Demonstration , Events , Maryland Dove

Hearth and Home

Visitors learning how the Yaocomoco people smoked and dried food

18751 Hogaboom Lane
St. Mary's City , 20686

Friday, November 24, 2023

10:00am - 4:00pm

301.994.4370

info@hsmcdigshistory.org

Demonstration, Events, Maryland Dove

Hearth and Home

18751 Hogaboom Lane
St. Mary's City , 20686

24 Nov 2023

10:00am - 4:00pm

Overview
Join Historic St. Mary’s City for one last open weekend of the year in 2023 and take a leisurely walk through the beautiful museum grounds. Breathe in the crisp fall air and enjoy the comforting smells of home, as Historic St. Mary’s City interpreters prepare historical meals inspired by the lifeways of English colonists and Indigenous people from the 1600s. Don’t forget to take a recipe booklet home with you to recreate these delicious meals with your family.

Bring a canned good for Chaplin House and save $1 on admission!

All activities are included with admission: $10 adult; $9 senior; $6 youth; Free to ages 5 and younger, and to museum members

1:00 p.m. Take a guided tour of the landscapes both past and present, as you learn about our most recent archaeological discovery—St. Mary’s Fort. Space is limited; sign up when you purchase admission. (60 minutes)

3:45 p.m. Learn how and why the crew of Maryland Dove uses the ship’s cannons, and why they are called murtherers (the cannons, not the crew). It ends with a bang, so don’t forget to cover your ears. (15 minutes)

Ongoing (10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.):
- Come see how the Yaocomaco people prepared their food, as the staff use local indigenous fare, and find out what pemmican is.
- Come to Smith’s Ordinary, where venison and cabbage are on the menu, and find out that life was sweet if one could afford to take advantage of the importation of sugar.
- Come to the Waterfront and be welcomed aboard the newest exhibit to our museum. Discover how sailors took advantage of the availability of deer meat in Maryland.
- Come see how a 17^th-century family might take advantage of a successful hunt and a successful harvest, and find out how the sausage gets made…literally.
All food prepared on our living history sites is for demonstration purposes only.

While strolling the exhibit paths, don’t forget to explore the 18th-century Mackall Barn; Van Sweringen’s Inn; the reconstructed State House of 1676; and the reconstructed Brick Chapel of 1667, which features the crypt that houses the re-interred lead coffins of Philip Calvert and his family. Before you end your visit, drive down Rosecroft Road to the current site of the 19th-century Brome Howard house (now the Inn at Brome Howard), to see the Struggle for Freedom exhibit. The exhibit is located inside a building that was originally constructed to house the men and women who were enslaved laborers at the Brome plantation. Struggle for Freedom explores what the lives of African Americans were like from before the Civil War to the early 20th century.
Upcoming Dates

Sat, November 25, 2023 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM