The website identifies and describes locations across Southern Maryland that offer the opportunity to visit remarkable sites and experience and learn history firsthand. These range from an elegant plantation manor house like Sotterley, to vacant fields where history happened such as Camp Stanton.
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Updated On: Jun 22, 2024 | St. Peter Claver Church is the only predominantly Catholic African American church in St. Mary's County. Its history reflects the history of Maryland.
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Updated On: Apr 22, 2024 | The Charles County Public Library strives to offer a variety of programs that reflect the interests of our growing and diverse population.
Places to Experience
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | Humans have utilized Kings Landing Park land for thousands of years. There is evidence of use by Native American, Captain John Smith, as a
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Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | Piney Point Lighthouse stands preserved as the oldest lighthouse on the Potomac River. The Maritime History building showcases locally made boats and stories of
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Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | St. Clement’s Island Museum rests on the east shore of the Potomac River overlooking St. Clement’s Island, Maryland’s First Colonial Landing in 1634. Exhibits
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Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | Point Lookout State Park is a designated National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. During the Civil War Era, Point Lookout was
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Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | All Saints Parish' history spans over three centuries, encompassing significant moments that have shaped the community. The church was constructed with labor of enslaved
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | St. Nicolas Cemetery Burial Ground is an Historic African American Cemetery site located on Serenity Farm in Charles County, Maryland. The site also contains
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | St. Ignatius Church and St. Thomas Manor were founded by Father Andrew White in 1641. Both sites have a deep history with the Jesuits
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | Mount Hope Baptist Church is the oldest African American Baptist congregations in Charles County. It reflects the emergence of African American communities after the
