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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 4298459, member: 17073&quot;]Hey all. I live in Virginia and yesterday the Governor issued an Executive Order to &quot;Stay at Home.&quot; I&#039;m retired Navy so I&#039;ve been trying to do that anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope most are also heeding that warning as much as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Figured I&#039;d share some history to take our minds off of current events for now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1094085[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1094088[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1094089[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Above courtesy of the <i>Maryland Manual</i>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“MARYLAND TERCENTENARY COMMISSION</p><p><br /></p><p>Act 1929, Chapter 470 </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To consider plans for the appropriate observance by the State of the Tercentenary of the founding of Maryland and to submit a full report with its recommendations to the General Assembly of 1931. Members of the Commission include: </p><p><br /></p><p>Name and address</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mathew Page Andrews, 849 Park Avenue, Baltimore’.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. Joseph J. Ayd, S. J., Loyola College.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arthur Barneveld Bibbins, 201 Park Avenue, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Van Lear Black, Fidelity Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. Carroll T. Bond, 1125 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>William H. Buckler, 1 Bardwell Road, Oxford, England.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. W. Cabell Bruce, Buxton.</p><p><br /></p><p>George R. Callis, Jr., Hearst Tower Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Ridgely Carter, Morgan &amp; Company, Paris, France.</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry W. Catlin, 5 Gramercy Park, New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edward S. Delaplaine, Frederick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. Samuel K. Dennis, Court House, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elliott E. Dent, Equitable Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard M. Duvall, 16 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Swepson Earle, 512 Munsey Building, Baltimore</p><p><br /></p><p>Jacob Epstein, American Wholesale Corporation, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Henry M. Fitzhugh, Westminster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. Eli Frank, Court House, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. John W. Garrett, South and Redwood Streets, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Baltimore Trust Co., Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Hays Hammond, 2221 Kalorama Road, Washington, D. C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Reuben Ross Holloway, The Greenway, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. J. Spence Howard, 1122 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, 11 W. Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>George C. Jenkins, Abell Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. John H. Latane, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Benjamin Blandy Lee, Victor Building, Kansas City, Mo.</p><p><br /></p><p>M. Hampton Magruder, Upper Marlboro.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. James M. Magruder, Annapolis</p><p><br /></p><p>William L. Marbury, Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Frances H. Markell, Frederick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Frederick Irving Mosher, 4202 Penhurst Ave., Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>John J. Nelligan, 9 South Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Waldo Newcomer, Baltimore St. and Hopkins Place, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Herbert Noble, 115 Broadway, New York City.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sidney L. Nyburg, First National Bank Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Charles O’Donovan, 5 E. Read Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. T. Scott Offutt, Towson.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Frank Onion, 1218 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hon. F. Neal Parke, Westminster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Raymond Patenotre, Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, Penna.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. J. Hall Pleasants, 201 Longwood Road, Roland Park, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>George L. Radcliffe, Fidelity &amp; Deposit Company, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Daniel R. Randall, Keyser Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Hester Dorsey Richardson, 2127 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Mary E. W. Risteau, Sharon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Florence P. Sadtler, 2605 N. Charles Street, Baltimore</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Frank B. Scrivener, 105 E. Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mrs. Edward Shoemaker, 1031 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark O. Shriver, 607 St. Paul Street, Baltimore</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert S. Shriver, 65 Broad Street, New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert F. Skutch, 419 N. Charles St., Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>DeCourcy W. Thom, Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Elizabeth Chew Williams, 108 E. 39th Street, Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lawrence P. Williams, Wynne.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Woodward, 11 Nassau Street, New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>This timely contribution to the Tercentenary Celebration of the founding of our Commonwealth is the most important study of the period that has yet appeared and is by far the best work that Mr. Andrews has yet done. It should have a place in every public library and should be patronized by everyone interested in our local history. The work was sympathetically reviewed in the Evening Sun of December 9th.”<b>1</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1.</b> <b><i>The Founding of Maryland</i>, Baltimore. Andrews, Matthew, 1879-1947, The Williams &amp; Wilkins Company.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1094091[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Tercentennial Celebration. Courtesy of <i>Historic St. Mary’s City</i>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy. Much more to follow. May take me a week to post all of my history lesson.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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