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St. Clement's Island Attractions - Coltons Point, Maryland

Editor — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:39:44 +0000

Things to do on St. Clement's Island in Coltons Point, Maryland. Located in Coltons Point, Maryland, the St. Clement's Island State Park has a ton of wonderful things to offer all of its visitors. Many consider the island to be the "birthplace of Maryland." In the mid-1600s two ships, The Ark and The Dove, landed on the island and named it St. Clement after the patron saint of mariners. This was the beginning of the Maryland colony.

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Ocean City Boardwalk - Ocean City, Maryland

Editor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:34:34 +0000

The Ocean City Boardwalk is Fun for Everyone. The Ocean City Boardwalk, located in Ocean City, Maryland is one of the most popular places to visit for those who come to relax in the beautiful city. The Travel Channel even called the Boardwalk one of the "Best American Boardwalks," and is was recently called one of the top 10 boardwalks by USA Today.

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College Park Aviation Museum - College Park, Maryland

Editor — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:29:13 +0000

Visiting the College Park Aviation Museum. The College Park Aviation Museum, located in College Park, Maryland is an affiliate of the Smithsonian. The museum offers something for everyone who is interested in aviation history.

The museum sits on the grounds of the longest continuously operating airport in College Park. The airport was founded in 1909 when Wilbur Wright of the Wright Brothers traveled there to give flight instruction to the very first military aviators. The airport is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Maryland Zoo - Baltimore, Maryland

Editor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:22:11 +0000

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has Plenty to See. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, formerly called the Baltimore Zoo, is located in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The zoo opened in 1876, and is considered the third oldest zoological park in the United States.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum - Baltimore, Maryland

Editor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:07:32 +0000

So Much to See at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Maryland. Baltimore has a lot of different things for visitors to see and do, and one of the most popular is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum. The museum boasts the best and most comprehensive collection of historic railroad artifacts in the world. The pieces in the museum date from the very beginning of rail history in America.

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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, Maryland

Editor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:58:10 +0000

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is Full of Entertainment and Education. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located on Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels Maryland. Spread across 18 acres, the museum houses many artifacts, exhibits, and vessels dealing with the maritime history of the region.

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Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort - Flintstone, Maryland

Editor — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:43:01 +0000

Indoor And Outdoor Adventure At The Gap

A nice place to have some long-desired adventure is a place most people would call "The Gap". This place is a fine combination of the natural outdoors and the comfortable indoors. In short, the Gap is an amazing sporting paradise. There are different sports you can choose from, ones that would usually have the sun’s heat and others that are required to be spent indoors.

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A City Full of American Beginnings

Editor — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:30:41 +0000

St. Mary’s City at the southernmost end of Maryland’s western shore is a place bursting with some of America’s greatest “firsts”. Founded in 1634 by a group of English settlers the city is known to be the birthplace of religious tolerance, the first place in America where a woman demanded the right to vote, it is the first official city in the history of Maryland, it was home to first printer in the southern colonies of America and it was the first successful proprietary colony in the United States, meaning that the charter to the land and the city was in private ownership, but the colony itself prospered.

So why haven’t many people heard of this amazing place? It is because an uprising against Lord Baltimore, the chartered owner of the colony, resulted in a set of royally appointed governors who relocated the capital to Annapolis. This was actually a fortunate event for historians and archaeologists as it left much of the cities’ original design and planning untouched and undisturbed from the seventeenth century.

Today, St. Mary’s City is a National Historic Landmark and home to Historic St. Mary’s City, a museum and archaeological excavation site. With over five million artifacts currently cataloged the museum and grounds are an ideal spot for individuals and families interested in colonial America, as well as early Maryland, to plan a visit.

Costumed interpreters roam the city, recreating and telling the stories of the colony and life in early America. There are many hands-on displays and activities, special events and reconstructed buildings and scenes from St. Mary’s City’s past. Visitors can tour the State House, a working colonial farm and tobacco plantation, a supplies shop and even a Native American settlement that teaches about interactions and events between settlers and Maryland’s first residents. Visitors will also meet sailors and talk about the tobacco trade aboard the “Maryland Dove,” a replica of a square-rigged ship of the day.

Historic St. Mary’s City is not just a traveler’s destination it is also a working field school for historians and archaeologists, where excavations are constantly taking place and new discoveries being made. For example, excavations have unearthed the original print shop belonging to William Nuthead of Virginia who was forced to leave and relocate in St. Mary’s City where the general sense of open-minded acceptance allowed him to practice a trade forbidden in many colonies. A living history exhibit and reconstruction of the shop is planned for this significant discovery.

The entire museum is open for visitors from March through November, with many special events taking place throughout the year.

Fort McHenry – Home of our National Anthem

Editor — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:51:09 +0000

Early military installations and defenses of the United States began to appear prior to, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Many of these structures were built along waterways and near ports and port cities as a means to defend the country from any new attack. Many defense structures were built with both land and sea defense in mind. A great example of early American defense design exists at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland.

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A Brave Spirit and American Pioneer

Editor — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:44:38 +0000

Tiny in stature, Clara Barton didn’t let much stop her from her personal mission. A nurse, teacher and well-known humanitarian, Barton was also the founder of the American Red Cross. Becoming interested in nursing as a young child when her brother fell and was gravely injured, Clara nursed him for over two years until he had recovered.

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