A PUBLICATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM The ChesapeakeWINTER/SPRING 2013Log Mission Statement NEW! ADDED MEMBER BENEFITS The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Winter/Spring 2013 Museum is to inspire an understanding contents of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its Show your CBMM membership card tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, and receive: cultures and connections between this place and its people. • FREE admission to the Dorchester 14 18 25 Vision Statement County Historical Society in The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Cambridge, MD. Explore the Museum is to be the premier maritime history and traditions of Dorchester museum for studying, exhibiting, preserving and celebrating the important history and County and the Chesapeake Bay culture of the largest estuary in the United region. 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Advanced reservations encouraged by calling Ann Calvert at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 410-246-3046. Located at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Navy Point, PO Box 636 For more info, visit thephiladelphiaantiquesshow.org. St. Michaels, MD 21663 410-745-2916 • cbmm.org 4 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE 11 LIFELINES 18 FEATURES by CG Appleby Volunteer Profile: Lin Moeller Voices from the Past: HOURS: by Marie Thomas Stories from Bronza Parks' Boatyard April to May, 9am–5pm by Dick Cooper June to August, 9am–6pm 5 PRESIDENT’S LETTER RESEARCH SAVE THE DATE by Langley R. Shook 12 Sept. to Oct., 9am–5pm Community Conversations: 22 CALENDAR for the 16th Annual Boating Party Gala on Nov. to March, 10am–4pm State of the Oyster CURRENTS Programs, member events, On the cover: 6 by Robert Forloney Saturday, September 14, 2013 Museum receives donations at special events, and more. “Admiral Cockburn burning & plundering What is the origin of ALL OysterFest; Winner of the Oyster Havre de Grace on the 1st of June 1813, those great ideas? ON THE RAIL done from a sketch taken on the spot at the Stew Competition; Shipwrights join 25 by Esty Collet time.” Attributed to William Charles, circa the Museum; New Bird & Decoy An update on the Rosie Parks 1813. Hambleton Print Collection. Carving Group; Museum extends project and the Apprentice For a Reprinted with permission from the living shoreline; Run for Team 13 EDUCATION Day Public Boatbuilding Program. Maryland Historical Society. CBMM at St. Michaels Running What’s Fresh? Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas Festival; New Waterfowling Exhibit; Seasonal Selections from Education 27 WHAT DOES YOUR Creative Director: Marie Thomas Copy Editors: Mariana Lesher What's Up? Donates to CBMM. by Kate Livie DONATION BUY? & Emilie Knud-Hansen Contributing Writers: 10 CURATOR’S CORNER 14 FEATURES CG Appleby, Esty Collet, Dick Cooper, Loaded with Meaning Shane Elliott, Robert Forloney, Eric Hervol, Navigating Freedom: The War of Kate Livie, Tracey Munson, Langley Shook, by Pete Lesher 1812 on the Chesapeake Marie Thomas by Kate Livie & Robert Forloney The Chesapeake Log is a publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 2 WINTER/SPRING 2013 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG WINTER/SPRING 2013 3 Chairman’s Message Board of Museum Staff President’s Letter Governors President by CG Appleby, Chairman of the Board 2012-2013 Langley R. Shook, President, 4951 by Langley R. Shook, President Cheryl Miller, Administrative Assistant, 4943 Breene M. Kerr Center As we prepare for another busy season CG Appleby, Chair for Chesapeake Studies The Museum’s 2012-2013 Annual Fund campaign here at the Museum, I can’t help but Tom D. Seip, Vice Chair Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 kicked off last spring with ambitions of setting a James P. Harris, Treasurer look back with pride at all we’ve accom- Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 new record for the fourth year in a row. With the Richard C. Tilghman, Secretary Rob Forloney, Director of the Kerr Center, 4959 plished together over the past year— support of almost 900 of you—including over 100 Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 Schuyler Benson a sold-out Boating Party, new exhibits, Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945 first-time donors—I am pleased to report we are Paul Berry robust educational programs, packed Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 more than halfway to our $600,000 goal. Richard J. Bodorff festivals, engaged audiences, and a Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941 One of my favorite wintertime activities has Harry