifts!
Tuesday, April 12th – Destination: Imagination! Local authors Dr. Nocola Williams and Meredith Johnson will be hosting a story time in the garden along with PurePlay – a children’s activity company that promotes creativity and connectiong with nature.

10:00 AM – Pure Play will be on site. (https://pureplayeveryday.org/index.php/play-kits/)
11:00 AM – Dr. Nocola Williams will be reading her latest book “Freddie the Flounder Goes to School,” an engaging story about the adventures of a young fish. (https://www.amazon.com/Freddie-Flounder-School-Nocola-Williams-ebook/dp/B09MMR345S)
1:00 PM – Meredith Johnson will be reading her book “Just Like Daddy,” a wonderful book about the bond between parents and children. (https://www.amazon.com/Just-Like-Daddy-Meredith-Johnson/dp/1734955635)

Wednesday, April 13th – Join us for a Lego challenge! Learn about how Sotterley was constructed and then try to build your own model of Sotterley! Later this spring these models will be put on display in the museum shop for visitors to see!
Thursday, April 14th – Flying kites and Bingo! Bring a kite to fly on our beautiful grounds and take part in our Scavenger Hunt Bingo.
Friday, April 15th – Once Upon a Time in the Garden – Join us at 10:30 AM for an interactive story time with librarian Jill Hutchinson!

Garden Guild Plant Sale
2022-04-23 09:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-24 12:00 - 15:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Celebrating Spring with the
Historic Sotterley Garden Guild’s Plant Sale
Saturday April 23rd: 9:00 am – 2 pm
Sunday April 24th: Noon – 3 pm

Spring is just around the corner and that means it’s time for a much-anticipated event – the annual Plant Sale sponsored by the Historic Sotterley Garden Guild! The sale will take place at Sotterley for two days only – it is your chance to buy plants lovingly nurtured by the Sotterley gardeners. Have questions about your plants? Members of the Garden Guild will be on hand with the answers and to share advice. The funds raised by this all-volunteer group of gardening enthusiasts are used to maintain the beautiful Colonial Revival Garden adjacent to the Sotterley Manor House.

A community Free Plant Exchange will run on Saturday only from 9 am to noon, or until the plants run out. Do you have too many plants, or some divisions or bulbs you want to share? You can exchange your plants for other annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, etc.

The popularity of this event continues to grow, and we invite you to revel in the wonders of springtime!

Common Ground: Passage to Strength and Change Symposium
2022-04-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
April 29 and 30, 2022, Historic Sotterley will hold two days of on-site programing, entitled, Common Ground:Passage to Strength and Change. This symposium will feature a roundtable of some of Sotterley’s diverse descendants, a living history performance, a study of genealogy to discover unknown relatives and ancestors using DNA, and the Executive Vice-President of Content from Maryland Public Television telling his own journey using previews of yet to be released films, Becoming Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom. This program is made possible thanks to grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Maryland Humanities, and Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
Free registration is now open, there is limited seating! Register Here
If you are unable to make the event in-person, we are offering a virtual option. You can register to attend virtually Here. You must click “Register to All Dates Below”, WebinarJam will not allow you to register to individual sessions.
There is now a lunch option available for purchase HERE! You must purchase your lunch in advance to receive it the day of the event. You are welcome to bring a bagged lunch, if you’d prefer.

Schedule
Friday, April 29th 10 am – 12 pm
Descendant Roundtable Discussion
Join Sotterley’s diverse and distinguished group of Descendants as they discuss Sotterley’s past as it relates to their lives and the personal impact it has on them, while sharing and discussing their fears, hopes, dreams, and plans for Sotterley and our community in the future. Audience Q and A to follow.

Friday, April 29th 1 pm – 3 pm
Living History Performance
Meet Ida Bell Wells-Barnett brought to life by actor/interpreter, Shemika Renée.
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862-March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the Civil Rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Shemika Renée is a costumer, award nominated and winning actor, and First Qtr winner of Enginuity Film Festival 2017. She received a WATCH award in 2013 and Clifton Film Celebration award for makeup artist. She is the former Head Costumer and Makeup Adjunct Professor at the College of Southern Maryland. After serving as an officer in the US Air Force for five years, she decided to pursue her dreams of stage and screen. She has performed throughout the DMV to include roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Miricle Worker, A Raisin in the Sun, Doubt, A Parable, Fences, The Color Purple, Seven Guitars, August: Osage County, and Ragtime. She has done background acting work on House of Cards, The Blacklist, and VEEP. Shemika also starred in Sotterley’s live production of The Choice-Risking Your Life for Freedom from 2012-2015, and then the film version.
In addition to being the Outreach Specialist and historical interpreter at the National Colonial Farm in Accokeek, Maryland, she also travels to schools throughout Maryland bringing historical figures to life. In 2019 she wrote and starred in her own one-woman show, Ms. Story’s Living History. In 2020 she portrayed Harriet Tubman at The Capitol Building in honor of Harriet Tubman, sponsored by the then Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee, Senator Kamala Harris.

