Many county politicians above participated in the reading of the Caroline Resolves. The ten readers were: Henderson Mayor Sandra Cook, Goldsboro Councilwoman Debbie Bush, Preston Mayor Savannah Winston, Federalsburg Councilwoman Debra Sewell, Ridgely Commissioner Brad Sears, Hillsboro Commissioner Steven Higdon, Caroline 250th anniversary committee member Chad Dean, SAR member Joe Smith, Denton Mayor Abigail McNinch and economic development director Bob Zimberoff.
Re-enactor Rick Culotta speaks to the crowd as Charles Dickinson, the chairman of Caroline County’s committee of correspondence.
Commission President Travis Breeding (left) accepts a citation from Alyssa Hastings, Eastern Shore regional director for Sen. Chris Van Hollen, at Tuesday morning’s Caroline Resolves reading.
On behalf of Rep. Andy Harris, Dorchester County Council Vice President Mike Detmer (right) presents Commission President Travis Breeding with an American flag during Tuesday morning’s reading of the Caroline Resolves.
State Del. Jeff Ghrist (right) speaks during the onset of Tuesday’s County Commissioners meeting, which commemorated the 250th anniversary of the Caroline Resolves.
Attendees were adorned in patriotic colors and held American flags for the reading of the 250-year-old Caroline Resolves on Tuesday morning in Denton.
The Caroline County Commissioners read along as county leaders take turns reading the Caroline Resolves outside of the Caroline County Courthouse.
Preston Commission President and Mayor Savannah Winston reads a portion of the Caroline Resolves Tuesday morning.
The Caroline County Commissioners (top row) and economic development director Bob Zimberoff (top left) stand with members of the Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution (bottom).
Rick Culotta (center) stands next to members of the Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution, the latter of which presented the colors during Tuesday’s celebration.
Many county politicians above participated in the reading of the Caroline Resolves. The ten readers were: Henderson Mayor Sandra Cook, Goldsboro Councilwoman Debbie Bush, Preston Mayor Savannah Winston, Federalsburg Councilwoman Debra Sewell, Ridgely Commissioner Brad Sears, Hillsboro Commissioner Steven Higdon, Caroline 250th anniversary committee member Chad Dean, SAR member Joe Smith, Denton Mayor Abigail McNinch and economic development director Bob Zimberoff.
DENTON — In its 250th year, the Caroline County Commissioners, residents and historians honored a revolutionary era statement that is also celebrating a 250th anniversary — the Caroline Resolves.
The Resolves were published in the Maryland Gazette on June 30, 1774, just a few months after the county was formed. It supported the citizens of Boston after Britain’s Parliament passed the Boston Port Act, which effectively shut down the city’s port as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Bob Zimberoff, the director of economic development in the county, helped organize Tuesday morning’s event. He spoke to attendees outside the Caroline County Courthouse, emphasizing the importance of Caroline County’s own committee of correspondence that formed to support fellow colonies.
“While the Continental Congress declared independence and George Washington won the war, the committees of correspondence won the minds of the people at home, and that happened right here in Caroline County,” Zimberoff said.
At the reading, Rick Culotta re-enacted attorney Charles Dickinson, the chairman of Caroline County’s committee of correspondence and a former commissioner.
“With the establishment of this newly formed county government, our dear Caroline County, we have great responsibility to respond and resolve disputes as they may arrive between us and our mother country,” Culotta said as Dickinson.
County mayors and town council members served as readers of the Resolves during Tuesday morning’s ceremony.
“This (idea) in particular I got behind because, when COVID hit, we all had a lot of time on our hands (and) couldn’t get out too much,” Zimberoff said. “I started reading about the American Revolution, so I had an idea of what the context of what the Resolves were.”
State Del. Jeff Ghrist (R-Kent, Queen Anne’s, Cecil, and Caroline) presented a proclamation to the county and its commissioners for the 250th anniversary.
“We have a very long history of fighting for what we very strongly believe in,” Ghrist told the crowd. “ ... To this day, we have strong people right here in Caroline County fighting hard.”
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Many thanks and kudos to Bob Zimberoff for sponsoring and organizing this commemorative event, to Rick Culotta for his moving comments when recreating the historical character Mr. Dickinson, and to the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Color Guard for posting colors to kickoff the commemorative celebration and to SAR member Joseph R. Smith, a life-long resident of Caroline County who read a portion of the Caroline Resolves with the Town Managers and other government officials who also read a portion of the resolves.
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