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From the Museum Director: AUGUST
Members and Friends, I hope everyone is staying cool in the face of this never-ending heat and humidity. Please take…
22 Aug 2022
Collector’s Shelf: Captain Herman Cornelius Smith Sr.
June 22, 1880 – October 12, 1951 Herman was raised near the communities of Penny’s Hill & Sea Gull, located…
23 May 2022
de Witt Cottage Gazebo Addition
In 1910 The deWitt family constructed a gazebo on the Southeast side of the property. It was used for a…
20 Dec 2021
From the Museum Director: May
Again, this year (2021) we would typically be preparing to have dinner at the Lucky Oyster on May4th, to celebrate…
05 May 2021
Gingerbread Extravaganza
By martha davenport It’s November and the Inaugural Gingerbread Extravaganza is underway. What exactly is a Gingerbread Extravaganza? That is…
08 Nov 2021
Back Bay Wildfowl Guild Memories: HISTORICAL ROAD MARKERS
NEW HISTORICAL ROAD MARKERS TO BE INSTALLED AT DEWITT COTTAGE. Bernard Holland was the son of John Lytleton Tazewell Holland…
04 Oct 2022
President’s Message
Friends of the AWHM, As we move into September, I wanted to provide a brief update about where we are…
01 Sep 2020
COLLECTORS SHELF: Ira Hudson 1873-1949
Ira Hudson was born in 1873 in Maryland but he grew up in Delaware. He later moved to Chincoteague, Virginia…
13 Jul 2020
Upcoming Events
See below for the list of upcoming guild events! Sunday, 10/16/2022 AWHM Fall Barbeque & Oyster Roast deWitt Cottage 1113…
10 Oct 2022
Upcoming Events
See below for the list of upcoming guild events! 03/06, 13, 20, 27, 2023: de Witt Garden Club 10:00 am,…
06 Mar 2023
Museum Director’s Message
It’s August, and as I sit here writing this column, the first major Atlantic hurricane of the season is raking…
03 Aug 2020
From the Museum Director: January
I want to thank everyone that came out on December 7th for our annual Christmas Party. I feel incredibly blessed…
24 Jan 2022
Upcoming Events
See below for the list of upcoming guild events! 02/04/2023 – Cocktail Party de Witt Cottage 5:00pm till 8:00pm 02/06,…
06 Feb 2023
Collector’s Shelf: John W. Austin
John W. Austin July 11, 1891 – April 11,1981 Born on Hatteras Island, NC where his father William Riley was…
19 Jul 2021
From the Museum Director: October
2021 certainly has not been the year we had hoped it would be. A third wave of the coronavirus, the…
18 Oct 2021