Saturday, April 30th 10 am – 12 pm
Cornerstone of Discovery: Uncovering Amazing Family History Using DNA with Jerome Spears
From Africa, to Australia, to the UK, and all parts in between, DNA analysis can play a critical role in what discoveries can be possible. Using a wide variety of sources and methods, Sotterley descendant and Genealogist, Mr. Jerome Spears will go completely around the fan-chart within one Southern Maryland-based family tree to reveal the rainbow of ethnicities and connections that can be found. Discussion, resource sharing, and Q and A will follow the presentation. Genealogy based door prizes will be drawn for registered in-person attendees!
Jerome Spears is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He accelerated his genealogical research efforts back in 2009. He attended Morgan State University and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii in Geography that has served him well in assisting his approach of meticulously positioning his ancestors within the historical context of place to uncover and reveal remarkable and amazing family history discoveries. In 2015 he documented the history of his eight linear ancestral families, rising out from slavery to freedom and beyond, in a national award-winning manuscript, I’ve Got Your Back. He has presented at national level conferences, including the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), RootsTech Connect and the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. In 2020 he used DNA methods to find and then successfully contact his own family’s “Kunta Kinte” from Nigeria. As a GU272, Susquehanna Plantation, and Historic Sotterley Plantation descendant, his regional focus continues to be nested in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, with compelling lings to North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Alabama, the U. K., Ireland, Australia and the African Countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Angola, and the Congo. Spears is a retired 30-year U.S. Army veteran, who over that same period experienced some levels of success as a musician and record producer, as well as a professional boxing commentator. He is a member of Howard County’s Central Maryland Chapter of AAHGS and now adds Genealogist, family historian, lecturer, and truth-seeker to his titles as he continues to discover and speak to relatives, past and present.

Saturday, April 30th 1 pm – 3 pm
Journeys with Travis Mitchell
Travis Mitchell, the Senior Vice-President, and Chief Content Officer for Maryland Public Television will share his personal and professional journeys. Segments of the films, Becoming Fredrick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom. that are set to premiere this fall on PBS will be featured throughout his presentation.
Travis Mitchell joined Maryland Public Television in early 2020 to oversee all content created, acquired, and aired on the statewide public television network’s TV channels and online properties. Mr. Mitchell brings more than two decades of media experience to his role at MPT, having served most recently as chief content officer for University of North Carolina Television (UNC-TV). During his time with the public television station, he provided editorial vision and garnered support for UNC-TV’s educational services and programming content on its four TV channels and in its online properties. Prior to his role as chief content officer, he was a member of the UNC-TV Board of Trustees. Mr. Mitchell also served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Atlanta-based Black Family Channel, where he drove the channel’s distribution growth from availability in two cities to more than 3,600 cities, 48 states, and 31 million homes while managing affiliate sales, advertising, programming, and launching sports and news divisions. He earned an undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Morgan State University and a master’s degree in entrepreneurship and education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education in Philadelphia. He completed further executive education study at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Mitchell has served on the foundation board of Morgan State University and as a member of PBS Children’s Media and Education Working Group and the National Cable Television Association Policy Issues Committee. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2021 from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina in recognition of his more than 25 years of service to the community as a media and non-profit executive.

Common Ground: Passage to Strength and Change Symposium
2022-04-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
April 29 and 30, 2022, Historic Sotterley will hold two days of on-site programing, entitled, Common Ground:Passage to Strength and Change. This symposium will feature a roundtable of some of Sotterley’s diverse descendants, a living history performance, a study of genealogy to discover unknown relatives and ancestors using DNA, and the Executive Vice-President of Content from Maryland Public Television telling his own journey using previews of yet to be released films, Becoming Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom. This program is made possible thanks to grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Maryland Humanities, and Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
Free registration is now open, there is limited seating! Register Here
If you are unable to make the event in-person, we are offering a virtual option. You can register to attend virtually Here. You must click “Register to All Dates Below”, WebinarJam will not allow you to register to individual sessions.
There is now a lunch option available for purchase HERE! You must purchase your lunch in advance to receive it the day of the event. You are welcome to bring a bagged lunch, if you’d prefer.

Schedule
Friday, April 29th 10 am – 12 pm
Descendant Roundtable Discussion
Join Sotterley’s diverse and distinguished group of Descendants as they discuss Sotterley’s past as it relates to their lives and the personal impact it has on them, while sharing and discussing their fears, hopes, dreams, and plans for Sotterley and our community in the future. Audience Q and A to follow.

Friday, April 29th 1 pm – 3 pm
Living History Performance
Meet Ida Bell Wells-Barnett brought to life by actor/interpreter, Shemika Renée.
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862-March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the Civil Rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Shemika Renée is a costumer, award nominated and winning actor, and First Qtr winner of Enginuity Film Festival 2017. She received a WATCH award in 2013 and Clifton Film Celebration award for makeup artist. She is the former Head Costumer and Makeup Adjunct Professor at the College of Southern Maryland. After serving as an officer in the US Air Force for five years, she decided to pursue her dreams of stage and screen. She has performed throughout the DMV to include roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Miricle Worker, A Raisin in the Sun, Doubt, A Parable, Fences, The Color Purple, Seven Guitars, August: Osage County, and Ragtime. She has done background acting work on House of Cards, The Blacklist, and VEEP. Shemika also starred in Sotterley’s live production of The Choice-Risking Your Life for Freedom from 2012-2015, and then the film version.
In addition to being the Outreach Specialist and historical interpreter at the National Colonial Farm in Accokeek, Maryland, she also travels to schools throughout Maryland bringing historical figures to life. In 2019 she wrote and starred in her own one-woman show, Ms. Story’s Living History. In 2020 she portrayed Harriet Tubman at The Capitol Building in honor of Harriet Tubman, sponsored by the then Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee, Senator Kamala Harris.

