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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UC_the-wished-for-country_Leonardtown-MD.html
After braving a four month voyage from England, the Maryland colonists first landed on St. Clements Island. It was here that Governor Leonard Calvert took possession "...for Saviour and Sovereigh..." on March 25, 1634. The seeds of Religious Toler…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UB_st-clements-island-lighthouse_Coltons-Point-MD.html
On May 19, 1864 Confederates raided St. Clement's Island to destroy the 1851 lighthouse. Capt. John Goldsmith, a county residence who had once owned the island, led the attack, having joined the Confederate army in Virginia. In a thirty-foot sailb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5TP_saint-clements-island_Coltons-Point-MD.html
Site of the first landing of Governor Leonard Calvert and the Maryland colonists, March 25, 1634. Here, on the same day, Father Andrew White, S. J. celebrated the first Catholic mass in the British-American colonies.The Island became a part of St.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5SA_trinity-church-st-marys-parish_St-Marys-City-MD.html
Built 1642 on Smith's Creek, Saint Mary's County. Removed to lot near present rectory, Saint Mary's City. In 1695 the Capital was removed from Saint Mary's City to Annapolis and the State House came to be a place of Church of England worship. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RY_the-landing-of-the-ark-and-the-dove_St-Marys-City-MD.html
(No inscription save the title. This marker tells its story pictorially.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QR_manor-of-little-brittaine_Leonardtown-MD.html
Later known as "Newtowne Manor" in New Towne Hundred, St. Mary's Co. Patented in 1640 to William Bretton, Gent. early clerk of the general assembly, member of second general assembly, magistrate of St. Mary's Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Q4_map-of-lower-potomac-river-and-chesapeake-bay_Piney-Point-MD.html
Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park, a Chesapeake Bay Gateway, is one of your entry points to enjoy and learn about the places and stories of the Chesapeake and its watershed.The 64,000 square-mile watershed is a complete ecosystem. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Q1_osprey_Piney-Point-MD.html
Visit Piney Point between March and October and you might see osprey at home on pilings used to moor oil barges. These graceful birds of prey return every year around St. Patricks Day from their winter homes in Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Q0_natural-highways_Piney-Point-MD.html
The Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries have served as natural highways since the beginning of civilization. With the gradual development of villages and settlements along the shorelines, the waterways became the primary means of transportatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PY_bay-lights_Piney-Point-MD.html
Protecting ships from treacherous waters has been a necessity since ancient times when bonfires and strategically placed cottage lanterns warned seamen of dangers in fog and darkness. Lighthouses of the Chesapeake and Potomac River waterways are v…
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