| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — 163 Main Street |
| | The property at 163 Main Street was originally part of a section of land confiscated from British Loyalists. The lot contained the City Hotel which was a well known hostelry. After a fire destroyed the City Hotel, the lot was subdivided and in 1903 a commercial building was constructed. The blending of several styles has resulted in an architectural anomaly along Main Street. The building was owned by the Pappas family until 1980 when the current owners Peter and Helen Palaigos acquired it and . . . — Map (db m6311) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — 167 Main Street at Conduit Street |
| | This site owned by Amos Garrett was surveyed as Lot 46 on James Stoddert's 1718 plan of Annapolis. The Lloyd Dulany family lived here from 1761 until 1783. The group of buildings known successively as Mann's Tavern, City Tavern and the City Hotel occupied much of this block from 1783 until 1891. In 1891, the U.S. Naval Preparatory School held classes here until the building was destroyed by fire in 1897. This building was constructed in 1903 and has been occupied by a range of businesses during . . . — Map (db m6194) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — 41 Cornhill Street |
| | In 1771 when Annapolis merchant Charles Wallace laid out plot lines on Cornhill Street, former ship captain Beriah Maybury leased two plots and built this house which he opened as the King's Arms Tavern in 1773. In 1792 he renamed it the Sign of the Golden Scales and boarded St. John's students. The first paid portraits ever painted by artist Charles Willson Peale were of Maybury and his wife. In 1801 owner Lloyd M. Lowe obtained a franchise for Peale's new invention, the physiognotrace, and . . . — Map (db m6450) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Admiral Ben Moreell — Father of the Seabees |
| | [First Panel]:]
About the Seabees
Born in the early days of World War II when the nation was in dire peril, their mission was to build bases for the combat forces, to defend those bases, and to provide other support of whatever kind required.
Organized and commanded by officers of the Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy, recruited largely from the building trades of organized labor, buttressed by the construction industry, the Seabees quickly proved their total competence. . . . — Map (db m9620) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Albert Cabell Ritchie |
| | Albert Cabell Ritchie. 1876 – 1936. Four times Governor of Maryland. He who is worthy of honor does not die. — Map (db m2900) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Alexander Magruder |
| | To honor the three hundredth anniversary of the coming to Maryland circa 1652 of Alexander Magruder, founder and progenitor of the Magruder family in America, and to the men of his blood who have been students at St. John's College. — Map (db m5417) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Alfred A. Hopkins Plaza |
| | Honoring Alfred A. Hopkins
Mayor, 1989 - 1997 — Map (db m6384) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Annapolis: Capital of Commerce |
| | In the decades before the American Revolution, Annapolis was the customs port for the upper Bay western shore. Ships clearing in and out paid duties and fees to the local naval officer. With good shipyards (including Ship Carpenters Lot north of the dock, not far from where you are standing), ropewalks, ship chandlers, and bakers, Annapolis also served as an important center for supply, refitting, and provisioning.
Cargoes shipped to Annapolis originated in many places throughout the . . . — Map (db m19288) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Aris T. Allen, M.D. — Dec. 27, 1910 - Feb 8, 1991 |
| | A man of honor...A distinguished career of professional and public service...As a Medical Doctor...As a member of the Maryland State Legislature...As an appointee of The President of the United States, to serve his Country on the National level...And as a caring person who has served his community in so many other ways...To help people in need...To provide opportunity for every citizen..."And to set an example that brings out the very best in us" — Map (db m5418) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Asbury United Methodist Church |
| | Site of the oldest and most prominent African American congregation in Annapolis, MD. In 1803, seven free African Americans bought the land and established the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. It was closed in 1832 in a local reaction to the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia. The congregation joined the segregated First Methodist Episcopal (now Calvary United Methodist) Church. The church started again on this site in 1838 as Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church when the African . . . — Map (db m6191) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Between Morning and Midnight — Maryland Fire Rescue Services Memorial Sculpture |
| | The firefighter and EMS provider are ascending the staircase of time as they depart from this world. they are running to their calling to do the job of serving our community with strenght, determination and sacrifice as if going to war. The second before their life is consumed they reflect and turn to their loved ones to say their farewells for the last time. Hands are reaching out, touching.
The lower area represents our world of family and community occupied by the kneeling mother, . . . — Map (db m9286) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Blue Star Memorial Highway |
| | A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America. — Map (db m2873) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — British 24 Pounder |
| | Captured on the British flagship Confiance on Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, by Commodore Thomas MacDonough.
