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HDGHistory Business

Minutes of the July 28, 2020 Meeting

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HISTORIC HAVRE DE GRACE FOUNDATION-July 28, 2020 Meeting

Attending: Ron Browning, Darlene Perry, Kathy Keen, Kathleen Lee, Roger Lee, Jean Johnson, Judy Plitt, Carolyn Zinner, Joyce Rodgers, and Joe Kiester.

Budget $2806.60 as of June 30, 2020. Joe K. is our new treasurer.
Taxes have been filed for 2019. Membership cards have been mailed out to all members. Tabitha created the membership cards and the website.

The Foundation needs to attract business memberships. Carol Nemeth (Spencer-Silver Mansion) and George Wagner will offer business discounts. We now have 25 members.

Tabitha has been putting blogs from and about various historic sites on our website. Please give merchants a brochure. Ron is working on a credit card account so we can accept credit applications from memberships and donations. Tabitha is working on a crowdfunding account for the Foundation for projects we may want to do.
The John O’Neil statue is put on hold for now. We need to do more research on him. We may have a plaque honoring him.

Grant: Jean Johnson, Dianne Klair, and Carolyn Zinner have been working on a grant to have a new survey done of all homes built before 1970 in the Historic District of Havre de Grace. An Intent Letter was sent out last week. We are asking for $40,000. This would pay for a Historic Architectural Historian to conduct the survey with the help of volunteers. The volunteers would be paid $25.00 an hour.

There were no new announcements.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:41 PM
Respectfully submitted by Kathleen Lee, secretary

Things

Burnside Crab

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Burnside Crab

A Maryland’s Way Recipe from the Hammond-Harwood House newsletter

Originally from Mrs. O. Bowie Duckett, Little Burnside, Annapolis

1 pound crabmeat (lump),
1 cup plain breadcrumbs,
4 tbsp butter,
1 tsp dry mustard,
3 tbsp vinegar,
salt, pepper.
Put layers of crab meat in a buttered baking dish. Cover each layer with crumbs and liberal dots of butter. Mix dry mustard with vinegar and seasonings. Pour over and bake in a brisk oven, 400º F, until hot and browned.

and here’s the Redaction from food historian Joyce White

Ingredients:
1 pound crabmeat (lump), picked
1 tsp dry mustard
3 tbsp vinegar (white wine or distilled)
1 cup plain breadcrumbs
4 tbsp butter, melted
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper

Directions:
Heat oven to 400º F.
Grease a baking dish. Place half the picked crab in the baking dish.
In a small bowl, mix together the dry mustard and vinegar. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix together the breadcrumbs, melted butter, mustard/vinegar mixture, and salt and pepper.
Sprinkle half the breadcrumb mixture over the crab in the baking dish. You can leave the breadcrumbs on top of the crab or you can gently fold them into the crab. Repeat with the remaining crab and breadcrumbs.
Bake 20 minutes, or until bubbly and brown.
Serve hot with toast points, melba toasts, or any cracker of your choice.

Places

The Maryland Historical Society* Museum is reopening!

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The Maryland Historical Society* Museum is reopening!

Saturday, September 12, 10 am–3 pm
Maryland history and culture await you. Explore new onsite exhibitions – Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters, and Wild and Untamed: Dunton’s Discovery of the Baltimore Album Quilts. The Spectrum of Fashion will reopen through December 2020. Admission is free on reopening day.

H. FURLONG BALDWIN LIBRARY REOPENS TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Wednesday, October 7 — The library is currently undergoing building upgrades.

NEW VIRTUAL EXHIBITION OPENS
Wednesday, September 9 — Forgotten Fight: The Struggle for Voting Rights in Maryland.

*Breaking news…the Maryland Historical Society is becoming the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

From their September 9 statement:
“After 176 years, we are stepping into this new identity that better reflects our mission to provide space for the community to discover and develop a deeper understanding of our nation’s history and culture through a Maryland prism. Your history lives here.
“The name change process took more than two years and was marked by extensive research and surveys. Accompanying our rebrand is a new visual identity. Inspired by the quilts in our collection, the “M” in our logo represents pieces of a pattern coming together but not complete—history is about collecting stories, but more stories are always yet to be told. The logo also radiates out and radiates in, symbolizing the lives we touch and the ideas we bring together.”