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A sneak peak of ACLT's Parkers Creek Heritage Trail Project, this talk will feature the story of Calvert native and Civil War soldier, Joseph Wallace, as well as selections from recent oral histories of Yvonne Mason Wills, the late Ruth Parker Harrod, and Shawn Harrod, all with family connections to the Parkers Creek area.
For more than 10,000 years, people have hunted, fished, worked and made their homes around Parkers Creek and Governors Run in Calvert County. Just as their lives and cultures shaped our local heritage, the ruggedness of the terrain and the characteristics of the waterways shaped their lives. One key part of the story concerns the African Americans who lived in the area, past and present. This talk will feature the story of Joseph Wallace, who fought in the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War and went on to own and farm 300 acres on the creek. Selections from recent oral histories will also present the voices of Yvonne Wills, the late Ruth Harrod, and Shawn Harrod, all with family connections to the Parkers Creek area.
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In partnership with American Chestnut Land Trust
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