2025 Port Tobacco Market Day

The rain held off this year and the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco's Sixteenth Annual Market Day could be held on May 3 in Historic Port Tobacco Village.  As on all the previous Market Days CCASM had a tent at the event.  There were local craft vendors, the garden club plant sale, a white elephant sale, and tables for various nonprofits.  And what would a market day outside a courthouse be without musicians?  Everything from banjos to the youth orchestra.  

Market Day is always a great day for sharing information (both ways) about archaeology, and lots of people stopped by our tent.

CCASM put out its display highlighting some of the history of Port Tobacco including some of the results from archaeology done around 2008 in the Historic Port Tobacco Village.  A visit to the CCASM tent would not be complete without there being some activity.  This year we had the  "What is It?" activity that highlights different type of indigenous artifacts - fire-cracked rocks, cores, flakes, and indigenous earthenware ceramics.  It's always fun to use the display and the display to talk with people. 

Checking out Display
(and being asked to pose for camera)

 

 

Since the ASM Field Session will be in Charles County this year, we made sure to tell everyone about this unique opportunity.  In case people didn't know what people do a field session, we had a display showing what to expect, and a number of people scanned the QR code.

 

Public Archaeology was occurring at the same time at the Swann Site to the southwest of the Courthouse.  We directed a number of people to the site where CCASM members Denise and Elsie were assisting Esther Doyle Read, the Charles County Archaeologist.

Thanks to Evie, Peggy, and Carol for representing CCASM at this event.