From left: Frederick Douglass Day Co-Chair Harriette Lowery, Frederick Douglass Day committee member Clairdean Black, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) President Langley Shook, Frederick Douglass Honor Society (FDHS) President Eric Lowery, Frederick Douglass Day Co-Chair Karen Shook, and Frederick Douglass Scholarship Fund committee member Paulette Brooks recently met at the Frederick Douglass statue on the Talbot County Courthouse lawn in Easton, MD to jointly donate proceeds from this year’s Frederick Douglass Day in support of the Frederick Douglass Scholarship Fund, held at the Mid-Shore Community Foundation in Easton, MD.
CBMM and FDHS jointly organized the May 5 event, which was held along CBMM’s waterfront campus in St. Michaels, MD. More than four hundred visitors attended the event, with $6,000 raised to benefit the Frederick Douglass Scholarship Fund. For more information, visit www.cbmm.org or www.frederickdouglasshonorsociety.org.
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