This gun has a dent on the muzzle from an American shot which caused the gun to recoil and kill the British commander, Downie. — Map (db m7812) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Brown-Leanos Memorial Park |
| | Dedicated to the Brown and Leanos families that operated a grocery and restaurant business, respectively at this location since the late 1890's.
Originally dedicated on September 10, 1990
Rededicated May 13, 2000 — Map (db m6387) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Burning of the Brig "Peggy Stewart" |
| | Near this spot
which was then the shore of the bay,
the Brig “Peggy Stewart” was burned
by her owner, “Anthony Stewart.”
October 19, 1774
To pacify the indignation of the
citizens roused by the payment of
duties on seventeen boxes of tea
imported in the brig.
—————
Erected in conformity with the
Act of Congress of March 3, 1903. — Map (db m6313) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Butler in Annapolis |
| | The 8th Massachusetts Infantry reached Annapolis April 21, 1861, on the Railroad Ferry Maryland. Col. Benjamin F. Butler forwarded his and the 7th New York Infantry Regiments to Washington. Shortly he was directed to prevent the legislature from acting on secession from the Union. — Map (db m6312) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Centennial of the United States Navy Submarine Force |
| | 100 Years
From the Depths - Sea Power
1900 - 2000
Dedicated to those
who serve beneath the seas,
families and support personnel
[Back of marker}:In recognition of the generosity
of the following donors
Lockheed Martin Corporation ·
General Dynamics ·
McDermott/BWX Technologies, Inc. ·
Raytheon Company ·
Science Applications International Corporation ·
Naval Submarine League ·
Newport News Shipbuilding ·
Northrop Grumman Corporation ·
Sonalysts, Inc. . . . — Map (db m6398) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Class of 1956 Living Memorial |
| | This tree is dedicated as
a living memorial to
the departed members of
The Class of 1956 — Map (db m7473) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Colonial Annapolis |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1965 — Map (db m6199) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Commander William Lewis Herndon — 1813 - 1857 — Naval Officer - Explorer - Merchant Captain |
| | In command of the Central America, home-bound with California Gold seekers, Captain Herndon lost his life in a gallant effort to save ship and lives during a cyclone off Hatteras, September 12, 1857
"Forgetful of self, in his death he added a new glory to the annals of the sea." - Maury — Map (db m7213) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Cornhill & Fleet Streets |
| | The oldest surviving map of Annapolis, drawn by James Stoddert in 1718, shows that the area now occupied by Corhill and Fleet Streets, had been set aside for Governor Francis Nocholson for use as a garden, summer house and vineyard. In 1771 Charles Wallace, an entrepreneur and builder, purchased 5.5 acres of the tract from the Bordley family and subdivided the land into 28 lots on either side of the new streets. he named the streets after well-known commerical districts in London as a marketing . . . — Map (db m17689) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Tree |
| | This tree is dedicated to the memory of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
"Freedom must ring from every mountainside...and when this happens, all...will be able to stand together...and sing a new song...Free at last, free at last, great God Almighty, we are free at last"
Commencement Address
Morgan State College
June 2, 1958 — Map (db m6705) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Ferry Point Road |
| | Formerly an Indian trail to cross South River. In early colonial times it became a principle thoroughfare connecting Annapolis with southern Maryland and Virginia. George Washington remarked on the beautiful roses that still flourish there. — Map (db m9287) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis — Founded May 2, 1846 |
| |
Built in 1828 as the Hallam Theatre Reconstructed in 1847 for use by the church Enlarged in 1948 and 1959 Designated May 25, 1947 as the National Naval Memorial of the Presbyterian Church This plaque given in memory of Agnes Myers Zorn 1914-1984. — Map (db m6197) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — First Synagogue in Annapolis |
| | Kneseth Israel (Assembly of Israel), chartered in 1906, purchased this home in 1910 for use as the first synagogue in Annapolis.
The congregation used the building as a synagogue
until 1912, when it moved to larger quarters on
Prince George Street.
Erected in celebration of the 90th anniversary
of the Kneseth Israel charter. — Map (db m6310) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Foremast of the U.S.S. Maine |
| | Ship blown up, Havana 15 Feb. 1898.
Mast recovered 6, Oct. 1910.
