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Commissioners approve Black Waterman's Monument at Wells Cove; grant application support pledged
Summary
The County Commissioners approved placing a Black Waterman's Monument at Wells Cove and agreed to provide a letter of support for the project's grant application. The privately raised project is designed as life-size bronze and stainless-steel sculptures depicting Black watermen and their vessels.
The Queen Anne's County Commissioners voted Aug. 26 to approve placement of a proposed Black Waterman's Monument on county property at Wells Cove and to provide a county letter of support for the project's grant application.
Artist Tillman Hensley, director of American Patriotic Monuments Inc., presented a detailed maquette and a schematic for the proposed installation, describing the work as a series of life-size bronze figures and partially cut-away boats intended to let visitors walk "through the conversation" between watermen depicted in the piece. Hensley said the concept grew from conversations with local…
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