Join us as Jim Johnston, the author of “From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family,” tells the story of this remarkable man. Brought to Maryland on a slave ship in 1752 and enslaved for the next forty years, Yarrow (his last name) didn’t become a free man […]
Are you looking for a community of like-minded readers that enjoy science and nature books? Then join the Black Hill Discovery Center Bookworms! Our book discussion group meets in-person every fourth Thursday of the month, March through October. The book for September is “Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island” by […]
Celebrate the 31st Annual Harvest Festival with traditional crafts, activities, and delicious food. Enjoy live performances by jazz artist Alison Crockett, the Hickory Grove Band, puppeteer Schroeder Cherry, and Maryland’s official Griot, Janice Curtis Greene. Take part in historic games, farm equipment demos, sheep herding, and a hayride around the farmstead. Ticketed.