Maryland Day 2023
12:00 pm
Every historic house has its own stories.
On this walking tour of Maryland Avenue, led by Hammond-Harwood House Curator, Lucinda Dukes Edinberg, we will go down Maryland Avenue and back in time!
Manumission, emancipation, escape, self-purchase – an exploration of ways to freedom for enslaved African Americans in the antebellum era.
The exploration of creative vision is represented in the paintings and decorative objects in the museum collection. How does this compare with poetic inspiration? A poetry-writing workshop follows.
Learn to decipher 18th and 19th century handwriting, accompanied by an introduction to calligraphy.