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Tidewater TimesApril 2012
Tom & Debra CrouchBenson & Mangold Real Estate
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Tidewater TimesSince 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland
Features:About the Cover Photographer: Mary Konchar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Courtship Flights: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Model Boats with Surgical Precision: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . 23Cape Town, South Africa: Bonna Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Delmarva Railroads - The Later Years: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . 55Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77The Other Side of the Bay: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, EditorP. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601
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Vol. 60, No. 11 April 2012
Departments:April Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129April Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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Mary Konchar’s lifelong love of outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, boating, and the explo-ration of native flora and fauna sparked her interest in nature photography. Her work has been influenced by Joe and Mary Mc-Donald, Art Wolfe, Frans Lanting, John Shaw, Freeman Patterson, Rod Planck, Jim Zuckerman, Tim Fitzharris and Nancy Rotenberg, among others.
While Mary conducts much of her work in or around Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge – near her current home in Cambridge, Maryland – she also canvasses other Maryland locations, her native state of West Virginia, and favorite locations across the country that include Shenandoah National Park and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Vir-ginia; Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges in Delaware; Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Montana/Wyoming; and the Bear River National Wildlife Refuge in Utah. She was the Photographer in Residence at Canaan Valley NWR in West Virginia during June and October this year.
Mary’s photographs have been
About the Cover PhotographerMary Konchar
exhibited in galleries and shows at several Maryland locations, and they are also included in several of the displays at Blackwater NWR Visitor Center and at Patuxent NWR.
Her work is for sale through direct contact at [email protected], the Blackwater NWR Gift Shop, and other Eastern Shore locations. You may view some of her work online at http://photo.net/photos/MaryKonchar.
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Courtship Flightsby
Helen ChappellBy the time you read this, the bald
eagles will be settled on their nests, patiently sitting on their eggs. Or getting ready to, putting together one of those giant messes of twigs, bits and pieces and even the odd T-shirt or bit of fishing net.
If you’re lucky or interested enough to be in the right place at the right time, you may have seen the courtship flight of eagles. It’s a breathtaking sight, even for the most jaded among us. The mating pair soars high in the sky, catching the currents of air, wings spread as they face each other in free fall, locking their talons together. They mate for life. It’s such a sight of air and grace, words don’t really do it justice. You just have to see it. It’s ballet.
I will say it makes mammal mat-ing look dull and awkward. No wonder we dream of flying!
If you get a chance, go down to Blackwater National Wildlife Ref-uge and check out the eagles. They have several nesting pairs now, and they’re absolutely spectacular to watch.
Since their comeback from near extinction caused by DDT, the population has been steadily grow-ing. Sighting an eagle is no longer a great rarity, as it was in my child-
hood, when the whole household and the neighbors all turned out with binoculars at the sighting of a single bird. That’s a good thing, be-cause raptors are pretty cool birds.
This winter, through no effort of my own, I was able to get up close and personal for a while with a trio of eagles. To absolutely no one’s surprise, someone had struck and killed a deer on one of the back roads I take into town. The carcass lay in a field beside the road, nicely preserved in the chill weather.
It only took about a day for a pair of eagles to find the dead deer, and then they were all over it like a starving truck driver given a two-pound T-bone steak.
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When you see bald eagles up close, they’re huge! At least they look huge, compared to buzzards. And you suddenly realize these are the real thing, white-headed, white-tailed, yellow-eyed eagles with the wingspread of oh, say, the beam of a small pickup. They have these huge, curved yellow beaks and sharp talons that could tear you apart like a wet Kleenex. I mean, they look like big, tough birds, and you can see where raptors are de-scended from those gigantic, nasty dinosaurs. It’s an oh wow moment when you are eyeball to yellow, un-blinking, mean eyeball with nature.
One of them would soar away when you approached in your car, while the other one just glared at you, daring you to try, just try to get yourself a piece of that dead deer meat. Tearing away a string of red flesh with that curved beak, that eagle would just hover over the shredded carcass, glaring at you, just daring you to make a move.
This happened every time I drove by. You’d think, after a few times, they’d realize no human was go-ing to mess with them, and people would just stop to look at them, for heaven’s sake. Rubberneckers try-ing to get a good study of eagles in the wild. No one in their right mind was going to get out of the car and actually cross the ditch and mess with them, even the juvenile.