Erected here 5, May, 1913. — Map (db m6388) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Fort Severn and the United States Naval Academy |
| | Fort Severn Chapter
National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
honors
Fort Severn
and the
United States Naval Academy.
[map]
"Locating Fort Severn within the U.S. Naval Academy, March 28, 1977." — Map (db m13429) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Francis Scott Key |
| | 1814 - 1914.
Francis Scott Key
1780 - 1843
Class of 1796
Author of
The Star-Spangled Banner
In loving memory of her distinguished son whose eulogy is written in the heart of this nation and whose fame has spread throughout the world. — Map (db m5421) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Gateway to Discovery — Annapolis |
| | Look around the harbor. Imagine what the first colonists saw more than 350 years ago when they first viewed this Chesapeake Bay peninsula: a pristine, abundant natural site with deep, protected harbors that had experienced little human settlement.
"...heaven and earth never agree better to frame a place for mans habitation...here are mountaines, hills, plaines, valleyes, rivers and brookes, all running most pleasantly into a faire Bay compassed but for the mouth with fruitfull an . . . — Map (db m19266) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — General Washington — Standing on This Spot |
| | Standing on this spot, General Washington resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on December 23rd, 1783.
Presented by the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter D.A.R. December 23rd, 1915. — Map (db m17688) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Governor Sir Francis Nicholson and Bloomsbury Square |
| | Bloomsbury Square was named after a square in London where the Lords Baltimore, proprietors (owners) of Maryland, lived and where prospective settlers went in 1633 to get information concerning the proposed new colony of Maryland. Bloomsbury Square was part of the master plan for Annapolis devised by Sir Francis Nicholson (Governor, 1694-1699) when he moved the capital from St. Mary's City to Annapolis in 1695. Bloomsbury Square is bounded by Calvert Street, Northwest Street, Church Circle, . . . — Map (db m5419) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Hammond-Harwood House · 1774 — A National Historic Landmark |
| | Designed and built for legislator and patriot, Mathias Hammond by the colonial architect, William Buckland, this beautiful residence is considered the pinnacle of the Georgian Style in America.
A museum today, the house is almost entirely original material. Visitors are invited to join an hourly guided tour of its finely trimmed and authentically furnished interiors, colonial kitchen and 19th century boxwood garden. — Map (db m7898) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — History Stone |
| | This granite block was dedicated as the cornerstone of a proposed fountain on 22 November 1908, the 200th anniversary of the Annapolis City Charter. The fountain was planned to commemorate the 1649 "Act Concerning Religion," known as the "Act of Toleration," which granted certain religious freedoms in Maryland. The hexagonal planter nearby, also an element of the 1908 design, originally served as a basin for watering horses. The entire fountain was never built, and in 1929 the cornerstone was . . . — Map (db m6386) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Hockley-in-the-Hole — Patented August 25, 1664 |
| | To Edward, Joshua, and John Dorsey, sons of Edward Dorsey who settled in Maryland in 1650. The patent was signed by Charles Calvert, then Lieutenant General, and later Third Lord Baltimore. This plantation has been the homestead of the Dorseys for over 300 years. — Map (db m2906) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Katharine Hepburn Slept Here |
| | "54" was built in 1911 by Dr. Sewell Hepburn, a Johns Hopkins trained physician. His niece, Kate, spent time here with the family. Reportedly, Kate's limousine had trouble navigating State Circle. Kate always wore trousers. — Map (db m6193) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — King William's School |
| | 1696 - 1946. This tablet was fixed on McDowell Hall in 1946 to commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of King William's School. To this hall in 1785, in the second year of the foundation of St. John's College, came the students and masters of the school, with their books, and made one with the new college. This will remind men that all halls of learning are one hall. — Map (db m5423) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial |
| | To commemorate the arrival in this harbor of Kunte Kinte, immortalized by Alex Haley in Roots, and all others who came to these shores in bondage and who by their toil, character and ceaseless struggle for freedom have helped to make these Unites States. A luta continua! — Map (db m5572) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial |
| | The Memorial commemorates the arrival in Annapolis of Kunte Kinte, Alex Haley’s ancestor, as told in his book, Roots. That arrival was not a voluntary one. Kunte Kinte was one among one hundred-forty Africans forced into the hold of the slave ship Lord Ligonier. The ship left the Gambia River in Africa on July 5, 1767, and cleared customs in Annapolis on September 29, its cargo reduced to ninety-eight survivors. The Africans were sold into slavery on October 7. An advertisement . . . — Map (db m6392) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Lafayette’s Encampment — March – April 1781 |
| | During the Revolutionary War, 1200 Continental Light Infantrymen under the command of Marquis de Lafayette encamped on the rise behind this sign en route to the decisive battle in Yorktown, Va. They arrived in Annapolis from Head of Elk by a flotilla of Maryland ships under the command of Commodore James Nicholson. — Map (db m2907) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Leonard A. Blackshear Walk |
| | A pathway to reconciliation and healing
Founder and President of
The Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation,
his inspirational leadership created
this Memorial Site
and his tireless efforts encouraged racial healing
and promoted African-American History.