W. Burton Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorist, 4961 record-breaking Charity Boat Auction, William S. Dudley been reading all the personal notes sent along with to name a few. David E. Dunn Boatyard your donations—scores of compliments, good Your enthusiasm for and support of Anna W. Fichtner Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967 suggestions and occasional constructive criticism. our work, coupled with the strong lead- Dagmar D. P. Gipe Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967 Each gift has had its own meaning and value—like ership of Langley Shook and a talented E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. Jennifer Kuhn, Journeyman Apprentice the $50 gift from a local school teacher that can be Christopher A. Havener Shane Elliott, Shipwright Apprentice staff of professionals, means the used to buy fishing tackle and bait for a family to try their luck off Waterman’s Francis Hopkinson, Jr. Joe LaRochelle, Shipwright Apprentice Museum is charting a course toward Fred Israel Eric Hervol, Shipwright Apprentice Wharf at the Chesapeake Folk Festival, or the $250 gift from an Eastern a bright and meaningful future. Your Shoreman and wooden boat enthusiast to buy white oak for the world’s last Nancy & CG Appleby at the 2012 Boating Party. Pamela Jana Communications & Special Events Richard H. Kimberly support of the Museum, through your Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 surviving original bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, or the $13,000 gift from a Board Peter M. Kreindler generous donations to the Annual Fund, your membership, your involvement— Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953 member that paid for a much needed new roof on our boatyard’s pole shed. Frank C. Marshall it all contributes to the success of this place and its mission to preserve the heritage Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & Though CBMM is more fortunate than most of its peers to have a sizable Geoffrey F. Oxnam of the Chesapeake Bay and its people. Volunteer Program, 4956 share of its budget funded by paid admissions and membership dues, charitable Bruce A. Ragsdale Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 Almost a year has passed since the opening of Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Mitchell Reiss gifts nonetheless provide the lion’s share of the Museum’s revenue support. If you Bay Tugboats, and I still find myself drawn to the exhibit, fascinated by all of the Diane J. Staley Development have not already done so, please consider donating to this year’s Annual Fund Bay’s stories. These are real people with authentic stories, and you help to make Henry H. Stansbury David Crosson, Vice President of Development, 4984 that closes on April 30, or making a second gift. Take a look at what your dona- sure they are acknowledged and appreciated. Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Constituent Services tion buys, on page 27, and rest easy in the knowledge that we put every penny This past September’s Boating Party fundraising gala was a shining example Alfred Tyler, 2nd René Stevenson, Vice President of to good use. Independent non-profit rating organizations like Charity Navigator Constituent Services, 4950 of the dedication that keeps this place running. More than 550 loyal Museum and GuideStar have commended our thriftiness. I invite you to check out their Emeriti Debbie Collison, Membership Manager, 4991 supporters, along with a dedicated corps of volunteers who host the annual fund- Richard T. Allen Emilie Knud-Hansen, Mem./Develop. Assistant, 4955 reviews at charitynavigator.org and guidestar.org. raiser, braved torrential downpours and high winds, coming together undeterred Margaret D. Keller Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945 We have a lot to look forward to this coming season, including the new exhibit by the bad weather to support a cause close to the heart. Breene M. Kerr Patti Meschino, Store Business Development Manager, 4954 Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake, opening on May 11 in time Charles L. Lea, Jr. This year, as Nancy and I thought about our Annual Fund gifts to the Devon Duvall, Acting Store Manager, 4962 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the skirmish in St. Michaels. This exhibit D. Ted Lewers, MD Museum, those rain-soaked Boating Party attendees and volunteers came back Fred C. Meendsen Finance explores the impact of the War of 1812 on the people of the Chesapeake—black to mind. Their dedication to supporting the Museum’s work is a true indica- John C. North II Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958 and white Americans, militiamen, Baltimore merchants, St.