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I suppose the kid was tagging along with the parents because he or she was a late bloomer who hadn’t quite learned to make it on its own. What was going to hap-pen when the new nest was built and this year’s eggs were laid, I don’t know. I’m not a naturalist. Maybe the juvenile would finish molting into his or her adult mat-ing plumage and find a mate by spring. Or sleep on the couch in the basement of the nest, playing video games and going to Comic-Con 2012.
Even in molt, eagles are fierce looking. You can see why some mem-bers of the founding fathers wanted
the eagle to be the national bird.Benjamin Franklin, who was a bit
of a wise old owl himself, voted for the wild turkey. Eagles, he pointed out, were scavengers who lived off dead and dying animals, and were foul tempered to boot. Franklin would be pleased to see that the wild turkey, once extinct in this part of the world, has been reintroduced and made an amazing comeback.
On the same back road where I encountered the eagles this win-ter, I often see a turkey flock. It started with a gobbler and one or two hens and, over the years, when I’ve spotted them grazing on bugs and acorns by the woods, the num-ber has grown to about twenty, and that’s just the ones I can see.
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Turkeys are now prevalent on the back roads of Delmarva.
Wild turkeys are not only much smarter than their domesticated Thanksgiving cousins, they’re also much more attractive, with a deep brown and black mottled plumage with a stately, almost Margaret Du-mont society matron stride.
They roost in the trees at night, but during mating season you can see them out and about as the dar-ing young men display their full mating plumage to attract the la-dies. Every turkey cock lives to have a harem, and the competition for the ladies is intense.
The gobbler will strut his stuff for a few paces, then let loose the full
Courtship Flights glory of his display; his tail feathers spread open, fan-like, shimmering with rainbow colors, to impress the ladies with his machismo.
Gobblers will also fight and squabble with each other over women and territory, which is as unappealing as the aggression of the eagle. But, as Franklin pointed out, the turkey is smarter, cleverer and much better eating than the eagle. So he might have had a good point there.
At this time of the year, as the sap rises, so does the testosterone, and we may also see that unique mammal, the adolescent male, in full breeding plumage on the back road. Like the turkey, he will pay
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attention to his grooming, and like the eagle, he will seek to engage the attention of the adolescent female, also in full breeding plumage with feats and derring do.
Instead of pheromones, the adolescent male can be detected before he’s spotted by the power-ful odor of Ax Body Spray and the
roar of his shiny pickup truck.Ah, spring! A time of romance
for fish, fowl and mammal.
Helen Chappell is the creator of the Sam And Hollis mystery series and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Bald-win, she has published a number of historical novels.
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Easton Man Makes Model Boatswith Surgical Precision
byDick Cooper
The Helen T. sits on display.
The skipjack on jackstands in the middle of a working boatyard is an impressive sight. A ladder leans up against its side to allow workmen on board. A stack of lumber and a bas-ket of tools are on hand for making repairs. The dredges hooked to the winder on the deck are masterfully constructed of chain links and wo-ven rope ready to pull oysters from the Chesapeake Bay.
What is equally impressive is that
the entire vessel and shipyard are under glass and on display in Ed and Helen Thielers’ Easton living room.
It took Ed, a retired orthopedic surgeon, a little over two years to make the Helen T. (named for his wife) from a single, 10-foot-long plank of Ponderosa pine. Every-thing, the mast and boom, all of the planking, the block and tackle, the ornate name boards, the slid-ing hatches and the bilge pumps,
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all came from that plank. “I made everything except for the shovel,” he says pointing to the miniature oyster shovel on deck. “I found that in a doll house.”
The Helen T. is just one of the several museum-quality models Ed has built over the years that are on display around the Thielers’ home in the woods. Ed said he has taken most of his guidance from the books of naval architect and Chesapeake icon Howard I. Chapelle. He had an architectural firm take the lines of a skipjack from one of Chapelle’s books and convert them to a scale of one-inch to one-foot.
“I have built all of my models on
that scale,” he says. “When you are building models of 15- to 20-foot boats, they are not that big, but when you build a skipjack, you get one this big.”
Rather than mounting his boats on brass pylons to show them off, he makes semi-dioramas that portray the boat at work, whether it is fish-ing, crabbing, oystering or gunning. Each display has a story to tell. The tiny waterman steering the Smith Island crab skiff is fashioned after an old island friend who helped him with the details of the boat. The friend is a New York Yankees fan; that’s why the figure is wearing a Yankees ball cap.