Saturday, April 30th 10 am – 12 pm
Cornerstorn of Discovery: Uncovering Amazing Family History Using DNA with Jerome Spears
From Africa, to Australia, to the UK, and all parts in between, DNA analysis can play a critical role in what discoveries can be possible. Using a wide variety of sources and methods, Sotterley descendant and Genealogist, Mr. Jerome Spears will go completely around the fan-chart within one Southern Maryland-based family tree to reveal the rainbow of ethnicities and connections that can be found. Discussion, resource sharing, and Q and A will follow the presentation. Genealogy based door prizes will be drawn for registered in-person attendees!
Jerome Spears is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He accelerated his genealogical research efforts back in 2009. He attended Morgan State University and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii in Geography that has served him well in assisting his approach of meticulously positioning his ancestors within the historical context of place to uncover and reveal remarkable and amazing family history discoveries. In 2015 he documented the history of his eight linear ancestral families, rising out from slavery to freedom and beyond, in a national award-winning manuscript, I’ve Got Your Back. He has presented at national level conferences, including the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), RootsTech Connect and the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. In 2020 he used DNA methods to find and then successfully contact his own family’s “Kunta Kinte” from Nigeria. As a GU272, Susquehanna Plantation, and Historic Sotterley Plantation descendant, his regional focus continues to be nested in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, with compelling lings to North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Alabama, the U. K., Ireland, Australia and the African Countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Angola, and the Congo. Spears is a retired 30-year U.S. Army veteran, who over that same period experienced some levels of success as a musician and record producer, as well as a professional boxing commentator. He is a member of Howard County’s Central Maryland Chapter of AAHGS and now adds Genealogist, family historian, lecturer, and truth-seeker to his titles as he continues to discover and speak to relatives, past and present.

Saturday, April 30th 1 pm – 3 pm
Journeys with Travis Mitchell
Travis Mitchell, the Senior Vice-President, and Chief Content Officer for Maryland Public Television will share his personal and professional journeys. Segments of the films, Becoming Fredrick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom. that are set to premiere this fall on PBS will be featured throughout his presentation.
Travis Mitchell joined Maryland Public Television in early 2020 to oversee all content created, acquired, and aired on the statewide public television network’s TV channels and online properties. Mr. Mitchell brings more than two decades of media experience to his role at MPT, having served most recently as chief content officer for University of North Carolina Television (UNC-TV). During his time with the public television station, he provided editorial vision and garnered support for UNC-TV’s educational services and programming content on its four TV channels and in its online properties. Prior to his role as chief content officer, he was a member of the UNC-TV Board of Trustees. Mr. Mitchell also served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Atlanta-based Black Family Channel, where he drove the channel’s distribution growth from availability in two cities to more than 3,600 cities, 48 states, and 31 million homes while managing affiliate sales, advertising, programming, and launching sports and news divisions. He earned an undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Morgan State University and a master’s degree in entrepreneurship and education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education in Philadelphia. He completed further executive education study at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Mitchell has served on the foundation board of Morgan State University and as a member of PBS Children’s Media and Education Working Group and the National Cable Television Association Policy Issues Committee. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2021 from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina in recognition of his more than 25 years of service to the community as a media and non-profit executive.

NEW: Sotterley Celebrates Women!
2022-05-07 12:00 - 16:30 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
You thought Women’s month was over! We have a newly inspired special event planned for May 7th “Sotterley Celebrates Women!”
Celebrate the special women in your life at this exclusive event. Your ticket purchase includes a sumptuous wine and food pairing with cooking demonstration; two exquisite wine and chocolate pairings; a one-of-a-kind blended tea and cookie pairing with a tea bag to take home; and tour of the Manor House focusing on of the Women of Sotterley.
The appetizing treat and pairing will be curated and created by Blue Wind Gourmet and include Black Point Chocolate and a special tea created just for the event from The Beanery Cafe. Sotterley’s grounds will also be available to take in and enjoy, including the beautiful Colonial Revival Gardens.
Tours are limited and advance reservations are required. Tickets sales end on May 6. Time slots begin at 12:00pm, and will take place every 30 minutes until the last time slot is filled. Price per person is $40. Blue Wind will have a selection of Black Point chocolates on site for purchase while supplies last.
All events will be inside or under cover. Rain or shine, you’re guaranteed to have a good time!
Purchase Tickets Here
Please be sure to read all event information and policies before making your purchase.
Purchasers of drinking tickets must be 21 or older. Please bring a valid ID or entry to the tasting will be denied. Upon arrival, proceed towards the Visitor Center to check in.
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.

