Pirates on the Chesapeake Bay on March 12, 2016
Join Historic Dumfries for Children’s Day at the Weems-Botts Museum.
Make & take crafts! Snacks! Lots of FUN!!!
Pirates and privateers (thieves who had the blessings of their home countries) were major players in Chesapeake Bay history. For nearly 200 years, pirates roamed the Bay’s waters looking for prey and outfitting themselves to search for prizes in other parts of the world.
Learn about these men, the life they led, as the young Virginia colony flourished and commerce with Europe expanded. Pirate adventures helped shape the patterns of settlement on the Bay’s shores and the consequent use of its waters. To Blackbeard, the Davis trio and other pirates who frequented the Bay, we owe a colorful — yet barbaric — slice of Virginia history.
The Weems-Botts Museum is located at 3944 Cameron St, Dumfries, VA 22026.
