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Historic St. Mary's City
September 20, 2009
From Richmond, VA, Chesapeake Semester students entered back into the great state of Maryland via 301 North to arrive in Lexington Park. The following days exploration took them to Historic St. Mary's City where they were able to visit the reconstructed past of Maryland's first capital including the St John's Site Museum. They finished up with a quick glance out over the Bay at Point Look Out of Scotland, MD.
Click to enlarge photos by Mike Hardesty '05.
Visitor's center of Historic St. Mary's City
Laura Lazenby '11 looks on at an exhibit in the visitor's center.
Students are guided to the reconstructed church chapel that is believed to be originally built in ca. 1667 under the direction of the Calvert Family.
Historic St Mary's City guide Pete Himmelheber explains the reconstruction process and significance of the church. It will become officially open to the public in October.
Students then proceed to the center of historic St. Mary's City where they visit other reconstructed structures.
Excavations near the Calvert mansion that are currently being conducted. Archeologists were not present over the weekend.
Students visit a reconstructed printing press that once stood at the site and learn the tedious nature of the basic printing process during the 1600s.
Dr. Seidel takes a moment to explore a map hung in the reconstructed capital building with Dan Danko '11 and Benji Duke '12.
The Dove, a replicated 17th century trade vessel that represents one of the original vessels that arrived at St. Mary's in 1634
Mutiny.
Chesapeake Semester Students walking and humming the tune to Fleetwood Mac's "Never Break the Chain."
Next Stop: St. John's Museum located adjacent to St. Mary's College campus.
The museum was recently erected to replicate the home of Maryland's first provincial secretary, John Lewger. It was originally erected in 1638.
Interesting exhibit from the St. John's Museum.
Next stop: Point Look Out, an historic site that once was the locations of a Union prison that housed Confederate prisoners of war.
Point Look Out
A view from atop the Point Look Out Light House.
Benji Duke '10 with a tangled ball of fishing line.
From St. John's Site Museum