1943-2006 — Map (db m6382) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Liberty Tree |
| | Upper tablet: This tablet is placed upon the Liberty Tree by the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Annapolis, Maryland, October 19, 1907 to commemorate the first treaty made here with the Susquehannocks in 1652, and that George Washington in 1791 and General Lafayette in 1824 visited St. John's College. Through the munificence of James T. Woodward, of New York City, this tree estimated to be over 600 years old, has been preserved from decay.
Lower . . . — Map (db m9276) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — 4/6 — Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune |
| | United States Marine Corps
(Marker on back)
Commissioned and Donated
by
Patrick F. Taylor, Cpl, USMCR
New Orleans, Louisiana — Map (db m6315) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Lot 70 Is Historically Significant |
| | During winter 1988/89, the area known as Lot 70 in James Stoddert’s 1718 survey will be the site of a historical archeological excavation.
In 1718, this lot was owned by Charles Carroll, grandfather of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who in 1734 leased the land to Phillip Syng, the renowned colonial metalsmith. Syng practised his trade here until 1759. During the 1760’s, the lot was sold to Allen Quynn who was a member of the House of Delegates and Mayor of Annapolis. By 1770, the lot had . . . — Map (db m2860) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Mabel F. Coppage Memorial Tree |
| | To
Mabel F. Coppage
President of Maryland Congress P.T.A.
1931-1937
Presented by her friends
in recognition of her unselfish service
and
loyal dedication to the Congress
February 21, 1937 — Map (db m6805) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Macedonian Monument |
| | [Front of Monument (Bronze Relief)]:
· Capture of the Macedonian ·
· The American Frigate United States ·
Commodore Stephen Decatur, cruising between the Azores and Cape Verde Islands on October 25, 1812, was sighted by the British frigate
· Macedonian ·
Captain John S. Carden, and the two ships joined action. A sanguinary fight was maintained, when after two hours, the Macedonian losing her mizzenmast and main topmast, became unmanageable and with 104 casualties out of a . . . — Map (db m7419) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Mann's Tavern |
| | site of the
Annapolis Convention
September 11-14, 1786
Just north of this building, facing main street, stood Mann’s Tavern where twelve delegates from five states met in 1786 to discuss commercial problems of the new nation. Their call for another convention in Philadelphia to render the government “adequate to the exigencies of the Union” resulted in the creation of
The Constitution of the United States of America.
This building, built as George Mann’s residence . . . — Map (db m6302) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maritime Annapolis: An Enduring Legacy |
| | From its earliest history until the 1920s, log canoes, merchant sailing ships, workboats, ferry and steam boats, comprised the majority of vessels in these waters. But after local businessmen developed marinas to accommodate pleasure craft, the landscape of the harbor began to change dramatically. Economic pressures priced the watermen out of much of the waterfront at the same time that pollution and over harvesting diminished the bounty of the Bay. With new roads connecting Annapolis to . . . — Map (db m19292) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maryland State House |
| | Built 1772–1779
Capitol of the United States November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784
In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary war and May 7, 1784 appointed Thomas Jefferson plenipotentiary. From here, September 14, 1786, the Annapolis convention . . . — Map (db m2864) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maryland State House — Built 1772–1779 |
| | Capitol of the United States November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784
In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War and May 7, 1784 appointed Thomas Jefferson plenipotentiary. From here, September 14, 1786, the Annapolis convention issued the call to the states that led to . . . — Map (db m6703) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maryland World War II Memorial |
| | [Marker Panel No. 1]:
Introduction
With their lives before them, they left everything – their families, their loved ones, the serenity and security of their homes – to fight for a just cause. They departed on a journey to places they had never heard of to confront dangers they could not imagine – and never wavered or faltered in their duty.
