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St. Mary's County museum division outlines sites, preservation plans
Summary
Deborah Pence of the St. Mary's County Museum Division gave an overview of four historic sites, emergency planning, accreditation work and upcoming events at the Dec. 5 Recreation and Parks board meeting.
Deborah Pence, a representative of the St. Mary's County Museum Division, told the Department of Recreation and Parks board on Dec. 5 that the division manages four historic sites and is preparing for an accreditation review and several preservation projects.
Pence said the division "does take care of 4 separate sites," listing the Drayton African American Schoolhouse, the St. Clement's Island Museum and annex, the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and the Little Red Schoolhouse. She said the division operates with a small staff and serves a substantial annual audience: "we're still serving over 50,000 visitors a year," she said.
The overview described each site and recent work. The Drayton African American Schoolhouse (built in 1895) came under museum care in 1990 and later received interpretive panels developed with a…
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