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Many Snaggedline members have launched from Jonas Green Park on the Severn River.
Last week a renaming ceremony was held at the park. The new park name includes his wife's name -- it is now called "Jonas and Anne Catharine Green Park".
The Greens were Colonial era printers. When Jonas died, Anne Catharine continued the business. Here are some excerpts from the Annapolis Capital's story:
"Anne Catharine turned around a failing organization that was under great debt. Jonas wasn’t a good businessman, but Anne Catharine was a good businesswoman, Morrison said. “If it hadn’t been for her interference, this park wouldn’t be named for him,” he said.
Ms. Green nursed 14 children, but only six lived past childhood. After she took over for her late husband, she was named by the Maryland Assembly as printer to the province, making her responsible for printing government publications and money, in addition to her independent newspaper. Still, she published letters that were critical of the people paying her, Rey said. She also earned the same salary as her husband for being printer to the province: 48,000 pounds of tobacco. Think of that — equal pay for equal work in the 18th century, Rey said. “In Annapolis we often talk about the four Maryland men who signed the Declaration of Independence, but it’s also important that we honor the contributions of our founding mothers like Anne Catharine Green,” Rey said."
Last week a renaming ceremony was held at the park. The new park name includes his wife's name -- it is now called "Jonas and Anne Catharine Green Park".
The Greens were Colonial era printers. When Jonas died, Anne Catharine continued the business. Here are some excerpts from the Annapolis Capital's story:
"Anne Catharine turned around a failing organization that was under great debt. Jonas wasn’t a good businessman, but Anne Catharine was a good businesswoman, Morrison said. “If it hadn’t been for her interference, this park wouldn’t be named for him,” he said.
Ms. Green nursed 14 children, but only six lived past childhood. After she took over for her late husband, she was named by the Maryland Assembly as printer to the province, making her responsible for printing government publications and money, in addition to her independent newspaper. Still, she published letters that were critical of the people paying her, Rey said. She also earned the same salary as her husband for being printer to the province: 48,000 pounds of tobacco. Think of that — equal pay for equal work in the 18th century, Rey said. “In Annapolis we often talk about the four Maryland men who signed the Declaration of Independence, but it’s also important that we honor the contributions of our founding mothers like Anne Catharine Green,” Rey said."
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