Ed has immersed himself in the history of the boats, as well as their
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Model Boatsuses. The wonderful display of the Sea Bright skiff, a lightweight fish-ing boat used on the New Jersey shore in the 1880s, is complete with a fisherman loading his catch into woven oak baskets on a big-wheeled hand cart. The baskets are a little bigger than a thimble.
“These baskets were ubiquitous,” he says. “They were made in New Egypt, New Jersey, near the Pine-lands and were hand-woven out of strips of white oak.” To make the replicas, Ed had to learn how to weave tiny strips of wood over a mold just like the craftsmen did, but to scale. He found the instructions on the Internet. His attention to de-
tail shows in the cart tracks and the fisherman’s footprints in the sand.
The Thielers, natives of the Phila-delphia area, had lived in New Jersey for years while Ed worked in his medical practice. He says that before they moved to the Eastern Shore he started model-making in a shop he set up in a second-floor room of their home.
After he retired in 1993, they lived aboard their boats, f irst a 39-foot sailboat and then a 38-foot powerboat at Schooner’s Landing in Oxford.
“We were boat people,” Helen says.
It was in Oxford that Ed met Law-rence and Jimmy Murphy from Til-ghman and worked with them while
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they were restoring their skipjack, the Thomas Clyde. Ed says he was used to seeing a skipjack blocked up in the yard being worked on, and that is where he got the idea for his display of the Helen T.
The Thielers spent time looking for the right house. “We were look-ing for a smaller place, something
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When they finally found their home, it came with a guest house. The exterior was finished, but the interior of the small house behind their home was an unfinished blank slate for Ed’s dream shop.
The shop was a home hobby-
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Detail of a Sea Bright skiff. Notice the wagon tracks and footprints in the sand.
ist’s dream space. Power saws are mounted on a bench on one side, and a paint and varnish bench is on the other. He has a small drafting table for lofting his boat designs, f luorescent light to keep it bright and a wood stove to keep it toasty on the coldest winter day. It is full of the tools and toys needed to produce the high-end models Ed turns out.
One thing that stands out in the shop is the scale of everything. The “lumber pile” is a stack of sheets and small blocks of wood. Even the pow-er tools are tiny, with thin blades meant to cut tight angles. A large part of his hand tools are remnants of his medical profession, with he-mostats and pin pullers now serving as woodworking instruments.
Ed’s work has not gone unnoticed, and he has won awards at several competitions. A half-dozen “First Place” plaques are mounted on the shop walls. One of his models
Ed Thieler with one of his early models of a schooner.
is on display at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has his scale replica of their f lagship, Stanley Norman. Visitors to CBF’s headquarters outside Annapolis can see his double-ender skiff hanging in the foyer. At 10 feet long, it is the largest boat he has ever built. He is currently restoring a tugboat model from CBMM’s collection.
CBMM Curator Pete Lesher says he had previously enlisted Ed’s help in restoring other models including one of a Baltimore Fire Boat because he was impressed by Ed’s skills and attention to minute detail. “What Ed brings to the table is that he does his own research. He found several photos of the Fire Boat and was able to determine that the model maker had a deck fitting wrong and the model wasn’t built to scale.”
In his shop, he is well into the
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build of a cabin skiff, a St. Michaels oystering boat from the days before gasoline engines replaced sails on workboats.
“I asked Pete for an idea for a new boat, and he walked over and pulled out a book and said, ‘How about a cabin skiff?’”
Ed explains that for years, St. Michaels watermen oystered from log canoes, returning home every day. After the Miles River bars were depleted, they needed a bigger boat to go farther out into Eastern Bay to find new oyster beds.
“It was a two-man, two-day boat with a cabin and a stove,” Ed says. The model on his bench is just that,
The cabin skiff is a work in progress.
complete with a small vent for the stove on the cabin top and an intri-cately constructed companionway door. Ed made the oyster tongs on its deck as a diversion from build-ing the boat.
“I know I am f inished with a model when I can’t think of any more detail to add,” Ed says. “Then it’s time to move on.”
Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Mi-chael s, Mar yland. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Beaches, Lions, Mountains & WineMy Cape Town, South Africa, Adventure
byBonna L. Nelson
“How about a cup of Rooibos tea or a glass of Pinotage?” I asked our guests before my trip to Cape Town, South Africa (SA). In preparation for one of my “bucket list” trips, I immersed myself in all things South African – the tea, the wine, the mu-sic, the books....
