Celebrating the Ancestors

Join family, friends, and neighbors for a walk into the past.

Schmidt Building at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contee Wharf Road. Edgewater, MD 21037

Learn about plans for the new museum at the Mill Swamp| Ralph J. Bunche/Community Center and how you can contribute your family’s history to that of Mill Swamp Community!

Guest Speakers:
Chanel Compton, Director of the Banneker Douglas
Museum and Janice Hayes Williams, Historian
Interviews with Clifton E. Brown, an alumnus and Dr.
Karen V. Johnson, Senior Pastor First Christian
Community Church of Annapolis, MD

RSVP to Sarah Wade by November 9th [email protected] | 443.482.2412

Please provide driver’s name and how many will be riding with you and if you will need handicapped parking for the visit to Woodlawn.

Please note: The program begins in the Schmidt building- there are only two handicapped spaces at Schmidt. While parking is adjacent some walking is necessary.

Additionally, onsite parking at Woodlawn is extremely limited and will be reserved for those needing
handicapped parking. Small vans will be provided to shuttle attendees to and from the Schmidt parking lot. Carpooling is highly recommended due to limited parking.

Directions to SERC https://serc.si.edu/visit/directions – follow signage for the main campus.

Directions: You will pass security at the front of campus. Continue for approximately 3⁄4 of a mile and at the three way stop sign, turn right. At the next stop sign, turn right again. Park in the lot across from the brick Schmidt building on your right. After a welcome from SERC’s director, the main program and light
refreshments, the event will conclude with a visit to SERC’s Woodlawn History Center to view the exhibit.