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AmRev Presents: Set Sail with the True Colours Flag Project
Tuesday, August 10 at 6 pm
AmRev Presents: Set Sail with the True Colours Flag Project
Tuesday, August 10 at 6 pm
Join the Museum of the American Revolution for a presentation on the True Colours Flag Project. This virtual event will be broadcasted from Semans Griswold Environmental Hall on
the waterfront of Washington College, overlooking the Chester River, a major tributary
of the Chesapeake Bay in Chestertown, Maryland! Chestertown is the home port of the
Schooner SULTANA, which inspired the replica sloop you can board at the Museum.
What kind of flags did ships like SULTANA fly at sea, and who made them? Learn about
the collaborative research involved with the True Colours Flag Project and our future
plans for these enormous, hand-sewn flags fit for a privateer. Dr. Tyler Putman, Gallery
Interpretation Manager for the Museum of the American Revolution will be joined by
several True Colours flag-makers to present the project’s history and engage in a
live Q&A about the flags’ international ports of call in the 1770s. The True Colours
Flag Project is sponsored by the Color Guard of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of
the Revolution.
This free online event is offered in partnership with the Center for Environment &
Society at Washington College. The Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall is the home
to the Center for Environment & Society at The Waterfront Campus at Washington College.
Annual Events

Cardboard Boat Race
Our staple Fall Family weekend event is the annual cardboard boat race! With tons of prizes to compete for, this event is always entertaining to be a part of and watch from the sidelines.
Participants compete with homemade cardboard crafts ranging from nautical to whimsical and from seaworthy to waterlogged vessels.
Annual Cardboard Boat Race