Rooibos, pronounced “ray-boss,” tea is made from the leaves of the native SA Rooibos plant. When brewed, the red tea has a natural, sweet taste and tantalizing aroma. I had a cup every morning during my three-week trip, and I am drinking a cup as I write this story. After all, I wouldn’t be able to finish if I was drinking the Pinotage!
In my pre-trip research I learned that South Africa is famed for its wines, and I was glad that a trip to a few vineyards was on our itiner-ary. I sampled some of the wines before I left home, and at tastings at vineyards near Cape Town, and continue to enjoy it at home. My two favorites are Pinotage, a red wine, and a Chenin Blanc/South Af-rican Chardonnay white wine blend. Pinotage is a grape that is unique to South Africa, a blend of pinot noir and cinsaut grapes. My friends love the white wine for its exotic cheetah
print on the “herding cats” label.As for music , Paul S imon’s
“Graceland” album made the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo famous. The South African group has record-ed over thirty albums since, and has come to represent the traditional culture and music of SA. World music enthusiasts, like me, enjoy their vocal harmonies and mix of Zulu, Christian choral, and African storytelling styles.
No amount of reading could pre-pare me for the astonishing scenic
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beauty and warmth that is Cape Town, SA. The joyful people, amaz-ing mountains, endless beaches, delicious wine and food, interesting museums, exotic markets and wild animals are the irresistible attrac-tion. The city, which is one of the most multicultural in the world, is located on a peninsula of soaring, rocky heights and lush valleys, not far from where the Atlantic and Indian oceans converge.
I have frequently traveled with Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) International Studies Pro-grams. Travelers include profes-sors, students, alumnae and friends of the university. I enjoy the trips
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The academic focus of the trip to Cape Town, SA, was nursing. I traveled with NDMU’s Global Nurs-ing Program. Of the thirteen in our group, ten were nurses, including the professor, Barbara Friend, who was our trip leader. The nurses had a total of 167 years of nursing experience, and nine of the nurses were taking the trip for RN or MSN course credit, with volunteer work and site visits included on the itin-erary. With two doctors, husbands of a student and a traveler, I knew that if I, the only non-medical
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person on the trip, had a medical emergency, I was in good Company.
We collected medical supplies and items for the pediatric and geriatric populations that we would visit during the trip. The volunteer sites that we visited and donated to included the largest pediatric hospital on the African continent, treating children from some of the poorest areas of Cape Town and beyond.
We also visited an orphanage, a community health clinic, a senior home and a pediatric orthopedic facility. The experience was both heartbreaking and heart warm-ing. One day we cleaned toys in a
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playroom and visited and played with the children in the orthopedic center. Some of the nurses helped with medical testing at other sites. Several of the sites were located in the Cape Flats townships, the Cape’s poorest communities of tin shacks and sometimes no indoor plumbing or electricity, leftover apartheid sins.
Reverend Vernon Rose, our Yale- and Duke-educated SA trip coordinator and host, met us at the airport when we arrived and quickly had us zooming through a brightly lit nighttime Cape Town to the Fountains Hotel where dinner and our rooms awaited us. Dr. Rose
wears many hats, including profes-sor, pastor and college tour and student exchange coordinator. The SA native seemed to know everyone in Cape Town.
Dr. Rose and his wife kindly entertained us at a “braai” (SA for barbecue) held at their home, so we could experience how the SA black middle class live (nicely). They treated us like family with old-fashioned hospitality in their home, at restaurants and jazz clubs, and a three-hour African church service.
“Welcome to my beautiful coun-try and please call me Vernon,” Rev. Rose said in the morning before our first walking tour of Cape Town. He introduced our driver, Simon, and security guard, Parks. Between
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them, they speak eleven languages. Our walkabout took us to histori-
cal, business and market areas of Cape Town. We passed enticing outdoor markets and fascinating modern and historic architecture. Our first major stop was the District Six Museum, which is dedicated to preserving the history of apartheid and its effects on local people of color. They were forcibly removed from their homes, which were then demolished, and sent to impover-ished townships outside of town. It was a fitting beginning for our trip, an emotionally moving and eye-opening experience.
