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 HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS AND ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Dating back to the mid-17th century, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County have a long and illustrious history. As you walk along the quaint, brick-laid streets of Annapolis, you will experience her rich architectural past. In fact, Annapolis boasts more surviving colonial buildings than any other city in America. ANNAPOLIS HOTELS Founded in 1649 by a group of Virginia Puritans lured by religious tolerance, Anne Arundel Town became the capital city of proprietary Maryland in 1695 and was renamed Annapolis, in honor of Princess Anne, heiress to the English throne. MARYLAND HOTELS By the 18th century, Annapolis was a lively cultural and social center for the Mid-Atlantic area. All four Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence had town homes in the city – William Paca, Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll. Their residences have all been preserved and three of the homes are open to the public. William Paca’s home features the only two-acre 18th-century pleasure garden of its kind in the country. The Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol building in the United States in continuous legislative use. It served as the nation’s first peacetime capitol from November 1783 to August, 1784. You can still see the original Old Senate Chamber where General George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1783 and where Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially recognizing the independence of the American colonies from Britain. The Kunta Kinte – Alex Haley Memorial on City Dock commemorates the arrival of Kunta Kinte, a young African from the The Gambia, who, according to Alex Haley’s novel Roots, was sold into slavery in Annapolis. Haley’s research identifies the slave ship the Lord Ligonier, which sailed into Annapolis on September 29, 1767. Today, the Kunta Kinte – Alex Haley Memorial is believed to be the only memorial in the United States to commemorate the arrival of an enslaved African. St. John’s College is our country’s third-oldest school. St. John’s includes among its illustrious alumni Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner. During the Civil War, the college served as a military hospital. It was also the site where 122 County slaves enlisted in the US Color Troops in 1864. History spills over into Anne Arundel County. Just south of Annapolis is Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, where archeologists are uncovering history daily as they find the original building sites of the 18th century town of London. Visitors can tour the William Brown House, built in the early 1700s, and walk through eight acres of woodland gardens. The community of Highland Beach is home to Twin Oaks, summer cottage of famed abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass. Highland Beach was founded in 1893 by Frederick Douglass’ son, Charles, and is America’s oldest black resort community. The Frederick Douglass Museum & Cultural Center, housed in Twin Oaks, is open by appointment. Located on the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis & Anne Arundel County have an intense maritime heritage that is still evident in modern life. Annapolis, America’s Sailing Capital, is home to the US Naval Academy with its 4,000-strong Brigade of Midshipmen. The Annapolis Maritime Museum, located in Eastport, is dedicated to keeping that maritime history alive. In the South County town of Shady Side, The Captain Salem Avery House depicts the life of 19th century Chesapeake Bay watermen. Another Annapolis highlight is the State’s official repository for African-American history at the Banneker-Douglass Museum. Further south are the quaint watermen towns of Galesville where the Heritage Museum will be found, Deale and Shady Side. Here, workboats bring home the bounty of the bay and families from the big city of Washington come to enjoy the summer breezes. Southern Anne Arundel County is also home to the Presidential Pet Museum in Lothian. Popular sites in the county’s Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) Gateway Community include: one of the top three shopping attractions in the nation, Arundel Mills Mall; the National Cryptologic Museum; and the Benson-Hammond House. Opportunities for shopping, boating, and exploring history and the rural countryside abound in Anne Arundel County. MARYLAND HOTELS Photo: Ego Alley, Annapolis – Photo courtesy Annapolis & Anne Arundel County CVB |
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