CSPAN3 American Artifacts September 3, 2016
Ms. Beasley we are at the best farm. It is named after the tenants who occupied the farm. During the civil war. What we know today as the best farm forms the 274 acres of what was really a 740 plantation. The plantation was known as [indiscernible] it was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland for unrest that begin in 1791 and also with the french revolution. It was acquired in 1993. Its a fairly recent acquisition. Beginning in 19981999 is when we started doing...