Cape Town sits in a valley be-
tween the romantic, sometimes cloud-covered, flat Table Moun-tain and Table Bay off the Atlantic Ocean. The modern city has a fantastic waterfront with fine shop-ping, arts and crafts, an aquarium, entertainment, pubs and restau-rants.
From the harbor we took a seven-mile boat trip to Robben Island, which is known as the island of tears, where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for political reasons for close to 20 years. We saw his sparse cell, his garden and the lime quarry where he worked. And yet, he overcame. The tour is led by former prisoners.
More highlights of the trip to SA included a walk around the world-
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famous Kirtsenbosch National Bo-tanical Gardens at the foot of Table Mountain. The gardens are famous for their floral beauty, collection of native “fynbos” vegetation, over 9,000 species of plants, landscape variety, animals, birds and trails.
We rode a cable car up and down the 3,560-foot Table Mountain for a breathtaking 360-degree view of Cape Town. We drove up and down mountain ranges and to pristine sandy beaches, including Boulders Beach, home to the African penguin colony. We toured the 17th century Castle of Good Hope and walked a labyrinth at St. George’s Cathedral.
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We were in an open safari truck rolling across the plains and close to the jungle, surrounded by animals including hartebeest, wildebeest, elands, springbok, ostrich, and colorful birds. My favorites were the herd of magnificent zebras gal-loping across the grassland and the opportunity to hold an ostrich egg.
Most of the resident wildlife, as in the U.S., were over-hunted over time by natives, European colonial-Boulders Beach penguin
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The trip to wine country passed rolling pastoral scenes in fertile valleys surrounded by majestic mountains. We toured a vineyard at AtyldGedacht Wine Estate and en-joyed the wine tasting that followed.
At the Spier Wine Estate in Stel-lenbosch, we lunched on farm to table food from the estate, matched with their wines. While some bought wines, I wandered over to the Cheetah Outreach Preserve for an opportunity to pet a cheetah. Awesome!
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Cape Town degree spring temperatures and en-joyed feasting on fresh seafood in-cluding calamari, prawns, mussels and fish, as well as an abundance of local vegetables accompanied by SA wines. The nurses felt that they had accomplished their service learn-ing work and research, and were ready to prepare reports and make presentations to their classes and hospitals on return. We made SA friends, trip friends and memories that we will keep forever.
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Delmarva RailroadsThe Later Years
byHarold W. Hurst
Delmarva Railroads: The Later Years is part two of a two-part series on the rise and fall of the rail industry on the Delmarva Peninsula.
1897 map of the Baltimore, Chesa-peake and Atlantic railway lines.
Consolidation of the smaller Delmarva rail lines constructed between the 1850s and the 1870s continued at a rapid pace in the last years of the 19th century. New railroad lines linked Delmarva lo-calities with Baltimore and the western shore in Maryland and with Norfolk to the south.
In 1890, the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad was com-pleted, establishing connections between Baltimore and Ocean City on the Atlantic coast of Maryland. According to an 1890 timetable, cars leaving Ocean City at 4 p.m. arrived in Baltimore at 10:30 p.m.
Ferry service was inaugurated between Claiborne on the East-ern Shore and Annapolis, where trains continued the journey to Baltimore. This line was absorbed in 1904 by the Baltimore, Chesa-peake and Atlantic Railroad. The powerful engines of the BC&A left black smoke and cinders every-where as they dashed through the towns, hamlets and farmlands of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
The last major independent, lo-cal railroad built on Delmarva was the Queen Anne’s line, which had been planned in an earlier year
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This map shows the line running from Queenstown to Lewes.but did not finally materialize un-til 1895. This became the major cross-peninsula line. The Queen Anne’s extended from Queenstown on the upper shore to Lewes in Delaware, a distance of 60 miles.
During the late 1890s, the com-pany built steamboats for Chesa-peake Bay service and for runs be-tween Lewes and Cape May in New Jersey. The Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad acquired the Queen Anne’s line in 1905 along with the steamboat facilities. The management of this new merger was really under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The big story of the late 19th century, however, is that of the powerful New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad, mentioned in part I of this essay. According to John C. Hayman, author of Rails Along the Chesapeake: A History
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mushroomed as Delmarva farmers used its freight services for ship-ping grains, fruit and oysters to Philadelphia and points north.
