Josiah Henson Museum (7/7/2022)

Thursday, July 7, 2022 (continued)

Since the rain was holding off, we went to the Josiah Henson Museum & Park that opened in 2021. However, the museum is only open on weekends.

We did see the Riley-Bolten House (1800-1815)
with the attached kitchen (1850-1851)

For a long time the log cabin was said to belong to Josiah Henson, an enslaved person who escaped to Canada in 1830. He became a minister, abolitionist, and a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

An archaeological dig site on the Riley plantation

In 1849, Josiah Henson wrote his autobiography,
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave,
Now an Inhabitant of Canada,  which inspired
Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)

We spent quite a bit of time in the Fallsgrove community
in Rockvlle, MD; with ColorPlay (2002, by Stephen Canneto)

Friday, July 8, 2022

The reason for being in Maryland!

Miles (4'7"?), Pete (c 5'6"), and Dylan (6'5")

Miniature Golf at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, MD

Kent, Dylan, Miles, Pete

About four of the holes had this spinner
to randomly give you a bonus or penalty!