[Marker Panel No. 2]:
Dedication
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Maryland who served . . . — Map (db m14703) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Matthew Alexander Henson — Co-discoverer of the North Pole |
| | With Admiral Robert Peary April 6, 1909 Born:August 8, 1866 - Died: March 9, 1955
Son of Maryland Exemplification of courage, fortitude and patriotism, whose valiant deeds of noble devotion under the command of admiral Robert Edwin Peary, in pioneer arctic exploration and discovery, established everlasting prestige and glory for his state and country.
By the State of Maryland
J. Millard Tawes, Governor
The Board of Public Works
J. Millard Tawes, Governor
Louis L. Goldstein, . . . — Map (db m7023) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Memorial Circle & Market House Plaza |
| | Established 1977 by
the City of Annapolis
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Program Open Space
Maryland Commission on The Capital City
The Federated Garden Glubs of Maryland
John Apostol, Mayor — Map (db m6385) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument — Mexican War Monument |
| | [Southwest side of Monument]:
To passed Midshipmen
H. A. Clemson.
and
J. R. Hynson
lost with the U. S. Brig Somers
off Vera Cruz
Dec. 8th, 1816
[Northeast side of Monument]:
To Midshipmen
J. W. Pillsbury.
and
T. B. Shubrick.
the former drowned off Vera Cruz
July 27th, 1816
the latter killed at the Naval Battery
near Vera Cruz
March 25th, 1817
while in the discharge of their duties. — Map (db m7439) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Middleton Tavern |
| | Historic Tavern
Commemorating the role of taverns in the political and social life in our country
Middleton Tavern
Established 1750
Tavern Month, May 1970 — Map (db m6383) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Monument to the Battle of Midway |
| | [Front top]: Dedicated to the Preservation of the Memory of Midway
where one of the most decisive naval battles in military history was fought
June 4, 1942
The day when the American Spirit reached unparalleled heights and, in so doing, save democracy for the western world.
[Front, lower left]:
United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief
* Task Force 17 *
Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
Tactical Commander . . . — Map (db m6491) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — N* |
| | The N* commemorates
a Navy varsity athletic team
victory over Army
The Army-Navy rivalry
is the most revered competition
in intercollegiate athletics
* * *
As each team strives for excellence
on the field of competition,
may a higher degree of appreciation
and mutual respect evolve
between our nation's future leaders
Dedicated May 15, 2002 — Map (db m6471) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Norman Scott Natatorium — Named in honor of Rear Admiral Norman Scott, U.S. Navy — U.S.N.A. Class of 1911 |
| | Midshipman Scott was instrumental in introducing intercollegiate swimming at the Naval Academy in 1911.
Winner of Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Savo Island [sic] on the night of 12-13 November 1942. — Map (db m13755) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Old Treasury Building — Restored 1950 |
| | This is the oldest state building in Maryland. It was used by the commissioners for emitting bills of credit from 1730 to 1779; by the Treasurer of the Western Shore from 1779 to 1851; by the Maryland State Treasurer from 1852 to 1903; and has been used by the Maryland State Department of Education and others since that date.
The restoration of this building has been made possible through the interest of Wm. Preston lane, Jr., Governor of Maryland, 1946-1950; Dr. Morris L. Radoff, State . . . — Map (db m5427) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — On this site on November 25, 1960 |
| | On this site on November 25, 1960, the Annapolis citizens listed below held a "Sit-in" demonstration at the Terminal Restaurant to claim the right of all citizens to receive service. They acted as representatives of the local African American community with the support of the Annapolis chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality and the Anne Arundel County chapter of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People; Dr. Theodore H. Johnson, Jr., President. We dedicate this plaque . . . — Map (db m6189) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — One Hundredth Anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy |
| | Dedicated on the
One Hundredth Anniversary
of the founding of the
United States Naval Academy
in memory of its graduates
who have given their lives
in line of duty
while serving their country
10 October 1945 — Map (db m7415) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Pearl Harbor Survivors Association — In Memoriam |
| | [Front]:
To those members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, to perpetuate the memory of those who died that day and those who answer a "last muster call" since that "date of infamy." This event precipitated the United States' entry into World War II.
May they rest in eternal peace.
