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Pendleton Center for the Arts

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Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Phone:
+1 541-278-9201

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday12pm - 4pm


John Pendleton Kennedy was an American novelist and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 4th congressional district. He was the brother of U.S. Senator Anthony Kennedy. He was also the Speaker of the Maryland State assembly and served several different terms in the assembly. Kennedy helped to lead the effort to end slavery in Maryland, which, as a non-confederate state, was not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation and required a state law to free slaves within its borders and to outlaw the furtherance of the practice.Kennedy was also an advocate of religious tolerance and also of memorializing and furthering study of Maryland history. He is also credited with playing seminal roles in the founding of several historical, cultural and educational institutions in Maryland; including Historic St. Mary's City , St. Mary's College of Maryland , the Peabody Library and the Peabody Conservatory of Music . He also played key and decisive roles in the United States government's study, adoption and implementation of the telegraph.
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