One leading railroad magnate played a major role in the devel-opment of the New York, Phila-delphia and Norfolk Railroad. Alexander J. Cassatt, a native of Pittsburgh, attended Darmstadt University in Germany and later received a degree in civil engineer-ing from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Intensely interested in North-South railroad connections, he designed a transfer ferry with high steel car flats capable of carry-ing 18 freight cars between Cape Charles and Norfolk. He also planned a belt railroad around Norfolk to ease traffic congestion caused by eight different lines en-tering the city from different ar-eas.
A director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, he also served as presi-dent of the New York, Philadel-phia and Norfolk between 1885 and 1889. Cassatt was a railroad
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Delmarva Railroadsman with many diverse interests, including the breeding of horses. One source has described him as “a leading patron of the American turf.”
Salisbury grew to be the larg-est town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, partially because it de-veloped into a bustling railroad center. In 1912-13 a large brick depot was constructed that was surrounded by numerous machine and locomotive shops, lending an industrial ambiance to the bucolic atmosphere of the surrounding rural area. Eventually Salisbury became the interlocking center of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and At-lantic with the New York, Philadel-phia and Norfolk Railroads.
In the 20th century, the Penn-sylvania Railroad established a virtual monopoly of the Delmar-va railroad network as it gradu-ally gained control of most of the smaller regional companies, many of which faced bankruptcy.
The powerful “Pensy” was wealthy enough to serve its pas-sengers in style with trains like Del-Mar-Va Express and the overnight Cavalier. These trains included dining cars whose tables were covered with white linen and decorated with fresh flowers. Sleeping car porters shined the passengers’ shoes. One could re-lax or read a newspaper or book as
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the cars made their way from Phil-adelphia to Lewes in Delaware, or Cape Charles, Virginia, at the tip of the peninsula.
Occasionally there was a grim side to railroad travel as train ac-cidents took a toll on the life and
limb of passengers. Cars some-times jumped the tracks or col-lided with each other.
In 1933, the Cavalier, while traveling northward, jumped the tracks at Wyoming in Delaware. Passengers, including the mem-bers of the Boston Red Sox base-ball team, were shaken up and thrown about. The ball players helped to rescue some of the in-jured passengers, but the engineer and foreman lost their lives.
The last great spurt of railroad activity occurred during World War II as demands for greater movement in freight and agricul-tural goods increased and gasoline rationing heightened the need for additional passenger cars. Crowd-
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ed trains were a feature of the transportation scene on the Del-marva Peninsula, as elsewhere in the United States.
The late 1940s, however, wit-nessed a rapid decline of railroad activity as Americans everywhere scrambled back into their automo-biles and the rise of the trucking industry lessened the demand for rail freight service.
By the 1950s, little was left of the old network of the regional inde-pendent lines. The Pennsylvania Railroad, however, continued to operate the Del-Mar-Va Express, the Cavalier and the Furlough.
The last passenger timetable for
the Pennsylvania Railroad on Del-marva is dated October 31, 1965. This schedule revealed that the Blue Diamond train left Delmar at 5:56 a.m. and reached Wilmington at 8:20 a.m. From here, cars con-tinued to the Pennsylvania Station in New York City, arriving at 10:55 a.m. On Wednesdays and Thurs-days, the round trip fare for ladies was $4.75.
In 1968, the Pennsylvania Rail-road was merged with the New York Central Railroad to form the Penn-Central Railroad. The year 1973 witnessed the formation of the Federal Consolidated Rail Cor-poration (Conrail) that took con-trol of the Penn-Central and the remaining independent lines on
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Delmarva. Faced with increasing financial pressures, the plans for development of this government-controlled system largely failed. While some freight services have continued to exist on the Penin-sula, passenger trains are a thing of the past. Travelers in the region must be content with traffic-con-gested highways, inadequate bus service and limited airport facili-ties.
From the author’s viewpoint, the demise of railroads is a tragic sto-ry in the annals of transportation history. A modern railroad system with proper government backing could ease auto traffic, reduce pol-lution and promote tourism in the area. And how nice it would be to take a train from Wilmington to Dover, Chestertown, Cambridge or the beaches at Rehoboth, Ocean City or Assateague!
A short train ride from Newcas-tle County to Cape Charles would provide a lovely excursion for city dwellers seeking respite from the noise and heat of Philadelphia and Wilmington. Railroad service is a primary answer to many of our present-day problems. But alas, will the politicians and lobbyists for the automobile and airline in-dustries lend an ear? It is prob-ably too much to hope for!
