April 25
April 25 Prince George's County
Lab Work: Archaeology Lab Experience
Reach out and touch history! Join the Archaeology Program for this rare opportunity to process real artifacts discovered in the Mount Calvert Slave Quarter excavation. In the summer of 2019, we excavated the area where a community of enslaved men, women, and children lived in the decades before emancipation and found nails and bricks from the buildings, along with animal bones and oyster shells discarded after meals, fragments of plates and bottles, and personal items like buttons, keys, and tobacco pipes. Come prepared to get your hands dirty during this
immersive experience!
Sponsor: Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning, Prince George's Archaeology Program
Location:
Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park
Time(s): 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Contact Person: Archaeology Program
Contact phone: 410-586-8501
Fee: free, but registration required Email to RSVP!
April 25 St. Mary's County
Two Day Event
Black Diamond Disaster
Exhibit, concert, presentations and ceremony surrounding the events of April
25, 1865 when the Black Diamond barge was struck by the steamer
Massachusetts and sunk in the Potomac River. During the summer of 2019 the
Institute of Maritime History spent time searching for the wreck in the river and
will be on hand with a display of their work. A Dinner and Cruise event on
Sunday the 26th will take people of a tour of the area of the river where the
wreck happened and how the search was handled. Advance reservations
required for the Dinner & Cruise; other events free and open to the public.
Sponsor: SMC Museum Division and the SOMD Heritage Area
Location: St. Clement’s Island Museum 38370 Point Breeze Rd Coltons Point MD
20626
Time(s): 10:00 am– 4:00 pm
Contact Person: Karen Stone
Contact phone: 240-925-0293
Free (except for dinner and cruise)
website: museums.stmarysmd.com
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