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Leonard Powell dives into MC history at Turner Lecture

As always, Holly Point Nature Park will be open dawn to dusk. The beautiful creekside setting features the Ruark Sculpture Garden. (Photo by Don Richeson)

On Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m., the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park continues the 2023 Turner Lecture Series with a presentation of reminisces and stories of Deltaville, Middlesex and her people. Light refreshments will be available. We had a wonderful audience at the John England Jan. 8 lecture.

Leonard Powell is a true son of the Deltaville community, dating back to his great-great-grandfather who was born in 1821. As a youth, Leonard spent his summers on the Chesapeake Bay working with his father aboard his dad’s 42-foot, Deltaville-built deadrise and on the decks of the Nellie R., a 65-foot Chesapeake Bay buyboat.

There is no admission fee, but donations to the Turner Education Fund are both needed and encouraged to ensure the continuity of the series. Suggested donation: $10…

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