Celebrate history, heritage and excellence as the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area hosts its Nineteenth Annual Heritage Awards! These awards recognize individuals, organizations, programs and achievements that contribute to our community by interpreting, promoting, preserving, researching and/or supporting our historical legacy.

The event will be held on Thursday, November 10th at 5 p.m., in the Blue Heron Room at Quiet Waters Park. Tickets are $10 per person at Eventbrite or at the door. Light refreshments will be served. Please join us as we gather again to reconnect and celebrate this year’s outstanding honorees!

1. HERITAGE TOURISM PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD – EXHIBIT: Museum of Historic Annapolis Exhibition, “Annapolis: An American Story”

2. HERITAGE TOURISM PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD – TOUR: USNA Visitors Center, Anchors Aweigh Music Tour

3. HERITAGE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD -- Roy Benner, Goshen Farm Preservation Society

4. HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP AWARD - Elktonia – Carr’s Beach Land Conservation & Heritage Preservation Project 

Government Partners:

• City of Annapolis
• Anne Arundel County
• State of Maryland
• National Park Service, Chesapeake
• U.S. Senator Ben Cardin
• Maryland Senator Sarah Elfreth

Private Partners:

• Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation
• Chesapeake Conservancy
• The Conservation Fund
• Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture

5. HERITAGE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR - Annapolis Cars, Sponsor of Boatyard Beach Bash

6. OUTDOORS INITIATIVE AWARD – Chesapeake Children’s Museum

7. HERITAGE STEWARDSHIP AWARD -- Bob & Vera Wiest, AA County Cultural Resources

8. HERITAGE LEADERSHIP AWARD -- Robert C. Clark

If you would like to purchase a ticket in advance through Eventbrite, please use this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chesapeake-crossroads-nineteenth-annual-heritage-awards-tickets-434087014947

We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate our Nineteenth Annual Heritage Awards on November 10!

Today, the UNESCO “Port Marker Project" for Annapolis was unveiled!

In 2012 Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Marker Project (MPCPMP) performed a Libation Ceremony at the Kunta Kinte/Alex Haley Memorial to designate Annapolis, MD as one of numerous sites in North America participating in human trafficking during the transatlantic/triangular slave trade.

During that visit MPCPMP began to solicit Elected Officials to mark Annapolis as a “Site of Memory” and to raise a Port Maker to tell the Annapolis story of Africans to America, arriving at this location. It was in 2019 when County Executive Steuart and Mayor Gavin Buckley petitioned and were approved by UNESCO – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as an international “Site of Memory.”

During Black History Month 2022, 10 years after MPCPMP’s recommendation, the City of Annapolis raised the UNESCO Port Marker during a community “Port Marker Ceremony” under the direction of the Annapolis Port Marker Committee at Susan Campbell Park, Annapolis City Dock. The Port Marker will be permanently installed at City Dock following the renovations planned for the area. We will be sharing highlights of the ceremony very soon on our website, please stay tuned!

Friday, November 4

5:00-6:00 pm

William Paca House and Garden

186 Prince George Street

Historic Annapolis is proud to possess a fine decorative arts collection. A traditional guided tour of the William Paca House offers peeks at some of these objects, but do you want to know more? Then this tour is for you! Join HA’s Curator of Collections, Robin Gower, for a special after-hours, curator-led tour of the William Paca House that offers a keen focus on the details of our special collections.

Advance registration required; space is limited. Cost: $25 General Admission; $20 for HA Members and Docents. Register for the Decorative Arts Tour.

Sunday, November 6

1:00-4:00 pm

Odenton Heritage Society Historical Center

1367 Odenton Road, Odenton

Three jewels of the Odenton Historic District, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will share the spotlight in a photo display at the Odenton Heritage Society open house on Sunday, November 6, 2022.  Longtime community centers in the west Anne Arundel railroad town, the 1917 Citizens State

Bank, 1918 Epiphany Chapel and Church House, and 1912 Old Masonic Hall also reflect Odenton’s importance during World War I, when soldiers at nearby Camp Meade brought new demands to the home front.

