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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Frederick Douglass Unveiling Celebration
Summary of Events:
Thursday, June 16, 2011
6:00-8:00pm (Free to Public)
Sculpture Reception, Academy Art Museum
Meet Jay Hall Carpenter, sculptor of the Frederick Douglass statue. Live performance by the New St. John's UM Church Men's Choir. Refreshments and art displays graciously hosted by the Academy Art Museum.
Friday, June 17, 2011
6:00-9:30pm (ticketed event, $75 per/person)
The Douglass Gala, Tidewater Inn Gold Room
Reception and Dinner in recognition of FDHS supporters. Live music by the Frederick Douglass High School Alumni Jazz Band. Premiere of Calton Spitzer's play "Born to be Free."
Saturday, June 18, 2011
9:30am - 12 noon (Free to Public)
Memorial Dedication, Talbot County Courthouse Lawn.
Live performances by the Union Baptist Church Mass Choir. Libation ceremony and student essay contest winner, Miss Julia Neal. Fred Morsell presents "A Soul's Evolution" - Frederick Douglass on Race followed by the Frederick Douglass memorial statue unveiling.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Presentation by Professor Mark Leone,
University of Maryland - Department of Anthropology
Avalon Theatre
"In the Shade of Frederick Douglass: The Archaeology of Wye House."
This presentation features the discoveries made at Wye House through archaeology, including the buildings in the Long Green, including slave quarters and other places slaves lived. The lecture will include the archaeology of the Green House or Orangery. The lecture will focus on the food traditions of enslaved Africans as discovered through the analysis of fossil pollen, faunal remains, and the Lloyd family cookbooks. The emphasis will be on the creativity of African American culture seen through archaeology from 1770 through today.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
9:00am -11:00am
Juneteenth Jubilee Interfaith Worship Service, Moton Park, Easton
A gathering of all area churches to honor the message of Frederick Douglass and the emancipation of slavery in America.
