Historic St. Mary’s City announces a project unparalleled in its scope and scale, one that has great potential to reveal new information about the intersecting stories of Native people and Europeans.
The evening also includes an exciting announcement from the Executive Director of Southern Maryland Heritage Area, Lucille Walker.
Thanks to and grants provided by:
The Maryland Historical Trust
Destination Southern Maryland (Southern Maryland Heritage Area)
The Maryland Heritage Area Authority
The Rural Maryland Council
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
St. Mary’s County Commissioners
Participants:
Regina M. Faden, Ph.D., Executive Director, Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
Francis Gray, Tribal Chairman of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe
Larry J. Hogan, Maryland Governor
Boyd K. Rutherford, Maryland Lieutenant Governor
Travis J. Parno, Ph.D., Director of Research and Collections, Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
Christy S. Coleman, Executive Director, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Gabrielle A. Tayac, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public History
Department of History and Art History, George Mason University
James Rice, Ph.D., Chair, Department of History, Tufts University
Henry M. Miller, Ph.D., Maryland Heritage Scholar, Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
Antonio Ugues, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Mark Tayac, 29th generation of hereditary chiefs of the Piscataway Indian Nation
Father William L. George, S.J., Chair, Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
Steny Hoyer, United States Representative, Majority Leader
Ben Cardin, United States Senator of Maryland
Chris Van Hollen, United States Senator of Maryland
Bill Ferguson, Maryland State Senator, President of Senate
Adrienne Jones, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
John D. “Jack” Bailey, Maryland State Senator
Brian M. Crosby, Maryland State Delegate
Lucille L. Walker, Executive Director, Southern Maryland Heritage Area and Destination Southern Maryland
Kevin Gover, J.D., Smithsonian’s Undersecretary for Museums and Culture