Historic Preservation

For almost 60 years, Port Tobacco Chapter, NSDAR, has Supported the Preservation of History

Marking the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots
Purchasing a drop-down panel describing the night “George Washington Really Did Sleep Here” displayed in the Port Tobacco Courthouse
Researching, designing, and placing a pull-up exhibit called “Proprietors in Port Tobacco” at Stagg Hall in historic Port Tobacco
Researching, designing, and placing an exhibit called “Women of the American Revolution" in the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park
Assisting in the creation of an exhibit on African Americans in the Civil and Revolutionary Wars in the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park.
Coordinated six field trips for students enrolled in AP African American studies as follow-up activities.
Transcribing old Thomas Stone family letters for the National Park Service
Transcribing and indexing genealogical records for DAR, FamilySearch.org, and other genealogical societies and organizations
Cleaning up cemeteries and documenting tombstones
Serving as docents at various historical sites
Marking the graves of deceased chapter DAR members
Writing personal family histories

Port Tobacco Chapter, NSDAR, created a display for the Maryland Veterans Museum honoring African-American and Indigenous Patriots from Charles County, Maryland.

Mannequins dressed in circa 1850 attire.

Chapter members assembled this historic display depicting an African-American soldier's family circa 1865 located at the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park in Newburg, Maryland.

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Above left, chapter members attend the unveiling of the new wayside signs we helped design to mark the Washington Rochambeau Trail through Charles County at the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park. Above right, a ribbon cutting ceremony for another Washington Rochambeau wayside sign.