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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ridge, Maryland

 
Clickable Map of St. Mary's County, Maryland and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg St. Mary s County, MD (403) Calvert County, MD (210) Charles County, MD (158) Dorchester County, MD (165) Somerset County, MD (75) Northumberland County, VA (56) Westmoreland County, VA (115)  St.Mary'sCounty(403) St. Mary's County (403)  CalvertCounty(210) Calvert County (210)  CharlesCounty(158) Charles County (158)  DorchesterCounty(165) Dorchester County (165)  SomersetCounty(75) Somerset County (75)  NorthumberlandCountyVirginia(56) Northumberland County (56)  WestmorelandCounty(115) Westmoreland County (115)
Leonardtown is the county seat for St. Mary's County
Ridge is in St. Mary's County
St. Mary's County (403)  ►
ADJACENT TO ST. MARY'S COUNTY
Calvert County (210)  ►
Charles County (158)  ►
Dorchester County (165)  ►
Somerset County (75)  ►
Northumberland County, Virginia (56)  ►
Westmoreland County, Virginia (115)  ►
 
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1 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — Archdiocese of Washington Slavery Acknowledgement — ✝ —
. . . — — Map (db m297216) HM
2 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — History of Cardinal Gibbons Institute —
In November 1916, three Catholic priests, Fathers LaFarge, Emerick, and Matthews met with blacks from St. Mary’s county to discuss their plans to have a national industrial school. In May 1917, land was acquired for this school. Archbishop James . . . — — Map (db m128947) HM
3 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — In Memory of Benjamin Biscoe — 1848 - 1915 —
Donor of the original acre for St. Peter Claver's Parish — — Map (db m297197) HM
4 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — St. Peter Claver Catholic Church Complex —
This complex is part of the Jesuit St. Inigoes mission and erupted out of the indignity of racial discrimination toward Black parishioners. The complex included: Sodality Church and Hall (1901); St. Peter Claver Elementary School (1916); St. . . . — — Map (db m297191) HM
5 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — Sodality Hall —
A sodality is a society dedicated to charitable work within a church. Sodality, in the Catholic Church comes from the Latin word "Sodalis" being a organization of companions and friends. Around 1900, after the move from St. . . . — — Map (db m297195) HM
6 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Ridge — Veterans Memorial —
Their glory shall never fade — — Map (db m297551) WM
 
 
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Oct. 27, 2026