Pittman, a Democrat, will take the oath of office at Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Monday and lay out his plans for his next four years as county executive.
The Port Marker plaque at Annapolis’ City Dock will commemorate the thousands of slaves who were taken across the ocean and up the bay before getting sent to plantations around the region.
The standing-room-only event, held on the 158th anniversary of emancipation in Maryland, was a celebration of Annapolis being designated as a “site of memory,” one of five locations in Maryland and 42 across the United States where enslaved Africans first arrived in the Americas.
The standing-room-only event, held on the 158th anniversary of emancipation in Maryland, was a celebration of Annapolis being designated as a “site of memory,” one of five locations in Maryland and 42 across the United States where enslaved Africans first arrived in the Americas.