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Message:: [QUOTE="leeg, post: 4300636, member: 17073"][ATTACH=full]1094526[/ATTACH] “One of the Charming Old Churches of Southern Maryland. Trinity P. E. Church, St. Mary’s City, Md., was built in 1829, from bricks of the Old State House erected in 1676. The altar, communion rail and lectern were carved from wood of the old mulberry tree under which the Colonists assembled in 1634 to establish the Provincial Government. Courtesy of B & O Magazine, May 1934, p. 10. Some minor confusion has arisen with regard to the commemoration of Maryland’s Tercentenary. It has been due to the fact that Maryland has, in a sense, several ‘birthdays,’ three of which have already been celebrated. But these celebrations have been in the nature of preliminaries; the anniversary of the formal establishment of the Province is the great event that is to be fittingly commemorated this year. . . The Tercentenary commemoration of the main event—the formal establishment of the government of the new Province—might have followed, logically or chronologically, upon March 27; but the Tercentenary Commission reached a unanimous conclusion that it would be better to postpone the date of celebration because of unpropitious weather conditions, especially in a rural community. The celebration was, therefore, set for June, and more recently fixed for June 15-16. On the 15th it is proposed to hold all dedicatory exercises by the different patriotic societies, followed by formal addresses on the morning of the 16th; and a water spectacle and historical pageant in the afternoon. At the time of writing, preliminary steps have been taken towards arranging for pageantry on an extensive scale to be presented at the municipal stadium in the latter part of September. If the plans under contemplation are found to be feasible, the spectacle provided at that time will exceed in dignity, distinction and originality any pageantry yet presented in America; and Baltimore alone, as the metropolis of the State, is able to do this on a scale commensurate with the occasion. Moreover, Baltimore is able to entertain the thousands of ‘exiled’ sons and daughters, who may come back to their native State to renew old ties and help commemorate her 300th birthday. With them we may well expect thousands of visitors, and Maryland will be well justified in a proper effort to capitalize her history, and the city its present position of leadership among her sister municipalities in the soundness of its business administration.”2 2. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, Maryland’s Three-Hundredth Birthday, Marked by Celebrations of Several Important Events, by Mathew Page Andrews, May 1934, p. 10. “The State of Maryland is celebrating its Tercentenary this year, and the Maryland Yacht Club its silver jubilee, and Governor Albert C. Ritchie, for the State, and Howard W. Jackson, Mayor of Baltimore, have authorized the coordination of spectacular features of the two events into one mammoth water celebration on August 10, 11 and 12. More than 300 men and women have agreed to race their boats in the waters near Baltimore on these dates, starting on Friday morning at 11:00 a. m., and concluding on Sunday evening with a pageant of brilliantly decorated yachts and boats. Merchants and manufacturers along the entire waterfront will decorate their wharves, docks, buildings, etc., with flags and bunting and colored lights. Seaplanes and airplanes will hover overhead by day and night. The United States Army, Navy and Coast Guard will be represented. Foreign governments are expected to participate. The railroads are making arrangements for excursions with special rates within a radius of a thousand miles of Baltimore, and hope in that way to attract a large amount of business to their lines. Employers who are boat enthusiasts themselves, and in close touch with boating activities in their territories, will undoubtedly be interested in bringing this event to the attention of their friends. It may mean a good deal of passenger business for our line, and there is also the possibility of freight hauls in the transportation of boats to and from the scene of the races. Our facilities at tidewater in Baltimore are unequaled for this purpose. Further information may be obtained from J. R. Hayes, city passenger agent, Baltimore.”3 3. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, Mammoth Water Carnival. Hundreds of Boats will Race in Baltimore Waters in August.  May 1934, p. 11. [ATTACH=full]1094532[/ATTACH] Invitation In Connection With The Maryland Tercentenary. An invitation to ‘the ceremonies incident to the acceptance by The State of Maryland of a gift of a statue 'Freedom of Conscience' Hans Schuler, sculptor’ in Saint Mary's city. Hans Schuler was a notable sculptor of the time and also designed the Maryland commemorative half dollar. Courtesy Stacks Bowers Galleries. “p. 351 – November 13th, 1933.--. . . p. 352. The Maryland Tercentenary Commission has extended to this Society (Maryland Historical Magazine) a cordial invitation to be present on the 22nd of November, at 2:30 P. M.., at the War Memorial to hear the broadcast from Cowes, England and the answer to be returned by Gov. Ritchie, and a word of greeting from President Roosevelt, all in connection with the unveiling at Cowes by the Maryland born Lord Fairfax of the tablet which is being placed in honor of the sailing of the ‘Ark’ and the Dove. . .’ Subsequently to the unveiling, November 22, 1933, of the tablet in the shelter at The Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, with a celebration thereof in Baltimore City, there will be exercises at Blackiston (St. Clement’s) Island on March 25, 1934, to commemorate the first landing on Maryland soil. Trade with the Indians was carried on in the currency of the natives – peag and Roanoke. Peag consisted of small, polished cylinders made out of clam or mussel shells, pierced for stringing. Roanoke consisted of bits of flat shell also pierced for stringing. At the right above is shown a reproduction of an old drawing of the original mulberry tree where now stands the Leonard Calvert monument. The map of St. Mary’s County, prepared by Mr. J. Spence Howard, and here reproduced for the first time, shows sites of historic interest connected with the founding of Maryland. Besides the brief notations appended to the map, the cartographer supplies the following comments: Mulberry Fields was built by Captain William Somerville, who at one time owned Sotterly, Maryland, and Stratford, Virginia. Porto Bello is linked with Mt. Vernon in both history and tradition. St. Inigoes Manor adjoins Cross Manor, which was Captain Cornwallis’ residence in 1650, and is now the oldest house in Maryland. Calvert’s Rest, built about 1665, was the home of William Calvert, the only son of the first Governor. Along the Three Notch Road and the Patuxent River are found De la Brooke, the home of Anne Calvert, only daughter, who married Baker Brooke; Sotterly, the home of Governor Paca and the Briscoe family; Cremona, at Trent Hall; Mattapany, the home of the ‘widow Sewall’, who married Charles, third Lord Baltimore; also Susquehanna, the home of Christopher Rousby and the Carrolls. Within the bounds of St. Mary’s County there are at least one hundred houses dating back two hundred years or more. The majority of these old houses were built on estates beside the ample water courses so distinctive of Southern Maryland. Since modern travel has shifted from ships to automobiles, markers set along the roadside will indicate the location of in relationship to the State highways. For the convenience of visitors, arrangements have been made to widen the roads, prepare new approaches, and adorn those portions of the highway that pass through the site of the first capital of the Province.[/QUOTE]

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