This marker, part of the Pennsylvania Avenue Heritage Trail, is located at the intersection of Eutaw Place and West Lafayette Avenue on Eutaw Place. The panels detail early civil rights action by local churches, the NAACP and others.
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Located on the campus of Anne Arundel Community College, the monument stands in front of a crescent-shaped wall built into a hillside between the college’s fine arts and technology buildings. The wall displays some of King’s inspirational quotes.
The Commemorative for Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland is an immersive art experience that honors the story of resilience and creative problem-solving that defined the lives of the enslaved individuals that once lived in St. Mary's City.
First free school for Anne Arundel County mandated by colonial legislature in 1723. Additions c. 1800 and 1820. c. 1820-period furnishings, materials and artifacts.
Naval training center which played an important part in World War II as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. Also on site was a naval Academy Preparatory School, which prepared men for the Naval Academy.
The church was established in 1793. The cemetery is the final resting place for Dr. Samuel Mudd, the man who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg the morning after Booth assassinated President Lincoln.
This is where Underground Railroad operatives and enslaved people fleeing their bonds were jailed. This site is on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
Enslaved Joseph Cornish escaped on a vessel on the Choptank River from Gilpin's Point. He stopped in Philadelphia and told his story to William Still. Still offered him food and rest and sent him to New York and then Canada. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
This area is part of the former Anthony C. Thompson "Poplar Neck" plantation where Harriet Tubman conducted several escape missions during the 1850's. Access the bridge from the Choptank Marina. This site is on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway audio tour and has a byway interpretive marker. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.
Henry Highland Garnet was born enslaved here on the "Darby" plantation. At the age of seven, in 1822, he fled with his family and several other enslaved men. Garnet became a famous abolitionist and preacher, the first black minister to preach to the U.S. House of Representatives. A National Park Service Network to Freedom site.