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Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum

 

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Maryland Department of Planning 

 

Maryland Historical Trust

 

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Virtual Voyage

2007 Voyage Main Page

St. Leonard, Maryland
August 4 & 5, 2007
Shallop arrives noon on the 5th
Hours: 10am - 6pm

The John Smith shallop will arrive at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum to participate in their "Patuxent Encounters: The Patuxent Indians and Captain John Smith" event. The two-day festival will include living history, dancers and drummers, children's activities, hands-on demonstrations in flintknapping, pottery, basketry, firemaking, and much more, along with a commemoration of the first encounter between the Patuxents and Captain John Smith. Grammy-award winning artist Joanne Shenandoah will perform on August 4th. Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum will be adding four new structures to their recreated Eastern Woodland Indian Village. Tickets are available in advance from Ticketmaster or at the entrance to the park that weekend.

 

Of the Patuxent River, Smith commmented, ...thus having sought all the inlets and  rivers worth noting, we returned to discover the river  of Pawtuxunt (Patuxent); these people we found very  tractable, and more civill then any.
View John Smith's original map