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Special Event
Event
Day of Unity and Healing: Together We Can Make A Difference
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 38.376267, -76.541974
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane Hollywood, MD 20636
Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Time:
9:00 AM
Duration:
7 hours and 30 minutes
Type of Event
Partner Program
Description
Join us at Historic Sotterly for their event Day of Unity and Healing: Together We Can Make A Difference
This is a partner event, this is not our event, to learn more go to Historic Sotterly's website
What is now Historic Sotterley and other nearby plantations paid a heavy price in the War of 1812. British blockades impeded trade of their principal cash crop—tobacco—and enemy raids plundered the region. In June 1814 British forces landed near Sotterley, scattering some 300 American militia camped here. After burning a house and a warehouse full of tobacco, the British left with 48 people that were enslaved at Sotterley.
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Reservation or Registration: Yes
Registration is encouraged, but not required.