This lecture series features local historians, educators and more who will share their knowledge of local and regional history.

Speaker: Ginger Moodie-Woodward

Ginger Moodie-Woodward, a Museum Educator at the Josiah Henson Museum and Park, will speak about the life of Reverend Josiah Henson, who was enslaved in North Bethesda in the early 1800s and who later escaped to Canada and wrote a narrative about his experiences living enslaved in Montgomery County. She will focus on Henson’s early life on the Riley Plantation in Montgomery County, and his later work as an abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad. She will also discuss Henson’s connection to Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose fictitious character Uncle Tom in her famous 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was loosely based on Henson.

Recommended for Ages 12 and Up.

Admission is $5 per person. Tickets available online and onsite

Arrive early and take a self-guided tour of the museum. Doors open at 5pm. This program will take place at the Josiah Henson Museum and Park Visitor Center. Refreshments provided.

Parking is only available at Wall Local Park (5900 Executive Blvd. North Bethesda, MD 20852). Limited accessible parking onsite.