Saturday, October 10th, 2026

Josiah Henson House Museum and Park
11410 Old Georgetown Rd
North Bethesda, MD 20852

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8:30 - 9:00

Registration/Breakfast

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9:00 - 9:10

Welcome

Don Housley, President, Mid-Potomac Chapter and
Mark Thorne, Henson Museum and Park Historic Site Manager

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9:10 - 10:30

ASM Business Meeting

Valerie Hall, President of the Archeological Society of Maryland

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10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

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10:45 - 11:00

Film: My Name is Josiah Henson

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11:00 - 12:00

2026 Frederick L. Stiner Memorial Lecture

The ASM’s annual fall meeting keynote address is named in honor of Frederick M. Stiner, a founding member of the Archeological Society of Maryland and its Journal’s first editor.

Unearthing the Narrative: Archaeological Insights into the Landscape of the Josiah Henson Site

Cassandra Michaud, Montgomery Parks Cultural Resources Stewardship Supervisor and Senior Archaeologist

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12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

Tour the Henson site on your own. Chapter members will be stationed on Park grounds and at the Log Cabin Kitchen and Museum docents will be in the Riley house to answer questions. Photos of archaeology volunteers and Henson-Nevels Family Reunions at the Henson site will be shown in the Visitor’s Center meeting room (auto-repeated).

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1:30 - 2:00

From Archaeological Site to Museum and Park

• Video clips from Henson Family Reunions
• Recorded talk by Mia Lewis, 4X Great Granddaughter of Josiah Henson and Henson-Nevels Family Reunion organizer
• Mark and Ginger Moodie-Woodward, Senior Museum Educator talk about the variety of Henson Museum activities/programs.

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2:00 - 2:45

The History and Archeology of the Freedman’s Park Site

Aaron Levinthal, Historic Planner-Archaeologist, Maryland Park Service

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2:45 - 3:00

Closing Remarks

Don Housley and Mark Thorne

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