AmRev Presents: Set Sail with the True Colours Flag Project

Join the Museum as we take our True Colours Flag Project to the waterfront of Washington College, overlooking the Chester River, a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Chestertown, Maryland. Chestertown is the home port of the Schooner SULTANA, which inspired the replica sloop you can board at the Museum.

What kind of flags did ships like SULTANA fly at sea, and who made them? Learn about the collaborative research involved with the True Colours Flag Project and our future plans for these hand-sewn flags fit for a privateer. Broadcasting live from the Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall at Washington College, Gallery Interpretation Manager Dr. Tyler Putman will be joined by True Colours flagmakers Kirsten Hammerstrom and Nastassia Parker to present the project’s history and engage in a live Q&A about the flags’ international ports of call in the 1770s. The True Colours Flag Project is sponsored by The Color Guard of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution.

This free online event is offered in partnership with the Center for Environment & Society at Washington College. The Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall is the home to the Center for Environment & Society at The Waterfront Campus at Washington College.