Sumner Hall

06/16/2025

Become a Legacy Day Sponsor! https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/legacy-day-sponsorship

06/05/2025

Thank you to our friends at The Chestertown Spy!

The National Park Service has added Sumner Hall, located at 206 S. Queen St., to its Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. This network, created in 2019 by the John D. Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, includes historic sites related to the Reconstruction Era, 1861-1900.....

05/21/2025

Good morning! Our newly revamped website has rolled out just in time for Memorial Day weekend! Find out more about Sumner Hall, our history, our vision and what's coming up next! https://sumnerhall.org/

05/13/2025

Don't Miss Music Legend Don Vappie! Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7 – 8 PM, Donation: $10.00 To RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-new-orleans-creole-music-legend-don-vappie-tickets-1302011213589?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

05/12/2025

Legacy Day is quickly approaching and Sumner Hall needs your support! Over the years, Legacy Day has grown into an annual community highlight commemorating the contributions of our leaders, our family and our friends. The theme for the 2025 Legacy Day is the HBCs of Kent County - Historic Black Communities such as Big Woods, Butlertown, Coleman's, and many others. Ready to become a sponsor or make a donation? Visit https://sumnerhall.org/programs/legacy-day/

04/16/2025

Music Legend Don Vappie Returns! Get your tickets now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-new-orleans-creole-music-legend-don-vappie-tickets-1302011213589?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

02/22/2025

02/11/2025

Don't miss these 2 great community events happening soon at Sumner Hall! Mark your calendar!

02/07/2025

Look, Sumner Hall friends! This is what your support is allowing the museum to do!

02/04/2025

Many people are thinking that Africa had no history. However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe. 1. The human race is African descent. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) have been unearthed at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered in Omo, Ethiopia and date back to 195,000 years, the oldest known in the world. 2. Prehuman skeletons were discovered in Africa between 4 and 5 million years ago. The oldest known ancestral type of mankind is thought to be Australopithecus ramidus, which lived at least 4.4 million years ago. 3. Africans were the first to organize fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. In Katanda, a region in the northeastern part of Zaire (now Congo), a series of finely crafted harpon tips were recovered, all thoroughly polished and barbed. A tool, equally well designed, was also discovered, it is believed to be a dagger. The findings suggest the existence of a first aquatic or fish-based culture. 4. Africans were the first to start mining 43,000 years ago. In 1964, a hematite mine was discovered in Swaziland on the Bomvu ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. Eventually, 300,000 items were recovered, including thousands of stone mining tools. Adrian Boshier, one of the archaeologists present at the site, dated the mine to an astonishing 43,200 years old. 5. Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with engraved notches found in the Ishango region of Zaire (today called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to be over 8,000 years old.

02/04/2025

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Many people are thinking that Africa had no history. However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe. 1. The human race is African descent. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) have been unearthed at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered in Omo, Ethiopia and date back to 195,000 years, the oldest known in the world. 2. Prehuman skeletons were discovered in Africa between 4 and 5 million years ago. The oldest known ancestral type of mankind is thought to be Australopithecus ramidus, which lived at least 4.4 million years ago. 3. Africans were the first to organize fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. In Katanda, a region in the northeastern part of Zaire (now Congo), a series of finely crafted harpon tips were recovered, all thoroughly polished and barbed. A tool, equally well designed, was also discovered, it is believed to be a dagger. The findings suggest the existence of a first aquatic or fish-based culture. 4. Africans were the first to start mining 43,000 years ago. In 1964, a hematite mine was discovered in Swaziland on the Bomvu ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. Eventually, 300,000 items were recovered, including thousands of stone mining tools. Adrian Boshier, one of the archaeologists present at the site, dated the mine to an astonishing 43,200 years old. 5. Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with engraved notches found in the Ishango region of Zaire (today called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to be over 8,000 years old.