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Hello out there - is anyone around who remembers the ‘60s and ‘70s? The assassinations, Watergate, Nixon, hippies, the Weathermen and the Black Panthers ... and the divided country, all in turmoil over the Vietnam War that went on, and on, and on? Donald Westlake dips into the chaos of the times with this fictional Hard Based Crime that mirrors the era in all its folly and violence. He wrote it in 1977, and the tale of its publication decades later is a mystery in itself, but more on that later.
The author’s tour de force is remarkable. He’s turned around the violence with an adroit – even incredible – insertion of comedy, hence the book’s title, The Comedy Is Finished.
Koo Davis, a comedian at the top of his game, is the main character in the collision of crime and humor. He’s an aging vaudevillian, now 63, who adapted to radio, then televi-
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Hands tied behind Koo’s back and a burlap bag over his head, he’s dumped into the back of a van and whisked away from the studio, just before taping his show in front of a live audience.
Now his audience is very dif-ferent. The gang is comprosed of five – Peter, in his early thirties, is the obvious leader. Larry’s the phi-losopher, earnestly talking about the “revolution” that was bound to come and, in some nebulous way, clean the country of corruption, exploita-tion, blah, blah, blah. Joyce is a motherly type of young woman. Liz
is most often nude, with a back full of scars and fierceness toward all in the group. The really scary member of the quintet is Mark. He’s young, bearded, with a gun and a hair-trigger disposition. He’s the only gang mem-ber with a personal hatred of Koo. He obviously is itching to kill the comic.
So, Koo is in less than a comfort-able situation. He can deduce from the bumpy ride that his captors are headed for the hills above Los Angeles. At the final stop, he’s guided into a house, unmasked and escorted to an underground room, plain but comfortable with a sofa, chairs, lamps, a small bathroom and a kitchen. The refrigerator is stocked with cold cuts, frozen TV dinners and a bottle of cheap scotch.
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At the far end of the room there is a single window that reveals the bottom of a swimming pool. The original owner, a movie producer, had designed the room as a hideaway when noisy parties in the living room above became tiresome. The one door Koo entered is the only door in the room. His hosts lock it as they go.
Koo is a prisoner. Things don’t seem as funny any more. His at-tempts at humor are less than ap-preciated. He doesn’t know it, but the FBI and the local Los Angeles Chief Inspector are already on the job. Koo is something of a celeb-rity, after years of meeting bigwigs
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What neither the bad guys nor the cops know is how fragile Koo’s health is. He carries a satchel of medica-tions with him at all times. Unfor-tunately, the cache is in his dressing room at the TV station. Without his meds, he’s almost immediately in trouble. He’s so pill-dependent that in less than 24 hours, he can’t even keep a sip of water in his stomach.
While beginning to fret about the near-collapse of their captive, the kidnappers force Koo to read their demands into a tape recorder with the messages to be broadcast on television. The radical five want only one ransom: the release of 10 men in prison who were convicted of violent
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demonstrations against the war.Koo agrees to make the broadcasts
and suggests that he identify him-self before he reads the proferred text. Since the whole world knows Koo’s voice and knows that he’s ill and in the hands of kidnappers, the demands will be authentic, he tells his captors.
Koo is a lightweight but also a very clever man in inserting hints on his whereabouts, the lawmen are equally sharp at hunting for hints, and most of all, the kidnappers are practiced dodgers of the law. The scheme is dangerous all around.
Westlake spins an exciting maze that bolts through the ever-tight-ening suspense. The final violence bursts like a too-thin garbage bag
ripening in the sun. And, conversely, the author makes the reader some-how feel sorry for the bad guys’ lost cause, the shallow comic’s quest to be loved by everybody he meets and the tiresome, dangerous lives of people who succumb to fantasy.
Westlake finished the book in the early 1980s. He died in 2008 with some 100 published novels, a batch of non-fictional books and a handful of screenplays with his byline. So why did this novel, rated by many critics as his best work, not find a publisher for almost four decades? The explanation is as unusual as the volume of his work and reveals his generous nature.
Before Westlake submitted his manuscript to his publisher, he sent
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his final draft of The Comedy Is Finished to his good friend, writer Max Allan Collins. Westlake felt that his story was too much like Martin Scorsese’s new movie, The King of Comedy. He would hold off the pub-lication for a while, he told Collins.