Airport Farmer's Market
2022-05-08 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Come shop local at the Airport Farmer’s Market for special gifts for the women in your life on Mother’s Day. You don’t need an airplane to come, you can drive, walk, or bike also! There will be a bounty of locally grown and produced items to please one and all. The market runs 9am to 1pm, so plenty of time to get set for the big game.
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:
Zekiah Farms
Boon Doggie Farm
Intoxi-Cake-Tion
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Dixon Family Farm
Olivins
Unforgoatable Goods
Sotterley (Growing for Good)

Half-Priced Mother's Day Tours for Moms
2022-05-08 12:00 - 15:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Give the mothers and grandmothers in your life a unique treat by bringing them to Historic Sotterley for a guided tours. On Sunday, May 8th, all guided and self-guided tours will be half-priced for moms. While on site, you can also visit the exhibits, stroll the gorgeous Colonial Revival Garden and grounds, browse and buy specialty items at our Museum Store, plan a picnic overlooking the scenic river, or take a walk on the nature trails.

If you would like to schedule your tour time in advance, please contact Sotterley by Friday, May 7th at 301-373-2280.

Mother’s Day Tour Schedule:
Noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm

Check-in at our Visitor Center.

(Dads will get their turn on Father’s Day!)

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives - Snow-Storm in August with Jefferson Morley
2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Jefferson Morley
Author and Investigative Reporter
Snow-Storm in August
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Click here to Register!
Author Jefferson Morley discusses his book, Snow-Storm in August, about the 1835 Snow Riot. In 1835, the city of Washington pulsed with change. As newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, free blacks outnumbered slaves for the first time. Radical notions of abolishing slavery circulated on the city’s streets, and white residents were forced to confront new ideas of what the nation’s future might look like.
On the night of August 4th, Arthur Bowen, an eighteen-year-old slave, stumbled into the bedroom where his owner, Anna Thornton, slept. He had an ax in the crook of his arm. An alarm was raised, and he ran away. Word of the incident spread rapidly, and within days, Washington’s first race riot exploded, as whites fearing a slave rebellion attacked the property of the free blacks. Residents dubbed the event the “Snow-Storm,” in reference to the central role of Beverly Snow, a flamboyant free man of color and successful restaurateur, who became the target of the mob’s rage.
Jefferson Morley is a Washington author and investigative reporter. He worked as an editor and reporter at the Washington Post and Washingtonpost.com for 15 years and served as Washington correspondent for The Nation and Salon.
Snow-Storm in August: Francis Scott Key, Washington City and the Forgotten Riot of 1835 is the second of the four books of narrative non-fiction that he has published. Morley is also the author of a trilogy of spies, namely three biographies of leading officers in the Central Intelligence Agency.
This presentation is a part of our Common Ground Initiative and made possible by grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, and Maryland Humanities.
FREE WEBINAR for the public – Advance registration required.
Click here to Register!

Aloha Gala
2022-06-11 18:00 - 22:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
We are thrilled to once again meet in person for our annual Gala at Sotterley!

Imagine dipping your toes into the warm waters of the Pacific and catching the scent of plumeria and hibiscus. Slip into your best tropical shirt or wind yourself into a sarong and join the Sotterley ohana for an evening celebrating Hawaii. You can enjoy island-inspired cuisine and sip on a Mai Tai while supporting Sotterley in the most fun way possible. 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!
Purchase Tickets Here
Event takes place RAIN or SHINE. Reservations are non-refundable.
Proceeds from our Gala allow Historic Sotterley to continue as an educational and cultural resource to our community. By joining us at any of our events or by becoming a member you help to make the magic happen – Thank You!

Airport Farmer's Market
2022-06-12 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Come shop local at the Airport Farmer’s Market for unique gifts for the dads in your life. You don’t need an airplane to come, you can drive, walk, or bike also! There will be a bounty of locally grown and produced items to please one and all. The market runs 9am to 1pm on June 12th, just one week before Father’s Day!
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:

Moonstruck Oysters
Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream – New Vendor!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Intoxi-Cake-Tion
Achterberg Acres
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Free State Ciders
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Blue Wind (Black Pointe Chocolatier)
Gatos Tacos – Food Truck
Mully’s Brewery – Local craft beer

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives - What We Commemorate on Juneteenth with Richard Bell
2022-06-15 19:00 | Virtual
Dr. Richard Bell
Professor of History and the University of Maryland
What We Commemorate on Juneteenth
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Click here to Register!
Over the course of four years, enslaved people worked to turn the Civil War into a freedom war. Slowly but surely, they pushed President Abraham Lincoln and his commanders in the field toward embracing emancipation as a war aim and to compel them to take the giant steps forward needed to abolish slavery once and for all. On June 19, 1865, the federal government finally met that objective, declaring slavery dead across the country. This momentous event marked a new birth of freedom—an occasion we now commemorate as Juneteenth.
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Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

This presentation is made possible by the generous support of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Maryland Humanities, and Maryland Heritage Area Authority.
FREE WEBINAR for the public – Advance registration required.
This year’s speaker series will be offered virtually.
Click here to Register!

