Captain Avery Museum Celebrates Maryland Day This Sunday

The following post was submitted by Mavis Daly.

The role of watermen in the history of the state will be featured at the Maryland Day observance at the Captain Avery Museum on March 25. The Museum will host tours of the historic home of Captain Salem Avery, a buy boat captain who worked the Chesapeake Bay during the 1860’s.

Bringing the guests to a more recent time, watermen Bill and Sue Cheatham, who combined  have 47 years experience working the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, will present “Bringing Our Bay’s Past to the Surface.”

The Captain Avery Museum is located at 1418 EW Shady Side Road. The Cheathams will speak and answer questions from the audience at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. During their presentation, visitors can view tools used by watermen today, photos of their work, and artifacts dredged  off the bottom of the  Bay. 

The tours of the 19th century home of Captain Salem Avery, the Museum’s namesake, will be conducted by docents. His family, his tools, the appearance of the Shady Side peninsula in the 1860’s, will all be described.

Each year, Maryland Day is celebrated statewide to honor the anniversary of the March 25, 1634, landing of settlers in the Province of Maryland. On this day, settlers from The Ark and The Dove first stepped foot onto Maryland soil at St. Clement’s Island. In 1916, the Legislature authorized Maryland Day as a legal holiday.

The Captain Avery Museum welcomes individuals to join in this historic celebration, presented without cost as a gift to the community. No reservations are required.

The Society has partnered with BayVue Consulting, Inc, and Greenstreet Gardens, in presenting its 2012 events. For more information, call the Museum office at 410 867 4486, or visit the web site: www.captainaverymuseum.org.