NEWS FROM FOUR RIVERS/CHESAPEAKE CROSSROADS |
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Maryland Day Celebration Is This Weekend! |
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Maryland Day is coming this week! You won't want to miss a long weekend of special events in the Four Rivers/Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area.
Maryland Day 2022 will take place the weekend of March 25-27, 2022. This will be the event’s 15th year! As always, this collaborative effort has added new sites and events for you to explore with the whole family!
Please use the event website, www.marylandday.org, to view up-to-date information and plan your visit!
What is Maryland Day? Maryland Day Celebration Weekend is a unique heritage-based group of events throughout Anne Arundel County. Maryland Day celebrations in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County are a hit with all ages seeking to experience the local history, culture and heritage of the region. Plan to visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County for the weekend as we open our doors to over 40 locations for free or just $1 (with some virtual programming, too!), and share fun, affordable reasons to experience the area with friends and family.
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Check Out Our Recent Blog Posts! |
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If you haven’t been to our website recently, here are some posts you may have missed!
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Land Cover, Land Use and Change: The Latest High Resolution Data for Chesapeake Bay Conservation & Restoration |
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Wednesday, March 23
12:00 pm
Organization: Forever Maryland
With Katie Walker, Geospatial Program Manager, Chesapeake Conservancy’s Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC) and Sarah McDonald, Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey.
Learn about the latest land use/land cover data products and how these novel data are revealing insights about the changing landscape to empower better decision-making, especially for on-the-ground conservation & restoration.
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Green Drinks Returns Thursday! |
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Thursday, March 24
Sponsor: Annapolis Green
5:30-7:30 pm
Homestead Gardens
743 W Central Ave, Davidsonville
After two long years, let’s get together to renew old friendships and make new ones all in the beautiful setting of flowers and greenery at Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville.
Join Annapolis Green for Green Drinks-The Relaunch for a true celebration of our local environmental community. This will be the 11th time this environmental networking event has been held Homestead Gardens, where Annapolis Green’s last Green Drinks would have been held in March of 2020 had the pandemic not stopped everything. Meet one new person and learn one new thing! Engage with the people and organizations that make Greater Annapolis and Anne Arundel County vibrant and sustainable. Celebrate with old and new friends, and learn how you can do your part for our environment.
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Colonial Cocktails: Usquebaugh & A Pleasant & Grateful Sort of Punch |
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Thursday, March 24
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Historic London Town and Gardens
From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. At Colonial Cocktails, you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture.
In this session, you'll be exploring a punch with a wonderfully colonial name, "A Pleasant and Grateful Sort of Punch," and Usquebaugh, a spiced whiskey.
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Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration |
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Saturday, March 26
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Organizations: Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Banneker-Douglass Museum
The world will honor Harriet Tubman throughout 2022, marking 200 years since her birth in Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. People from far and wide will be sharing and reflecting on her remarkable story.
During this virtual program the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Banneker-Douglass Museum will highlight the winners of the Harriet Tubman Women’s History Month Women of Courage Video Contest and present the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman.
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Special Installation: Tench Tilghman's Revolutionary War Uniform |
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On Display March 23-April 4!
To commemorate Maryland Day, the Maryland Center for History and Culture is displaying Tench Tilghman’s original Revolutionary War uniform in the Senate Committee Room at the Maryland State House from Wednesday, March 23 to Monday, April 4, in partnership with the Maryland State Archives.
The Maryland State House is located at 100 State Circle in Annapolis, Maryland and is open to the public from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. A photo ID is required to enter.
Maryland-born Tench Tilghman was George Washington’s longest-serving aide-de-camp and his uniform is only one of two officer’s uniforms known to still exist from the American Revolution. This rare surviving garment is possibly the only one that includes the original jacket and breeches. The uniform will be on display in the Senate Committee Room in Annapolis, adjacent to a Charles Willson Peale portrait of Washington, Lafayette, and Tilghman at Yorktown.
An expert reproduction of Tilghman's uniform, created by Neal Hurst, historic tailor and Associate Curator of Costume & Textiles at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, will also be displayed through June 21. Tilghman's original uniform is rarely on view due to conservation concerns, making this a special opportunity to see this survivor of the Revolutionary War first hand!
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Lost Towns Project Is Seeking Summer Interns |
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The Lost Towns Project is partnered with Anne Arundel County’s Cultural Resources Section in providing an internship program for students of archaeology and historic preservation. For the summer of 2022, they are offering four internship positions: two paid positions and two positions for college credit. Applications are due April 1st, 2022. Please click on the links below for full internship descriptions and more information.
Opportunities include:
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National Park Service Semiquincentennial Grant Opportunity |
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The National Park Service's is now accepting applications for the inaugural round of the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. This program was established by Congress in 2019 to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States by restoring and preserving State owned sites and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding of the nation.
Eligible costs for this program include architectural/engineering services (not to exceed 20% of the grant award) and physical preservation projects. The Semiquincentennial Grant Program is funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and is administered by the NPS. Congress has appropriated $10,000,000 for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program for the fiscal year. Applications are due May 3rd.
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Four Rivers Heritage Area | 410-222-1805 | heritage_area@aacounty.org | fourriversheritage.org |
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