President & CEO Karen Brown on the Voices of the Chesapeake Bay

HA President & CEO Karen Theimer Brown joined Michael Buckley on the Voices Of The Chesapeake Bay on WRNR this week. She's sharing how Historic Annapolis preserves, protects, and connects in Maryland's capital city through our museums and programs, preservation services, and advocacy work. Catch her segments on 103.1 FM WRNR on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 7:20 am, 8:20 am, and 9:20 am, or listen anytime at voicesofthechesapeakebay.net.

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**FREE ADMISSION DAY**

MLK Day at the Museum of Historic Annapolis

Monday, January 16

Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Museum of Historic Annapolis, with FREE admission for all.

Learn about local Black history through our exhibition Annapolis: An American Story. Explore the museum with a Scavenger Hunt and discover more through photographs and artifacts.

Be inspired by our community’s diverse history and its continuing quest for equity and justice for all! 

Time: 10 am - 2 pm

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Location: Museum of Historic Annapolis, 99 Main Street

Cost: Free Admission

Virtual Lecture - The Crowning Crime

Tuesday, January 17

The title is taken from a handbill published and distributed by an abolitionist organization included a poem that called the Trans-Atlantic slave trade the "Crowning Crime of Christendom." After the United States declared the importation of slaves illegal in 1808, the U.S. Navy was charged with the mission of enforcing the law. The most productive period of anti-slaver operations came on the eve of the American Civil War when USS CONSTELLATION served as flagship for the seven-ship U.S. Africa Squadron 1859-1861. This presentation with Dr. Glenn F. Williams will examine the effectiveness of the Navy's efforts and highlight some of the results achieved until the outbreak of the Civil War, and the need for warships in American waters, brought an end to the Africa Squadron.

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members, Military, and HA Docents

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Virtual Lecture - The Newer World: The American Revolution and the Odyssey to Australia

Tuesday, January 24

Dr. Richard Bell shares how the loss of thirteen American colonies turned Britain’s empire upside down, shutting off a transatlantic passage that the British government had used to dump convicted criminals in the Chesapeake colonies in huge quantities before the war. In the wake of independence, that government urgently began to search for a site for a new penal colony somewhere else. After seven tries and seven failures elsewhere in its empire, the ministry eventually established a new penal colony near Botany Bay, New South Wales, in 1788. With those first 736 convicts and forced migrants came guards, supervisors, support staff and their families, seeding English settlement of Australia and turning that vast continent into the newest jewel in Britain’s imperial crown. 

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members, Military, and HA Docents

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Virtual Lecture - Annapolis: An American Story - Sharing our Diverse History

Tuesday, January 31

Have you ever wondered how an exhibition is created? Join Mary-Angela Hardwick, Vice President of Education and Interpretation at Historic Annapolis, as she shares the story behind the development of HA's award-winning new permanent exhibition Annapolis: An American Story at the Museum of Historic Annapolis. Mary-Angela will take an in-depth look at some of the family narratives, unique images, and rare and noteworthy objects featured in the museum at 99 Main Street. Discover how the Annapolis community came together to bring forth this remarkable exhibition which spotlights the diverse history of Annapolis and its powerful connections to our larger national story.

Time: 7 pm (ET)

Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture

Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for Military; FREE for HA Members and Docents

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