Hollywood, Md – Sotterley Plantation is pleased to give an inside look at our upcoming presenters for the 2015 Speaker Series at Sotterley. This important community outreach 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.


Film: “Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields”
A documentary film and social action campaign that champions the growing network of combat veterans who are transitioning into careers as sustainable farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers.
Wednesday, August 26  |  7:00 p.m. in the Barn

Bob Arnebeck
“Slave Labor in The Capital:
Building Washington’s Iconic Federal Landmarks”
Based on his research in the commissioners’ records, author Bob Arnebeck describes the world of dawn to dusk work, salt pork and corn bread, white scorn, a kind nurse and the moments when everything depended on their skills.
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”
Was it through will or by accident, intention or coincidence, personal achievement or historical determinism that President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves? This Lincoln expert describes the search for the right moment to enact the Emancipation Proclamation and simultaneously turn the tide of 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”
Winner of the 2013 PROSE Award for U.S. History, Richard Moe focuses on a turning point in American political history: FDR’s controversial decision to seek a third term.
Sunday, November 8  |  3:00 p.m. in the Barn