Leonardtown, MD – The North End Gallery announces its March show, Informal Gatherings. This exhibit includes artworks featuring clusters of things – people, animals, building or flowers. Visit the Gallery located at 41652 Fenwick Street in Leonardtown to view this exhibit and be sure to enter the Mystery Box drawing for the chance to win a piece of art (you do not need to be present to win). Informal Gatherings runs from February 28 through March 31. A First Friday Reception will be held at the Gallery on Friday, March 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. The Gallery’s winter hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Watershed Heroes Program begins at Greenwell
The Greenwell Foundation announces its Watershed Heroes event – a research-based science education program for youth and adults with disabilities to be offered free of charge beginning in March. Sessions are scheduled for Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and on Thursdays at 2 p.m. Come to have fun, to play games, and to learn about nature. All are welcomed to attend. For more information, you may call (301)373-9557.
Maryland Day celebration at Historic St. Mary’s City
The public is invited to celebrate the founding of Maryland during the 384th Anniversary event to be held Saturday, March 24 at the Inn at Brome-Howard House. The annual ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. and will feature local dignitaries, and students representing each of Maryland’s 23 counties and Baltimore City. The Inn at Brome-Howard House is located at 18281 Rosecroft Road, just a mile past the Visitor Center at HSMC. Keynote Speaker will be Chanel Compton, representing the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC). After the ceremony, the new exhibition at the Brome Quarter entitled, “Struggle for Freedom: African American Life in St. Mary’s City in the 19th and 20th Centuries” will be opened. This exhibit tells the story of African American people during the period of enslavement, post-emancipation, and into the 20th century. The program will also include the presentation of HSMC’s highest honor – the Cross Bottony Award – to the MCAAHC , whose grant support made it possible for HSMC to preserve and interpret the Brome Quarter where enslaved and, later, freed African Americans lived for more than 200 years. The symbolism of the Cross Bottony medal is that is an element of Lord Baltimore’s crest first issued in 1625, and used for the Maryland state flag and as part of the official Maryland seal. Admission to the Museum will be free in honor of the day. For more information you may contact 240-895-4990 or info@hsmcdigshistory.org. All sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. Begin your visit at the HSMC Visitor Center in the Blue Barns on Hogaboom Lane.
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