Archaeology Club: The Rugged Road to Revolution: Washington-Rochambeau Military Encampments in Harford and Cecil Counties

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Clubs Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

April is Maryland Archeology Month! This year’s theme is  250 Years, Many Voices: Digging into Maryland’s Story. To go along with the theme this months Archaeology club meeting will be a presentation from Stephanie Soder a Research Archaeologist for the Maryland Historical Trust on the Washington-Rochambeau Military Encampments from the Revolutionary war.

In the fall of 1781, French and American troops marched south to besiege the entrenched British forces at Yorktown, Virginia. By late summer 1782, they made their way north in victory. The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), with funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program, is currently undertaking a survey to identify and document the understudied encampment sites and cultural resources associated with these marches in Cecil and Harford Counties. This presentation will provide historical background on the troop movement, a crash course in the types of geophysical surveys MHT has used to study these sites, and the preliminary results of the surveys conducted.
Stephanie Soder is the Research Archaeologist for the Maryland Historical Trust. She received her Master’s degree in Maritime Studies (Archaeology) at East Carolina University and has experience working on both terrestrial and underwater sites. Her interests include conflict archaeology, maritime history, public archaeology, and geophysical survey techniques. She and other archaeologists at the Office of Archaeology are responsible for researching, documenting, and preserving archaeological sites across the state.

This meeting of the NHSM Archaeology Club will take place on Zoom. In order to receive the Zoom link you need to register. It is free and open to the public, although non-members are asked to please donate $5 to support the club.

When you register for the program, you’ll receive the Zoom link and passcode via email with your registration confirmation. Please contact the community coordinator (rbaldwin@marylandnature.org) with any questions.

NHSM’s Archaeology Club was founded in 2019 to promote the value of archaeology in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and surrounding areas. The goal of the club is to educate citizens and residents in the ethics and methods of archaeology and to document, discover, and promote local history. The Arch Club is inclusive of all persons who have an interest in archaeology.

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Location

Online via Zoom