Historic Sotterley Events

Saturday August 8 5:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Second Saturday Family Nights

August 8, 2026 – Second Saturday Family Nights at Historic Sotterley brings the perfect blend of summer fun, local flavor, and down‑home charm. Enjoy delicious eats from Bailey’s Food Truck, buy fresh local finds at the farmer’s market, and let the kids dive into farm g......More

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Wednesday September 9 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Richard Bell

September 9, 2026 – An electrifying global history of a not-so local war. When we think of the American Revolution, we often picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting half. In this riveting program, historian and author Richard Bell invites audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed chaos, opportunity, and transformation across six continents. From the sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore, from refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra Leone and Peru, the war that gave birth to the United States was never simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps, toppled hierarchies, catalyzed migration, and accelerated new movements for liberty—and for empire. In this program, Bell traces the far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it displaced, empowered, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance, a Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army, and a Boston schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way, Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis, ignited antislavery activism, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling, high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea, shaped by commerce, diplomacy, propaganda, and contingency. This is the American Revolution as you’ve never seen it before: complex, global, and astonishingly relevant to the modern world. This is a FREE hybrid event. Registration is required.All participants are welcome to join us to meet the speaker at the pre-reception at 6:30 pm with light refreshments. Register to Attend In-PersonRegister to Attend Virtually Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He is the author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His new book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, published by Penguin, recently won the Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award. He maintains a list of upcoming events at Richard-Bell.com.

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Saturday September 12 5:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Second Saturday Family Nights

September 12, 2026 – Second Saturday Family Nights at Historic Sotterley brings the perfect blend of summer fun, local flavor, and down‑home charm. Enjoy delicious eats from Bailey’s Food Truck, buy fresh local finds at the farmer’s market, and let the kids dive into fa......More

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Wednesday October 7 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Virtual

Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Marc Schindler

October 7, 2026 – Details coming soon This is a FREE virtual event. Registration is required. Registration coming soon Marc Schindler has spent more than 35 years advancing the well‑being of young people through leadership roles in youth justice, nonprofit manageme......More

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Saturday October 10 5:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, 20636, United States

Second Saturday Family Nights

October 10, 2026 – Second Saturday Family Nights at Historic Sotterley brings the perfect blend of summer fun, local flavor, and down‑home charm. Enjoy delicious eats from Bailey’s Food Truck, buy fresh local finds at the farmer’s market, and let the kids dive into farm......More

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