Sumner Hall

02/11/2025

Don't miss these 2 great community events happening soon at Sumner Hall! Mark your calendar!

02/07/2025

Look, Sumner Hall friends! This is what your support is allowing the museum to do!

02/04/2025

Many people are thinking that Africa had no history. However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe. 1. The human race is African descent. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) have been unearthed at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered in Omo, Ethiopia and date back to 195,000 years, the oldest known in the world. 2. Prehuman skeletons were discovered in Africa between 4 and 5 million years ago. The oldest known ancestral type of mankind is thought to be Australopithecus ramidus, which lived at least 4.4 million years ago. 3. Africans were the first to organize fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. In Katanda, a region in the northeastern part of Zaire (now Congo), a series of finely crafted harpon tips were recovered, all thoroughly polished and barbed. A tool, equally well designed, was also discovered, it is believed to be a dagger. The findings suggest the existence of a first aquatic or fish-based culture. 4. Africans were the first to start mining 43,000 years ago. In 1964, a hematite mine was discovered in Swaziland on the Bomvu ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. Eventually, 300,000 items were recovered, including thousands of stone mining tools. Adrian Boshier, one of the archaeologists present at the site, dated the mine to an astonishing 43,200 years old. 5. Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with engraved notches found in the Ishango region of Zaire (today called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to be over 8,000 years old.

02/04/2025

Please share with family, friends and especially our children!!

Many people are thinking that Africa had no history. However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe. 1. The human race is African descent. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) have been unearthed at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered in Omo, Ethiopia and date back to 195,000 years, the oldest known in the world. 2. Prehuman skeletons were discovered in Africa between 4 and 5 million years ago. The oldest known ancestral type of mankind is thought to be Australopithecus ramidus, which lived at least 4.4 million years ago. 3. Africans were the first to organize fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. In Katanda, a region in the northeastern part of Zaire (now Congo), a series of finely crafted harpon tips were recovered, all thoroughly polished and barbed. A tool, equally well designed, was also discovered, it is believed to be a dagger. The findings suggest the existence of a first aquatic or fish-based culture. 4. Africans were the first to start mining 43,000 years ago. In 1964, a hematite mine was discovered in Swaziland on the Bomvu ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. Eventually, 300,000 items were recovered, including thousands of stone mining tools. Adrian Boshier, one of the archaeologists present at the site, dated the mine to an astonishing 43,200 years old. 5. Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with engraved notches found in the Ishango region of Zaire (today called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to be over 8,000 years old.

01/27/2025

Come Together At Sumner Hall

11/28/2024

Thanks to The Evening Enterprise!

Exhibit of Black debutantes, 'Pride Without Prejudice,' is fundraiser for Sumner Hall - Featured

11/25/2024

The Final Curtsy of Pride Without Prejudice - venue change! Please join us this Saturday at Sumner Hall!

10/03/2024

Sumner Hall Annual Meeting - Saturday, Ocober 12 @ 4pm

08/17/2024

Join us for our 2nd Day of Legacy Day! Kick off the morning with a walking tour and sail on the Schooner Sultana. Then join for a Gospel Concert featuring the Mt. Olive Praise Team. Then at 4:00 our evening commences with the parade then are dance party with our vendors and musical entertainment.

08/15/2024

Join us tomorrow night for the start of our Legacy Day Weekend! It's going to be awesome!!! Also we will have Aretha’s Creative Touch as our Friday Night Food Truck for our Dance Party!

08/13/2024

Thanks to our friends at The Chestertown Spy!

http://   Since 2014, one weekend every August, Chestertown has celebrated Legacy Day, recognizing the historic and continuing contributions of African Americans to the life and culture of Kent County. This year, the celebration will be held Friday, August 16 through Sunday, August 18. Its theme, ....

08/05/2024

Legacy Day is coming!!!!!! Thank you to the The Evening Enterprise for this awesome article.

Legacy Day
CHESTERTOWN -- The Legacy Day exhibit honoring local Black fraternal and community service organizations opened Friday, Aug. 2 at the Historical Society of Kent County's...
Read more - https://theeveningenterprise.com/legacy-day/

08/05/2024

Join us for Legacy Day 20254 starting on August 16, 2024 and ending on August 18, 2024! You wont be disappointed!

07/25/2024

06/18/2024

Join us at Sumner Hall for a special Juneteenth Book Club - Wednesday, June 19 | 4-6 pm RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sumner-hall-book-club-june-meeting-tickets-882963356167?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete

06/17/2024

Check this out! Sumner Hall is now listed on the National Parks Service site called "Reconstruction Era National Historic Network!"

Reconstruction was a process that took place in communities throughout the nation. Many units of the national park system, as well as sites managed by state, local, and private entities preserve locations and stories that tell the story of this crucial transition from slavery to freedom in the after...