2015 Speaker Series LineUp Finalized!

 

Sotterley Plantation is pleased to announce the presenters for the 2015 Speaker Series at Sotterley. An important community outreach, this series is yet another way that this National Historic Landmark fulfills its mission of preserving, researching, and interpreting Sotterley Plantation’s diverse cultures and environments and to serve the world as an educational, cultural, and community resource.

Because of the ongoing generosity of The Boeing Company, dedicated to promoting education and the arts within the Southern Maryland community, the Speaker Series at Sotterley is free to the public. Due to limited seating, advanced reservations are required. Call 301-373-2280 for reservations.

 

Chef Roland Mesnier

“Lifetime White House Pastry Chef & Beyond”

Wednesday, April 15  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

Karen Jessee & Thomas William Tear

“Close to the Vest and Under the Skirt”

Sunday, May 17  |  3:00 p.m. in the Barn

Jennifer Pharr Davis

“The Extra Mile: Exploring the Limits of Endurance”

Wednesday, June 3  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

Film: “Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields”

Wednesday, August 26  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

Bob Arnebeck

“Slave Labor in The Capital:

Building Washington’s Iconic Federal Landmarks”

Wednesday, September 23  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

 

Todd Brewster

“Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War”

Wednesday, October 14  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

 

Richard Moe

“Roosevelt’s Second Act:

The Election of 1940 and The Politics of War”

Sunday, November 8  |  3:00 p.m. in the Barn