Join Montgomery College Anthropology professor Tara Tetrault and Sugarland Ethnohistory Project Director Suzanne Johnson on February 10th at 7 pm on February 10th at 7 pm when they delve into the SEHP Dorsey Archeology Project excavation of the late 1800s log home of Basil and Nancy Dorsey in Sugarland.
Suzanne Johnson, SEHP Director
Suzanne Johnson and her late cousin, Gwen Reese both grew up in Sugarland, MD and started the Sugarland Ethnohistory Project (SEHP) Museum in 1995. Today, SEHP maintains the community’s historic church and cemetery and works to share this important chapter in American history with the wider public. Overseen by descendants of the original founders, the SEHP also maintains a vast collection of artifacts, photographs, and documents for anyone conducting historical or genealogical research. In 2020 SEHP published an award-winning book entitled, I Have Started for Canaan: The Story of the African American Town of Sugarland, the first full-length history of a Reconstruction-era African American town in Maryland. The public can contact the SEHP to reserve a time to visit.
Tara Tetrault, MAA, MA Archaeologist
An Adjunct Professor, I teach in person & on-line course in Cultural Anthropology, Curation, and Women’s Studies, I have taught for twenty years and have had stellar evaluations. While at Montgomery College (MC), I won over 122,390 local and federal grants, and I created the Maynard Burgess House Archaeology Curriculum Module I used to redesign the MC Summer Public Archaeology Program for Children. I used this in the summer teacher training programs attracting teachers from out of state on how to integrate archaeology into their teaching. Today, we have designed a new K12 Archaeology Curriculum Module & virtual exhibit based on the Basil & Nancy Dorsey Archaeological Site in Sugarland, MD. We are planning next year’s archaeology for the Dorsey Site, one of 40 or more early African American sites in Montgomery County, MD.