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2025 Annual General Meeting & Spring Dinner

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This is the place to make your reservations for the 2025 Annual General Meeting and Spring Dinner. We encourage you to make reservations soon.

Election of Directors & Officers
The Spring Dinner is also our Annual General Meeting at which Members vote to elect or re-elect Directors and Officers. The Historical Society Board consists of sixteen Directors who serve a four-year term and Officers who are elected from the Board for a two-year term.

The Pete Himmelheber Award
The second Pete Himmelheber Award will be presented during the evening. The award is intended to honor the legacy of our late Director and Chronicles of St. Mary's editor, and was first presented last year to Al Gough. The award recognizes individuals or groups who have contributed to the discovery, preservation, and interpretation of St. Mary's County History. Recipients are identified and voted on by the Board of Directors. Nominees include academic and non-academic people whose passion for the history of St. Mary's County is seen through writing, teaching, and media.

Please join us to honor this year's Pete Himmelheber Award recipient.

Carol Booker: The Farmer's Wife: A Revolting Murder - A Remarkable Year

Lawyer and journalist, Carol Booker has covered everything from civil rights to the civil war in Nigeria. After being graduated from Georgetown University law school, she served as counsel to public and international broadcasting groups, the environmental organization Greenpeace, and the US Commission on Civil Rights.

Carol's books include Shocking the Conscience: a Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement, written with her late husband, acclaimed journalist Simeon Booker; Cove Point on the Chesapeake: the Beacon, the Bay, and the Dream; and, The Waterman's Widow: A True Story of Crime and Mystery in Solomon's Island.

At the dinner, Carol, who lives over in Calvert County, will talk about her recently published book about the cold-blooded murder of a farmer's wife in the tiny hamlet of Friendship in Anne Arundel County. Like her previous book about a murder on Solomon's Island, The Waterman's Widow, Carol crafts a first-class whodunit from historical documents and the astute mind of a top-flight journalist. This was a murder most foul and one that made headlines across the country.

PLEASE NOTE:

In an effort to improve seating and ease congestion at the Olde Breton Inn, we are offering reserved seating options for you and your guests.

PREMIUM Reservations* are available at a $20 supplement per person. Premium reservations will enjoy reserved seats and optimal views of the screen and speaker, plus first call to the buffet.

SUPPORTER Reservations* are available at a $10 supplement per person. Supporter reservations will enjoy reserved seats and a good view of the screen and speaker.

GENERAL Reservations* are unreserved, even if added to Premium or Supporter Reservations.

If you are bringing guests or want to sit with friends, all names must be included on the same reservation. There is a limit of eight persons per reservation.

*All reservations are on a first come - first served basis. If spots for best viewing of the screen are no longer available, seats will still be reserved for Supporter Reservations; Premium Reservations will also have first call to the buffet.