Raiders & Invaders Weekend edition of the County Times newspaper

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Raiders & Invaders Weekend edition of the County Times newspaper

Entry/Object ID

2014.017.0004

Scope and Content

10 folded sheets ; 13 1/2" x 10 7/8" The June 5, 2014 edition of the County Times newspaper had a cover wrapper printed on "aged" paper. At the very top of the page it said "War of 1812 Edition Commemorating Maryland's role in the War of 1812" The headline read, "British raid Cedar Point." There was a staged photo of servants and family members on the porch at Sotterley. On the right was a long sidebar of the chronology of the war in our area. There was a short column about runaway slaves and a photo of a period musical group. On the verso of the sheet were full color ads. The program for the Raiders & Invaders event was in the centerfold of the regular paper. Many of the articles in the paper talked about various aspects of the war and the event.

Collection

Raiders & Invaders Event Collection

Location

Container

Oversize Series Box 3

Shelf

Rack 10, Shelf 5

Rack

Rack 10

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall