April 16, 2024

6 Fifth District Projects in Minibus Funding Package

LifeStyles

Funding for six projects in Maryland’s Fifth District is included in the FY2023 Minibus legislation that recently passed the House.

Family Friendly Fridays @ Sotterley

Family

Join Historic Sotterley in Hollywood from 10 am to noon July 22 and 29 for a morning of fun, learning, and exploration. Each Family Friendly Friday will have a different activity.

July 10 Next Airport Farmers Market

farmers market

Head to Historic Sotterley’s next installment of the Airport Farmers Market from 9 am to 1 pm Sunday, July 10, 2022, in partnership with the St. Mary’s County Regional Airport.

Sotterley to Host Plant Sale

Plant Sale

Historic Sotterley Garden Guild will hold its annual plant sale April 23 and 24.

UCAC Committee to Join Sotterley Event

Family

Historic Sotterley will present People and Perspectives on February 9, 2022, with a panel featuring the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Education Committee.

Sotterley Project Earns Recognition

Historic Sotterley has received the 2021 Underground Railroad Free Press Prize for Leadership for its Common Ground Initiative and Descendants Project that has brought together Black and White descendants of people who lived at Sotterley Plantation in the era of slavery.

Common Ground Program Earns Grants

Family

Historic Sotterley was awarded grants from Maryland Humanities and Maryland Heritage Area Authority for its Common Ground programs.

Hoyer Advocates for 5th District Projects

Behavioral Health Unit

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer praised the recent House passage of H.R. 4502, a funding package of seven FY2022 appropriations bills. Funding for some 5th District projects was included in the package.

Sotterley to Present Aug. 4 Virtual Event

Sotterley

Historic Sotterley will host Gabrielle Tayac discussing the Smithsonian exhibit, Return to a Native Place: Native People of the Chesapeake Region. The virtual event will be held at 7 pm Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

Hoyer Supports Funding for Local Projects

Coronavirus Relief Bills

Funding for Southern Maryland projects has been included in several of the fiscal 2022 appropriations bills that advanced out of a House committee earlier this month, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer announced.