[Engraved near the base are the Seals of . . . — Map (db m7819) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Reynold's Tavern — Built 1737 |
| |
This tablet placed by the
Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter
Daughters of
the American Revolution
Annapolis, Maryland
Maryland Day, March 25, 1929 — Map (db m5428) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Roger Brooke Taney |
| | Chief Justice of the United States
of America.
Born March 17, 1777.
Commissioned March 15, 1836.
Died October 12, 1864.
[Right side of statue]:
Attorney General of the United States 1831.
[Left side of statue]:
Attorney General of Maryland 1827. — Map (db m6704) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Sacred to the Memory of Baron de Kalb |
| | Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit, Brigadier of the Armies of France and Major General in service of the United States of America.
Having served with honor and reputation for three years, he gave a last and glorious proof of his attachment to the liberties of mankind and the cause of America in the action near Camden in the state of South Carolina on the sixteenth of August, 1780. Where leading on the troops of the Maryland and Delaware lines against superior numbers and . . . — Map (db m2861) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Shiplap House — Circa 1715 |
| | One of the oldest surviving houses in Annapolis, Shiplap House served as a store and tavern in the eighteenth century. The house is named for the random-width flush siding (called shiplap) on the rear facade and northeast ell. The building now serves as the administrative offices of the Historic Annapolis Foundation. — Map (db m17690) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Site of Old Fort Severn |
| | Erected 1808.
Transferred to the Navy Department 1845.
Demolished 1909.
In memory of men who served at Fort Severn during the War of 1812. — Map (db m7739) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Site of the Annapolis City Gates — 1698-1790 |
| | All roads leading to this provincial capital, marked AA to guide the traveler, entered the city here beside the city gate house. A wooden fence, enclosing the city, kept out wandering cattle and "men of ill fame." Erected by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, Annapolis Committee. 1983 — Map (db m6190) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Site of the Methodist Church — 1789–1817 |
| | Francis Asbury, Father of American Methodism, founded a Methodist Society in Annapolis in 1777. They built a meeting house in 1785 within the present grounds of the Naval Academy. In 1789, the “Old Blue Church” moved to this site and house one of the earliest Methodist congregations in America. In 1818, they built a new church on State Circle at North Street where they worshipped for 155 years. — Map (db m2909) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Sons of the Revolution |
| | This monument honors unknown French soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the American War of Independence and were buried near here.
Dedicated by President Williams Howard Taft, April 18, 1911
"Our soldiers rest in hallowed ground in a friendly country. To the Sons of the Revolution I beg to express the gratitude of France." - Jean Jules Jusserand, Ambassador of France
The memory of their deeds will live forever. — Map (db m9277) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Southgate Memorial |
| | To the memory of Rev. William Scott Southgate, for thirty years rector of Saint Anne's Parish in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Born April 10, 1831. Died May 21, 1899.
Reverse side: Erected by the citizens of Annapolis and by his old parishioners to keep in rememberance a noble life. — Map (db m9289) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — St. Mary's City Cannon |
| | This cannon was brought from England
by the first settlers March 25, 1634
Mounted on the walls of the fort
at Old St. Mary's
Recovered from the St. Mary's River 1822
Presented to the state in 1840
by Rev. Joseph Carbery
This tablet is placed by
The Peggy Stewart Tea-Party Chapter
Daugthers of the American Revolution
of Annapolis, Maryland
"Maryland Day" March 25, 1908 — Map (db m7151) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — State House Square |
| | This square is named to commemorate the 200th anniversary on December 12, 1978, of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the state’s highest court. It encompasses Lawyers Street, shown on the earliest map of Annapolis (1718) connecting Publick Circle (now State Circle) with Tabernacle Street (now College Avenue).
The Maryland General Assembly, acting under the provisions of the state’s first constitution (1776), named the initial judges of the court on December 12, 1778 and, with Governor . . . — Map (db m2862) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Steamboats Give Way to the New Bay Bridge |
| | "There was a wharf where the steamboats came in. Right down at the foot of Prince George Street...The Tolchester boat used to come in and they'd pick up one thing or another, an dbring them all up Prince George Street. Cows, horses, whatever they were getting, pigs, everything came up the street...I always loved to go down to the wharf." - Margaret Moss Dowsett, Then Again...Annapolis, 1900-1965
The maiden voyage of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's Chesapeake, the . . . — Map (db m19290) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Still on Patrol — Courage Runs Deep |
| | U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 submarines still on "patrol"
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz, U.S.N.