Family Friendly Fridays
2022-07-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
It’s time to get outside and have some fun! Join us every Friday in July beginning on July 1st from 10:00am—12:00pm for a morning of fun, learning and exploration at Sotterley. Each Family Friendly Friday will have a different activity—it’s time to plan a weekly field trip to Sotterley!
Weekly activities are:
July 1st – Bird Walk! Get out in nature with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society and learn about our local feathery friends with experts! Binoculars will be provided for your little ones, so just bring those inquisitive brains.
July 8th – Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) visits Sotterley to talk about the incredible work Oysters do to clean our waterways with demonstrations.
July 15th – More information coming
July 22nd – Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum visits Sotterley with a Colonial Kitchen demonstration.
July 29th – More information coming
$5 per person, 3 and under free. Suggested Ages: 4 and Up!
Sotterley members are FREE! Consider joining our Sotterley family—a $65 Family membership allows you to get into our summer programming for free, and you can also take a tour as often as you like or simply come and enjoy the grounds all year! Added bonus—you will be supporting this historic site and its important mission of preserving our past and serving our community as an exceptional cultural and educational resource.
Purchase tickets and memberships at Sotterley’s Visitor Center. No registration required.
Activities happen rain or shine. Dress for the weather! Wear walking shoes.

Family Friendly Fridays
2022-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
It’s time to get outside and have some fun! Join us every Friday in July beginning on July 1st from 10:00am—12:00pm for a morning of fun, learning and exploration at Sotterley. Each Family Friendly Friday will have a different activity—it’s time to plan a weekly field trip to Sotterley!
Weekly activities are:
July 1st – Bird Walk! Get out in nature with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society and learn about our local feathery friends with experts! Binoculars will be provided for your little ones, so just bring those inquisitive brains.
July 8th – Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) visits Sotterley to talk about the incredible work Oysters do to clean our waterways with demonstrations.
July 15th – Exhibit scavenger hunt! Learn more about Sotterley’s exhibits and history and find a little bit of treasure at the end.
July 22nd – Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum visits Sotterley with a Colonial Kitchen demonstration.
July 29th – More information coming
$5 per person, 3 and under free. Suggested Ages: 4 and Up!
Sotterley members are FREE! Consider joining our Sotterley family—a $65 Family membership allows you to get into our summer programming for free, and you can also take a tour as often as you like or simply come and enjoy the grounds all year! Added bonus—you will be supporting this historic site and its important mission of preserving our past and serving our community as an exceptional cultural and educational resource.
Purchase tickets and memberships at Sotterley’s Visitor Center. No registration required.
Activities happen rain or shine. Dress for the weather! Wear walking shoes.

Airport Farmer's Market
2022-07-10 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Come shop local at the Airport Farmer’s Market for unique goods to make your summer barbecues rock! You don’t need an airplane to come – you can drive, walk, or bike also! There will be a bounty of locally grown and produced items to please one and all. The market runs 9am to 1pm on July 10th.
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:

Moonstruck Oysters
Dixon Family Farm
Olga’s Cakes
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream – New Vendor!)
Boon Doggie Farm
Zekiah Farms
Intoxi-Cake-Tion
Achterberg Acres
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s Treats
Nativo Spices
No Guarantees Bakery
Sotterley (Growing for Good)
Blue Wind (Black Pointe Chocolatier)
Gatos Tacos – Food Truck
Mully’s Brewery – Local craft beer

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives - Remembering their Voices with Kamau Sadiki
2022-07-13 19:00 | Virtual
Kamau Sadiki
Board Member and Lead Instructor of Diving with a Purpose
Remembering Their Voices: Connecting the History and Archaeology of the São José
Paquete de Africa and the Clotilda Slave Shipwrecks
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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Kamau Sadiki is the immediate past President of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS). He is a lifetime NABS member and served as its Vice President from 2011 to 2017. He is a member of the Class of 2006 Underwater Adventure Seekers Scuba Diving Club based in Washington, DC, a founding club of NABS. He is a certified PADI Divemaster.
Kamau is a Board member and Lead Instructor with Diving With A Purpose (DWP), an international organization committed to resurrecting the stories of slave shipwrecks from the bottom of the sea through underwater archaeology documentation. DWP and Kamau was featured in the cover story of the March 2022 issue of the National Geographics magazine. He is also featured in the NatGeo podcast “Into the Depths,” which explores the work of DWP and the journey of NatGeo Explorer Tara Roberts. He participated on the field mission that confirmed the discovery of the slave ship Clotilda in the Mobile River in Alabama, the last slave ship to bring captured Africans into the USA. He was a member of the dive team that documented the slave shipwreck Sâo José Paquete de Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, the first slave ship documented in which captured was aboard during the wrecking event. He has worked on multiple shipwreck sites around Mozambique Island, Mozambique, and shipwrecks in the NOAA Thunder Bay, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuaries and Biscayne National Marine Park off the southern Florida coast and in St. John, United States Virgin Islands. In August 2015, he was a member of the first underwater archaeology field team to document a Tuskegee Airmen P-39 Airacobra airplane that crashed in Lake Huron, one of five that crashed in the lake during WWII training.
This presentation is made possible by the generous support of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Maryland Heritage Area Authority.
Photo of Kamau Sadiki credited to Wayne Lawrence/NatGeo
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Family Friendly Fridays
2022-07-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
It’s time to get outside and have some fun! Join us every Friday in July beginning on July 1st from 10:00am—12:00pm for a morning of fun, learning and exploration at Sotterley. Each Family Friendly Friday will have a different activity—it’s time to plan a weekly field trip to Sotterley!
Weekly activities are:
July 1st – Bird Walk! Get out in nature with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society and learn about our local feathery friends with experts! Binoculars will be provided for your little ones, so just bring those inquisitive brains.
July 8th – Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) visits Sotterley to talk about the incredible work Oysters do to clean our waterways with demonstrations.
July 15th – Exhibit scavenger hunt! Learn more about Sotterley’s exhibits and history and find a little bit of treasure at the end.
July 22nd – Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum visits Sotterley with a Colonial Kitchen demonstration.
July 29th – A visit from our friends at Achterberg Acres, a vendor at the Aeropark Farmer’s Markets, to discuss their farm and how they make their Bees Wax Wraps. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn about sustainability, local agriculture, and our favorite pollinators.
$5 per person, 3 and under free. Suggested Ages: 4 and Up!
Sotterley members are FREE! Consider joining our Sotterley family—a $65 Family membership allows you to get into our summer programming for free, and you can also take a tour as often as you like or simply come and enjoy the grounds all year! Added bonus—you will be supporting this historic site and its important mission of preserving our past and serving our community as an exceptional cultural and educational resource.
Purchase tickets and memberships at Sotterley’s Visitor Center. No registration required.
Activities happen rain or shine. Dress for the weather! Wear walking shoes.

