Demonstration , Events

Saturday in the City

18751 Hogaboom Lane
St. Mary's City , 20686

Saturday, May 27, 2023

10:00am - 4:00pm

(301) 994-4370

info@hsmcdigshistory.org

Demonstration, Events

Saturday in the City

18751 Hogaboom Lane
St. Mary's City , 20686

27 May 2023

10:00am - 4:00pm

Overview

**Schedule and exhibit availability subject to change**

All activities are included with admission: $10 adult; $9 senior; $6 youth; free to ages 5 and younger; to museum members; and to those who qualify for the Blue Star Museums program

11:30 a.m. Visit the Woodland Indian Hamlet to learn how the Yaocomaco people created canoes without metal tools, and how fire could be a most valuable tool. (approximately 20 minutes)

12:30 p.m. In our contemporary times, we often take for granted that we can control light, even after the sun has set. Come to the Town Center fire pit and observe how wax candles can be made, and learn why they were preferred. Don’t worry—it shouldn’t be too hot to candle. (approximately 30 minutes)

1:30 p.m. John Salter is accused of stealing many a pig and has been brought up on charges. Attend the trial to find out if John is guilty and, if so, what his punishment might be. (approximately 15—20 minutes)

2:30 p.m. Meet at the Plantation parking lot. How did the colonists survive without modern medical knowledge and hospitals? Come to the Sprays’ garden and discover how the Maryland colonist might remedy anything from fevers to broken bones. You might even get a brand-new bag. (approximately 20 minutes)

While strolling the exhibit paths, don’t forget to explore the 18th-century Mackall Barn; Van Sweringen’s Inn; the reconstructed State House of 1676; and the reconstructed Brick Chapel of 1667, which features the crypt that houses the re-interred lead coffins of Philip Calvert and his family. Before you end your visit, drive down Rosecroft Road to the current site of the 19th-century Brome Howard house (now the Inn at Brome Howard), to see the Struggle for Freedom exhibit. The exhibit is located inside a building that was originally constructed to house the men and women who were enslaved laborers at the Brome plantation. Struggle for Freedom explores what the lives of African Americans were like from before the Civil War to the early 20th century.

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