Slavery and Horticulture - A
Slice of African American History in Prince George’s County
Lectures by John Peter
Thompson
Slavery & Strawberries; Murders
& Mysteries
A History of Salubria ~ An
Oxon Hill Plantation
Location: Oxon Hill Library
6200 Oxon Hill Road,
Oxon Hill, MD 20745;
See map: Google Maps
Time:
Wednesday,
February 15, 2012 - 7:00pm
Slavery
and Horticulture: A History of Salubria
~ An Oxon Hill Plantation
February 15, 7 pm
Join
the discussion about the economic, political, horticultural and social history
of one of Oxon Hill’s largest plantations, Salubria and its international
recognition in the development of many plant species.
John
Peter Thompson, historian and lecturer on American and European histories; his
presentations have included discussions on the U.S. Supreme Court, modern management concepts and techniques gleaned from Civil War battlefields, and
“First Ladies” of the White House.
John
Peter Thompson studied music composition
and historical linguistics at the University of Maryland. He left the University to successfully
operate his own night club business for ten years. He returned to the family nursery and garden
center business in 1988 starting as a warehouse janitor and finishing as CEO
and Chairman of the Board in 2008.
During this time he managed the perennial production and sales and was
awarded the Perennial Plant Association Retailer of the Year award in 2000.
He
is currently a self employed contractor and consultant working with USDA ARS,
APHIS, Forest Service and the National Park Service, as well as the Africa
Trade Office of Maryland (Parker & Associates).His areas of expertise
include document aggregation and review, meeting facilitation and bioeconomic policy
and regulatory analysis.
He
has an appointment as an adjunct instructor with the Prince George’s Community
College lecturing and consulting on the creation of an "Environmental/Sustainable/Green Jobs” Workforce Development Institute. And
finally, he is a principle investigator for the North East Mid West Institute
in Washington, DC having written a book on national
invasive species certification policies.
John
Peter as been reappointed to the National Invasive Species Council Advisory
Committee (NISC ISAC) having previously served as Vice Chair and Secretary. He is
the Maryland Nursery & Landscape Association liaison to the Maryland
Invasive Species Council and expert subject matter member of the State of
Maryland's Invasive Plant Council. He also is an active
user of social media ‘Tweeting” daily @InvasiveNotes with over 6000 followers as well as
writing essays about social, scientific and philosophic issues on his blogs, Invasive Notes (www.ipetrus.blogspot.com) and the Prince
Georgian (http://princegeorgian.blogspot.com/).
John Peter works as a
volunteer advocate to politicians and policy makers as President of the
National Agricultural Research Alliance – Beltsville (NARA-B.org - 501c4). In this capacity he works with Congress, local
governments and policy makers on behalf of the people and programs of USDA ARS
and APHIS, in particular focusing on the Henry A. Wallace Agricultural Research
Center (BARC) and the National Agricultural Library (NAL).
John
Peter is a former Chair of the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce as
well as former founding director and President of the Mid Atlantic Exotic Pest
Plant Council; and former President of the Maryland Nursery & Landscape
Association. He currently serves as a
technical advisor and national credit steward for the LBJ Wild Flower Center’s
Sustainable Landscape Initiative (SSI or SITES). At a community level he serves as the Vice
Chair of the Prince George’s County Historical Preservation Commission; as a
trustee of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System; and director of
the Prince George County Community Foundation
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