Family Friendly Fridays
2022-07-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
It’s time to get outside and have some fun! Join us every Friday in July beginning on July 1st from 10:00am—12:00pm for a morning of fun, learning and exploration at Sotterley. Each Family Friendly Friday will have a different activity—it’s time to plan a weekly field trip to Sotterley!
Weekly activities are:
July 1st – Bird Walk! Get out in nature with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society and learn about our local feathery friends with experts! Binoculars will be provided for your little ones, so just bring those inquisitive brains.
July 8th – Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) visits Sotterley to talk about the incredible work Oysters do to clean our waterways with demonstrations.
July 15th – Exhibit scavenger hunt! Learn more about Sotterley’s exhibits and history and find a little bit of treasure at the end.
July 22nd – Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum visits Sotterley with a Colonial Kitchen demonstration.
July 29th – Unfortunately, due to the repeated storms in the region, Achterberg Acres will not be able to visit us. Instead, we will be showcasing Colonial Games and offering our exhibit scavenger hunt again!
$5 per person, 3 and under free. Suggested Ages: 4 and Up!
Sotterley members are FREE! Consider joining our Sotterley family—a $65 Family membership allows you to get into our summer programming for free, and you can also take a tour as often as you like or simply come and enjoy the grounds all year! Added bonus—you will be supporting this historic site and its important mission of preserving our past and serving our community as an exceptional cultural and educational resource.
Purchase tickets and memberships at Sotterley’s Visitor Center. No registration required.
Activities happen rain or shine. Dress for the weather! Wear walking shoes.

Airport Farmer's Market
2022-08-14 09:00 - 13:00 | SMC Regional Airport
Come shop local at the Airport Farmer’s Market for unique goods to enhance your summer meals! You don’t need an airplane to come – you can drive, walk, or bike also! There will be a bounty of locally grown and produced items to please one and all. The market runs 9am to 1pm on August 14th.
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:

Moonstruck Oysters
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
Achterberg Acres (brining seasonal produce!)
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Mully’s Brewery
Free State Ciders
Gigi’s treats
Nativo Spices & Empanadas!
Sotterley (Growing for Good)

Bug-a-Palooza
2022-08-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Become a citizen scientist with a study in insect and bugology! Have close encounters of the crawling and flying kind in Sotterley’s Tidewater environment. Discover different creatures each day from 10:00 am to 12 pm. Enjoy the rest of your day with a Sotterley signage Seek-and-Find. Check in at the Visitor Center, then meet at the Warehouse overhang to begin each day’s adventure.
Aug. 15 – Bees
Aug. 16 – Butterflies
Aug. 17 – Beetles
Aug. 18 – Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Praying Mantids
Aug. 19 – Bug Wannabees
$5 per person, 3 and under free. Suggested Ages: 4 and Up!
Sotterley members are FREE! Consider joining our Sotterley family—a $65 Family membership allows you to get into our summer programming for free, and you can also take a tour as often as you like or simply come and enjoy the grounds all year! Added bonus—you will be supporting this historic site and its important mission of preserving our past and serving our community as an exceptional cultural and educational resource.
Purchase tickets and memberships at Sotterley’s Visitor Center. No registration required.
Activities happen rain or shine. Dress for the weather! Wear walking shoes.

Day of Unity and Healing – a Celebration and Remembrance of African American Spirit and Culture
2022-08-20 09:30 - 17:00 | Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States
Join Historic Sotterley for our Day of Unity and Healing – a Celebration and Remembrance of African American Spirit and Culture. On August 20, 2022, we will remember, honor, and celebrate African American history, culture, and heritage. This all-day event remembers those that perished on the transatlantic voyage aboard the Generous Jenny, honors our ancestral connections and celebrates the strength, resilience, and courage we find inside ourselves today. This will be a day of gospel music, spoken word performances, and living history experiences. As a UNESCO Site of Memory for Routes of Enslaved Peoples, Historic Sotterley will not only commemorate our shared past, allowing us to remember and memorialize our history, but bring us together to celebrate our vision for a future of racial unity and hope. All are welcome, and mark your calendars for a truly amazing event.

Day of Unity and Healing will occur rain or shine! We will have some tents to protect guests, but recommend a rain jacket or umbrella for moving between areas if the forecast is looking rainy on Saturday.

