Southern Shores of Maryland

Bordered on three sides by the Chesapeake Bay, St. Mary’s County is home to the first state capitol in St. Mary’s City; miles and miles of shoreline; a waterfront park that was once a busy steamboat landing; lighthouses, 17th Century communities, and reenactors; this is the Southern Shores of Maryland! We’ll travel back in time four centuries to a time when the American continent was being settled; when people placed their lives and faith in a small sailing ship to cross an ocean, and then worked to create a new community in a strange land…which became the Capitol City of a new state! Historic St. Mary’s City is a National Historic Landmark, and is recognized as one of America’s best preserved colonial archaeology sites. There are outdoor exhibits, including the State House of 1676, the Print House, the Brick Chapel, the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation, and the Woodland Indian Hamlet. The reproduction of the Maryland Dove, a tall square-rigged ship, is moored here, and sailors’ stories can be heard on the deck. We will discover how those sailors navigated across the Atlantic Ocean, explore the living quarters below deck, and be ready if the cannon fires!

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