Significant Events and Team History

1977 March - Team founded (as a mixed-sex team). Rodger Avery (late of St Albans Morris Men) first Foreman

1978 - Women split to form Rock Creek Morris Women

1978 - First appearance at Marlboro Ale, Brattleboro Vermont area

1981 - England Tour: London, St. Albans, Bath

1995 - Big Nick's Big F***ing England Tour: Avebury, Longborough, Stow-on-the-Wold, London

1997 - AnniversAle: Washington, DC, Frederick, MD, Buckeystown, MD with Rock Creek Morris Women, Albemarle Morris Men, Bluemont Morris

2000 - UK2K Tour, St Albans, Caithness, Scotland

2001 - Kennedy Center Performance

2001 - EpiscopAle - Washington, DC, Fells Point (Baltimore), MD with St Albans Morris Men, Shepherdstown Morris Women, Rock Creek Morris Women, Albemarle Morris Men, King Sessing Morris Men

2004 - Pacific North West Tour - Vancouver, Victoria, San Jaun Islands, Seattle

2005 - Border Tour - Wales/Shropshire

2006 - London (Ontario) Ale

2007 - 30th Anniversary!

The Foggy Bottom Morris Men regret to inform the world of the passing of the great Pete Brown. Just after midnight on December 4, 2009, Pete left this earth to join the morris team in the sky, where we assume Nick Robertshaw was waiting for him.

Pete had been a longtime member of the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and was a former member of the Swindon Morris Men in Wiltshire, England. As well as being a dancer, Pete, age 54, was an accomplished singer, musician and song-writer. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and teammates.

There was a memorial celebration to honor Pete's life on Sunday afternoon, January 3rd, 2010 at McGinty's Pub in Silver Spring, MD at which many of the morris community sang, danced and shared stories in his honor.

If you have memories to share, please consider contributing thoughts or pictures to the memorial site his family has set up.

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