This event is made possible by the generous support of Richard and Julia Moe, Baldwin Briscoe & Steinmetz, PNC Bank, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations.

If you’re participating in this event, please use the hashtag #DayofUnity2022 to post pictures and thoughts from the day on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn!

Schedule
Remembrance Ceremony @ 10:00 am
Welcome Janice Briscoe, Historic Sotterley Board of Trustee President, Sotterley Descendent
Introduction of MC Janice Walthour, Interim President, NAACP – Nancy Easterling, Executive Director, Historic Sotterley
Piscataway Clan Tribe Land Acknowledgement, Francis Gray, Piscataway Conoy Tribal Chair
Native American Water Blessing and Thanksgiving Prayer – Janel Turner, Native American Women Warriors
Call to Prayer/Shofar – Josh Grossman
Blessing – Liz Mildenstein, Congregation Sha’are Shalom President
First Missionary Baptist Church Men’s Chorus
African American Ancestral Libation Ceremony – Janice Curtis Green, Commissioner on the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, American Griot as Harriet Tubman
Prayer for Descendants connected to Historic Sites – Reverend Dante Eubanks, New Covenant Christian Worship Center, Pastor, Sotterley Descendent
Middle Passage Poem (by Robert Hayden) Travis Mitchell, Senior Vice-President Chief Content Officer, Maryland Public Television
Middle Passage Project – Ann Cobb, Executive Director, Middle Passage Port Marker’s Project
Sotterley’s Journey to becoming a site of Remembrance – Jeanne Pirtle
First Missionary Baptist Church Men’s Chorus
Release of flowers by children at Creekside
Spoken Word by Zenobia Dyson, Founder, Spoken Colors Evangelism Ministry
Prayer for Racial Unity – Dr. Wilson Morales, Encounter Christian Center Lead Pastor
New Covenant House of Prayer Children’s Worship Ministry
Dedication @ the Slave Cabin @ 11:30 am
Welcome Janice Briscoe, Historic Sotterley Board of Trustee President, Sotterley Descendent
Introduction Nancy Easterling, Executive Director, Historic Sotterley
Prayer and Reflection -Dr. Francine Dove – Hawkins,
Harriet Tubman Narrative – Janice Curtis Green, Commissioner on the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, American Griot
St Peter Claver Gospel Choir Worship Ministry
Dedication of Benches -Gwendoline Bankins, Historic Secretary Board of Trustees, Sotterley Descendent
Comments and Remarks: Nancy Easterling, Janice Briscoe, Dr. Martina P. Callum, M.D., Sotterley Descendant
African Libation for those who were enslaved – Dr. Francine Dove- Hawkins
Community opportunity to pour libations for their ancestors
St Peter Claver Gospel Choir worship selection to move up Rolling Road to main level
Afternoon break 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Food Truck
Manor House – Open House Tours
Living History Experience (North Gatehouse/Schoolhouse)
Colonial Revival Garden Talks
Land, Lives and Labor Exhibit (Corn Crib)
Waterman and Tobacco Farming Exhibit (Pavilion)
African American Quilt Displays (Barn)
Community Partners (Barn)
Creative Expressions (Barn)
Stone Legacy Art Project – Painting Project for Children (Near Visitor Center)
Visitor Center/Museum Store Open
MedStar St. Mary’s Health Connections
St. Mary’s County Health Department Outreach
Celebration of the African American Spirit and Culture @ 2:30 pm
2:15 pm to 2:30 pm Southern Maryland Community Mass Choir
Welcome – Janice Briscoe, Historic Sotterley Board of Trustee President, Sotterley Descendent
Introduction of Afternoon MC, Maya Davis, Director of the Riversdale House Museum – Nancy Easterling, Executive Director, Historic Sotterley
Sotterley’s Story – Donald Barber, Historic Sotterley Board Trustee, Sotterley Descendant
Prayer – Gwendoline Bankins, Historic Secretary Board of Trustees, Sotterley Descendent
The African American Spirit – Janice Curtis Green, Commissioner on the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, American Griot as Harriet Tubman
The journey endured by our enslaved ancestors – Jerome Spears, Sotterley Descendant
Ringing of the Bell by pre-arranged Descendant Family Groups
Lift Every Voice – Southern Maryland Community Mass Choir
Keynote Speaker – Maryland State Senator Michael Jackson
Call to Action Education/History – Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan, President, St Mary’s College of Maryland
Ancestry Call to Action – Angela Wilson, Sotterley Descendant
Importance of accuracy and verification of facts with ancestry – Dante Eubanks, Sotterley Descendant
What it means to be involved as a Descendant at an Historic Site -Gwendoline Bankins
Introduction of “Sotterley: Talking and Walking Common Ground” – Merideth Taylor, Film Writer/Director, former member Historic Sotterley Board of Trustees
Film Premiere – “Sotterley: Talking and Walking Common Ground”
Invitation to give voice to our enslaved ancestors through Roll call (community)
Winners of Creative Expressions Contest announced
Southern Maryland Community Mass Choir worship selections
Closing Remarks – Nancy Easterling
Prayer – Pastor Wesley Mackall, Lead Pastors of Love Temple Church