I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to . . . — Map (db m6806) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Tecumseh |
| | Figurehead
of the
U.S.S.
Delaware
1817
Bronze Replica
Gift of the
Class of 1891 — Map (db m7470) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The Birthplace of Charles Carroll, Barrister |
| | The birthplace of Charles Carroll, Barrister, 1723 - 1783, colonial patriot and author of Maryland Bill of Rights. Built in 1722 by his father, Dr. Charles Carroll, Chirurgeon. Moved from its original location at Main and Conduit Streets through popular subscription to Historic Annapolis, Inc., in 1955. Restored by generous gifts to St. John's College. — Map (db m5420) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The General’s Highway |
| | Across the road stood the three mile oak under which General George Washington passed on his way to Annapolis December 19, 1783 to resign his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Armies. According to tradition, General Smallwood, General Gates and distinguished Annapolis citizens met Washington at this spot, three miles from the State House. General Lafayette, on his return to America to visit with friends of revolutionary days, passed here on December 17, 1824. A stone bearing . . . — Map (db m2875) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The Maryland Inn |
| | In 1712, Philemon Lloyd of a prominent family of the Maryland Eastern Shore, had a lot surveyed for him which was to be used by the drummer of the town. The drummer, an alternative to the town crier, was unique in Maryland. His duties were to convey public information through a variety of complex drumbeats. One of his duties was to call Maryland's General Assembly to session. If a member of the assembly failed to appear by the third drum roll, he was fined 100 pounds of tobacco. The drummer was . . . — Map (db m5422) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The Navy Mascot |
| | The Naval Academy has had a goat as its mascot since 1890 when, according to legend, on their march from the ferry station at Highland Falls up the steep hill to West Point to play the first Army-Navy football game, the Naval Cadets (as they were then known) saw a goat outside the noncoms' houses at West Point and promptly commandeered "Billy" for their mascot. Since that time the goat has remained as the recognized mascot of the U.S. Naval Academy. — Map (db m6465) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The Paddle Bell |
| | U. S. S. Paddle (SS 263) carried this bell throughout World War II. Similar bells were carried by all U. S. Submarines.
Upon this bell we toll the loss of 52 American submarines and crew of 3,621 officers and enlisted men who went down fighting during WW II.
Additionally, we recognize those lost during peace time operations:
U.S.S. Thresher (SSN 593) - 129 Crew
U.S.S. Scorpion (SSN 589) - 99 Crew
May the list end here
Sailor rest your oar — Map (db m6807) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The Sea Gate |
| | Presented to the U. S. Naval Academy
by
the Class of 1945
June 7, 1989
Dedicated to
all who have left these shores
to serve our Country — Map (db m6846) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — The United States Naval Academy Bridge |
| | A bridge has served this area since 1836 when a timber trestle bridge with a swing span was built across the Severn River. It was replaced with a concrete and steel low-level drawbridge in 1924. After more than 70 years it became necessary to replace the drawbridge. In recognition of this unique location in the State Capital, near the home of the United States Naval Academy and overlooking one of the most scenic rivers in the country, Governor William Donald Schaefer's Office of Art and Culture . . . — Map (db m22547) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — This Cannon |
| | This cannon of the type used in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, presented to St. John's College, the alma mater of Francis Scott Key, through the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter, D.A.R., and the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Commission, September 14, 1914. — Map (db m5425) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — This tablet |
| | Erected by the Peggy Stewart Tea Part Chapter, D.A.R., Marks the building in which Gen. Washington was entertained at dinner by the Congress of the United States on the 20th of December, 1783, when he came to Annapolis to resign his commission as Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army. Three of the the original walls remain.
Maryland day, March 25, 1914. — Map (db m6198) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Thurgood Marshall — 1908-1993 — Equal Justice Under Law |
| | [Inscription in dark circle on plaza deck.] Thurgood Marshall's first major victory in his life-long struggle for equality under the law for all Americans took place in the Maryland Court of Appeals which then stood near this memorial. In 1935, Marshall successfully argued for the admission of Donald Murray to the University of Maryland School of Law. This was the first step on the road to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in the United States Supreme Court in 1954 overturned the . . . — Map (db m7706) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Transportation on the Chesapeake Highway |
| | "...two Ferry boats were procured...we made the mouth of the Severn River but the ignorance of the People on board, with respect to the navigation of it run us aground first on Greenbury Point from whence with much exertion and difficulty we got off; & then, having no knowledge of the Channel and the night being immensely dark with heavy and variable squals of wind - constant lightning & tremendous thunder - we soon grounded again on what is called Hornes point..." - George Washington, . . . — Map (db m19289) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Triton Light |
| | (Upper Marker):
The globe within this monument contains water collected by the U.S.S. Triton (SSRN-586), from the twenty-two seas transited during the first submerged circumnavigation of the world in 1960.