An educational museum scavenger hunt will be available for young visitors. Hours at the open house are from 1 pm to 4 pm. Admission to the OHS Historical Center, located at 1367 Odenton Road, is free.

Tuesday, November 8

3:00-4:00 pm

Hammond-Harwood House

19 Maryland Ave, Annapolis

A Curator’s Lecture on the Charles Willson Peale exhibition at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum

Have you ever wondered how an exhibition is developed? In this lecture, participants will get a behind the scenes look at the making of the exhibition Ambition: Charles Willson Peale in Annapolis. Rachel Lovett, former Hammond-Harwood House curator, will discuss the concept for the show, how the pieces were chosen, the loan process, and how the show was installed. Lovett will delve into her research on the Peale family and their contributions to early America. Additionally, the lecture will feature a section on the transformation of a period room into a gallery. The exhibition is now on view until December 31, 2022.

This lecture is free to attend. Register for The Making of an Exhibition.

The pre-registration deadline for the AASLH 2022 Virtual Conference is this Wednesday!

Registration is only $60 for AASLH members and $80 for non-members. Registration includes access to all live sessions, recordings of all general and concurrent sessions, and networking.



The conference theme, Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place, suggests many questions. What place is important to you? To your community? Do you see these stories reflected in your museums, historic sites, and the local cultural sector? Who decides what places are saved or interpreted and what ends up being worth saving? Answers to these questions trace back to who is at the table when discussing memorializing an event in history or a place in time, who holds authority in decision making processes, structures of power that often go unseen or unaddressed.

Wednesday, November 9

2:00-3:30 pm

Organization: Collections Care & Conservation Alliance

Presented by Lisa Sasser, who has worked in preservation since 1972 and is Principal at Quid Tum Historic Structures Consulting, based in Amherst, NH.

Presenter Lisa Sasser will provide guidance on how to adapt and improve your historic or older building to address issues related to climate change, life safety, and accessibility while respecting historic materials and designs.

Pre-registration is required and a Zoom link for the meeting will be sent to you closer to the meeting date. Space in the workshop is limited to 100 participants. Please register by Monday November 7th. Cost to attend is $15. Register for Adapting Historic Museum Buildings for the 21st Century.

The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County is pleased to offer the 2023 Anne Arundel County Arts and Cultural Resources Grant opportunity in partnership with the Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning Cultural Resources Division, which protects the County’s historic sites, buildings, archaeological sites and landscapes.

These grants support programming that: utilizes heritage resources in Anne Arundel County in a new or innovative way; increases public access to historic sites; improves or enhances how the public engages with heritage resources; and/or encourages the maintenance and preservation of important heritage sites. Please note that during the 2023 Fall cycle, applications will be accepted from organizations located in the City of Annapolis that provide programming for the citizens of Anne Arundel County. This grant cycle will also consider funding requests that include as part of the request support for certain limited physical improvements to an historic property that will directly support or expand the proposed programming and provide for safe, ADA-compliant public access.

Naval Academy Business Services Division is hiring an Assistant Manager. 

This position is located in the Naval Academy Business Services Division (NABSD) Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center (ALVC) at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). The Assistant Manager is responsible for performing the functions of the Manager when the Manager is out of the office. This position functions as the Scheduling Coordinator when the Scheduling Coordinator is out of the office. The incumbent interacts with the Deputy Director of Retail Dining and Hospitality, and the Finance Director in the absence of the Manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSAs) for this position are as follows:

1. Incumbent must have experience working in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. Please site an example of past work experience.

2. Incumbent shall have group tour sales experience. Please provide an example.

3. Incumbent must have tour guide experience and be familiar with the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Navy. Please site examples of each.

4. Incumbent must be able to conduct walking tours as needed

The position will be open until November 10, 2022.

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