Creative Expressions Contest
As a part of this event, we will be holding a Creative Expressions Contest to honor the themes of the day.
Winners of the contest will receive a cash prize, and all submitted work will be on loan for a year to be displayed at Historic Sotterley and any libraries or galleries we partner with. Artists will be notified of public exhibits of their work, and the art will be returned to them at the end of the year. There is no entry fee for submission. See below for requirements, themes, and categories.
For questions or details on submitting your work, please contact Gwen Bankins at msgwen623@gmail.com
Requirements:

All artwork or creative expressions must be original
A completed packet of required forms must be turned in with submission
Artists under 18 years of age may enter, but a parent or legal guardian must sign a release form
No offensive, derogatory, disparaging, or inappropriate references to any group or person
No unlawful material or content in violation of state or local law
No third-party advertisements, logos, slogans, trademarks, or characters

Themes:

From Slavery to Freedom
The link between slavery and racism
Southern Maryland and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Underground Railroad
Tobacco Farming and Southern Maryland
Racial Unity
Overcoming Racial Injustice

Categories:

Written Essay, Spoken Word, or Poetry
Drawings, Paintings, Posters, Storyboards
Photographs (Photo release required)
Mixed Media (Digital) / Multi-media / performance art
Woodwork, Sculptures (weight not to exceed 20 lbs)

Aeropark Farmer's Market
2022-09-11 09:00 - 13:00 | MD
The next “Fly-In” Market will be help on September 11th, 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 beating the summer heat.
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:

Boon Doggie Farm
Dixon Family Farm
Mully’s Brewery
Blue Wind
Achterberg Acres
No Guarantees Bakery
Olivin’s Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars
Double TT Oysters
Olga’s Cakes
Free State Ciders
Unforgoatable goods
Beez Knees (Ice Cream!)
Zekiah Farms (seasonal produce)
Intoxi-Cake-Tion
Tobacco Barn Distillery
Nativo Spices (Empanadas & take home pizza!)
The Garden International (mushrooms)
Sotterley (Growing for Good – sweet potatoes & potatoes)

Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives - Hidden in Plain Sight with Matthew Webster
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
Matthew Webster
Executive Director of the Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Discovery and Restoration of Williamsburg’s Bray School
Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
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On September 29, 1760 the Associates of Dr. Bray in London established a school for the education of enslaved and free Black children in Williamsburg, Virginia. The school was one of the original four, with others located in Providence, New York, and Philadelphia. The school would operate until 1774 when a combination of the passing of teacher Ann Wager and increasing tensions with England caused the school to close. The building now stands as the earliest surviving school dedicated to Black education in North America. This lecture will discuss the complexity of the history and research that allowed the building to remain “hidden in plain sight”, revealed its identity, and the restoration efforts at the Bray school today.
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​​​​​​​Matthew Webster is the Executive Director of the Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In this role he oversees the preservation of 603 structures in the National Landmark Historic Area, the 18,000 piece architectural fragment collection, architectural research, and historic interiors. Prior to Williamsburg he served as Director of Preservation at Drayton Hall (1754) in Charleston, South Carolina. He also served as Director of Restoration for George Washington’s Fredericksburg Foundation in Fredericksburg, Virginia where he oversaw the restoration of Kenmore (1770). Webster sits on the board of Falmouth Heritage Renewal in Falmouth, Jamaica, and on the advisory boards of Preservation Virginia, Stratford Hall and Menokin, in Virginia and Drayton Hall in South Carolina. He has consulted on projects throughout the eastern United States as well as internationally. He has taught at the University of Virginia and University of Mary Washington and lectures frequently on preservation, architecture, and history topics.
This presentation is made possible by the generous support of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
FREE WEBINAR for the public – Advance registration required.
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Fall Kickoff Activities
2022-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Historic Sotterley is kicking off the fall season with a variety of special activities on September 24th! Come visit us for family-friendly fun and education. September is National Honey Month, so you may notice a theme.
Activities run 10am – noon and are available for our regular $5/person grounds fee.

Visit from the RoboBees! The RoboBees are a robotics team from right here in St. Mary’s County and they’ll be visiting us to talk robotics and engineering while creating paper rockets with you!

Visit from Sol Nectar Farm! Sol Nectar Farm is a local apiary (bee farm) that will be visiting to talk about how they farm honey and all the unique behaviors that make bees so fascinating to raise!

Rock Painting! Get creative and channel everything you learned about bees and rockets into a beautiful rock painting.

We will also have a specialty tour available for purchase called “Fixer Upper” at 4 pm. You can read more about the tour and how to purchase tickets here.

Insider's Tour: "Fixer Upper"
2022-09-24 16:00 - 18:00 | MD
Historic Sotterley’s offering a NEW Insider’s Tour entitled, “Fixer Upper’
Join us for “Fixer Upper”- Explore how the views of the landowners shaped the architecture and the landscape of Sotterley. As your tour guide leads you through the Manor House, slave cabin, corn crib, and gardens, you will uncover how these spaces have changed over the centuries and how we preserve the buildings and grounds today.
Recommended for ages 16 & older. Walking and standing required. The historic house is not ADA compliant.
Advance reservations required – please no walk-ins. Limited to 18 people per tour.
Tour time: 4:00 pm (tour will last approx. 2 hours)
Please proceed to the Visitor Center to Check-in.
Proceeds from programming, membership and events support the education and preservation efforts of Historic Sotterley Plantation.
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All sales are final, no refunds.