(Lower Marker):
This light is dedicated to the safe return of all those who go down to the sea in ships. — Map (db m7475) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Trunk of the Three Mile Oak |
| | Upper Plaque: This oak tree planted in 1967 perpetuates the memory of the original Three Mile Oak which stood nearby as explained in the marker below.
Lower Plaque: Trunk of the Three Mile Oak Under this tree passed General George Washington December 19, 1783 on his way to Annapolis to resign his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Armies; and it is thought that General Smallwood accompanied by General Gates and distinguished citizens of Annapolis met General . . . — Map (db m2877) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Twin Oaks — Frederick Douglass Summer Home |
| | Designed by Frederick Douglass so that "As a free man I could look back across the bay to the land where I was born a slave". Built by Charles Remond Douglass. 1895 — Map (db m6173) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — USS Maryland — 1921 - 1946 |
| | Pearl Harbor ·
Tarawa ·
Roi-Namur ·
Palau ·
Leyte ·
Surigao Straits ·
Okinawa — Map (db m6803) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale — 1923 - 2005 |
| | [Panel 1:]
[Rendering of the Medal of Honor (U.S. Navy/Marine Corps)]
"Never give in; never give in; never, never, never--in nothing great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Sir Winston Churchill.
[Panel 2:]
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States . . . — Map (db m12972) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Vice Admiral William Porter Lawrence, USN |
| | [Panel 1:]
"Be first a person of honor."
Test Pilot - First to fly Mach II in Naval Aircraft
Korea, F2H Banshee
Vietnam, F-4 Phantom
Prisoner of War, Vietnam 1967-1973
Superintendent, United States Naval Academy
Commander, U.S. Third Fleet
Chief, U.S. Naval Personnel
[Panel 2:]
Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Silver Star(3)
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star with Combat V
Purple Heart (2)
Air . . . — Map (db m12997) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Watermen and Working Harbor |
| | More than a dozen oyster houses ringed the waterfront by the 1870s, some built out into the harbor on pilings. Throughout the winter, local watermen harvested shellfish from the Bay and sold their catch to the packing houses. Shuckers, many of whom lived nearby the dock, skillfully removed the oysters from their shells, filling thousands of buckets for the cannery. The Annapolis Canning Company, once located across the dock from where you are standing, shipped its processed oysters to markets . . . — Map (db m19291) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — White Oak |
| | Maryland's State Tree
Offspring of the
Wye Oak
Planted 1987 — Map (db m5426) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Zimmerman Bandstand |
| | Charles A. Zimmerman
USNA Band Master
1887 - 1916
Composer or "Anchors Aweigh" — Map (db m7412) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Arnold — Historic Annapolis |
| | Historic Annapolis. 5 miles. United States Naval Academy. — Map (db m2908) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Crofton — Birthplace of Johns Hopkins |
| | Founder of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Born May 19, 1795. Died December 24, 1873. — Map (db m2927) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Crownsville — Belvoir — (Scott’s Plantation) |
| | French troops under Count de Rochambeau made their 36th camp here September 16-17, 1781, enroute to Yorktown, Virginia. Most of the troops embarked from Annapolis, but the artillary marched to Georgetown to cross the Potomac River. — Map (db m2928) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Crownsville — Count de Rochambeau’s |
| | Count de Rochambeau’s troops marched over this road from Spurrier’s Tavern to “Scott’s Plantation” (Belvoir) on Sept. 16, 1781 on the way to Yorktown. Washington and Rochambeau had gone ahead Sept. 10–11 on the way to Mt. Vernon. — Map (db m2890) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Crownsville — Henry Baldwin |
| | Near this spot lies buried Henry Baldwin officer and engineer in the Revolutionary War 1777–1783. Charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Born Dec. 23, 1753 – Died Oct 15, 1793, at Rising Sun, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. — Map (db m2879) |
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