MAHS News

Hancocks Resolution War of 1812 Reenactment Weekend
Hancocks Resolution War of 1812 Reenactment Weekend at Hancock's Resolution 2795 Bayside Beach Road, Pasadena, MD
Saturday, August 23: 10:00 - 5:00 and Sunday, August 24: 10:00-4:00

Naval Artillery and Infantry Demonstrations led by The Ship's Company
Sea Chanteys by The Chanteymen.

Naval Historian Kim Nielsen relates British burning of the American Schooner Lion in Bodkin Creek on August 24, 1814, the Battle of Caulk's Field (Eastern Shore) one week later and the Battle of Baltimore, three weeks later.

A quarter scale model of the Lion.
Kim Nielsen has worked with MAHS on the Bodkin Creek Project and the Lion of Baltimore.

Admission: $10.00 per family; $5.00 per person (Cash or Check Only)
For more information visit the web site: Historic Hancocks Resolution or call 410/255-4048, Detailed Schedule in the Newsletter Section
Hancock's Resolution is an 18th century National Historic Register Farmstead located on Bodkin Creek, near where the American Schooner LION was burned.

Bodkin Creek Project Starts
Great News!
MAHS has been awarded a grant from the state of Maryland to search for cultural resources in the Bodkin Creek estuary.
As one of the initial parts of the project, MAHS will be performing a side-scan and magnetometer survey of the mouth of Bodkin Creek on the Chesapeake bay.
MAHS has contracted with Azulmar Research to perform the search. Azulmar are the experts in the field, and teach side-scan sonar techniques to the US Navy.
MAHS members are invited to come along and learn, assisting the team for one or more days.
Following the Hancocks Resolution War of 1812 Reenactment Weekend, we will be scanning the Bodkin Creek area Monday, August 25 through September 3rd, aboard Azulmar's research vessel.
We will be based out of Pleasure Cove Marina(Directions) in Pasadena, Maryland.

2008 Florida Field School
This year's field school was also major success.
It was held in the Florida Keys. Photos from the field school will be coming soon.

MAHS Prepared Diver Program
MAHS sponsored its annual Prepared Diver Program, consisting of the Emergency First Response (CPR and First Aid) course on Saturday, February 9, and DAN's Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries course on Sunday, February 10 at the Splash Dive Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
Each course was offered at $50 (nearly half price) as a special benefit to MAHS members. Retraining is recommended every two years, so consider one or both of these programs the next time they are offered. See the flyer for more information.

2007 Florida Field School
Last year's field school was a major success.

Click here to view photos from the field school.

Pamunkey River Project

White House Landing on the Pamunkey River in Virginia was for a time an important logistics base for the Union Army in the spring of 1862. Barges side by side were part of the water borne supply net to support General McClellans Peninsula Campaign by way of the York River. MAHS is currently working on a project to investigate these barges or canal boats. Click here to visit the Pamunkey River Project website.