“A while” became a long time since Collins had tossed the manuscript into a box in his basement, but when he saw a copy of Westlake’s novel Memory in 2010 with the description on the cover of “Donald Westlake’s final unpublished novel,” Collins remembered the carbon copy of The Comedy Is Finished and sent it to Hard Case Crime. It is in print at last.
If this book makes the reader want
to read more of Westlake’s work, be aware that he used the pen name Richard Stark for his Parker series of crime novels.
The brew concocted with two features, crime and comedy, make this a shiver-while-you-laugh-aloud book. I loved it!
Anne Stinson began her career in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-American, then later for Chesapeake Publishing, the Baltimore Sun and Maryland Public Television’s panel show, Maryland Newsrap. Now in her ninth decade, she still writes a monthly book review for Tidewater Times.
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April ActivitiesThere’s lots to do in the land-
scape this month! The warmer-than-normal winter has acceler-ated the gardening schedule this spring. Spring flower bulb displays appeared earlier than normal. For the daffodils that popped out ear-ly, observe them and other spring bulbs while in bloom to be sure they have not been shaded by the new growth of other tree or shrub plantings. If they have, you may need to move your bulbs to a new, sunny location or prune back the plantings.
Label the clumps of daffodils that are too crowded, as over-crowding inhibits blooming. Dig them up and separate them in July. Cut the flower stalks back to the ground on daffodils, hyacinths, and other spring flowering bulbs as the flowers fade. Do not cut the foliage until it dies naturally. The leaves are necessary to produce strong bulbs capable of re-flowering.
April is perfect month to plant pansies in the landscape. A num-ber of newer varieties have heat tolerance bred into them so they last longer in the landscape, lasting through June. You can brighten up your front entryway with pots of transplanted pansies or place them in outdoor beds as soon as the soil can be worked. Purchase large
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plants that will give a good show before hot weather arrives.
If the warm weather continues, we might be looking at planting annuals in the landscape a week or two earlier than normal. When purchasing bedding annuals this spring, choose properly grown
plants with good color. Buy plants with well developed root systems that are vigorous, but not too large for their pots.
Also, when you are out shop-ping for annual flowers for your garden, look for plants with lots of unopened buds. Plants that bloom in the pack are often root bound and can be set back for several
Brunnera are the perfect perennials for shady spots.
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weeks after being transplanted. Plants not yet in bloom will actu-ally bloom sooner, be better estab-lished and grow faster.
The same suggestions apply to vegetable transplants such as to-matoes and peppers. Don’t buy a tomato or pepper plant that already has flowers on it or has set fruit. If you do, be sure to remove all flow-ers and existing fruit before plant-ing. Transplanting fruiting plants will set their production back. You will get a quicker crop by planting non-flowering plants.
Besides buying non-flowering, or limited flowering transplants, there are a few other guidelines.
Look for plants that are stocky and are compact in size, not leggy. Make sure the plants have a dark green color and no diseased foli-age. Check the undersides of the leaves for whiteflies and the new, succulent stems for aphids. One of the easiest ways to avoid insect and disease problems is to not import them into the garden.
By the way, it’s always a big temptation to rush the plant-ing season in April, especially for warm season crops like tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers. I have heard garden center employ-ees remark about home gardeners asking for tomato transplants the first of March when the tempera-ture got above 60 degrees for one
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The exceptions to this rule are cool season crops like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower and on-ions. The average last frost date in Caroline County is April 16th and Talbot, April 17th. This date can vary as much as 5 to 10 days depending upon your location in the county and proximity to a body of water like a river, creek or the Bay. However, it has been my experience over 35 years that we can get a killing frost the first week of May, so be prepared to
protect early plants in the garden with a fabric cover, basket or simi-lar covering.
In April, chrysanthemums pop up in the flower bed. Lift, divide and replant them as soon as new shoots appear. Each rooted shoot or clump will develop into a fine plant for late summer bloom. Pinch out the top when the plants are about 4 inches high to thicken the plant. You can also take chrysanthemum cuttings now through mid June for flowers during fall and winter in the greenhouse.
Besides chrysanthemums, many popular perennials can be divided now including phlox, fall asters, Shasta daisies, baby’s breath and liriope. Set up a plant exchange
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April is the time to plant Sedum spectabile and Hosta tardifolia or H. plantaginea which will brighten your flower bed in the fall. Aster novae angliae, which is a blue aster or the red chrysanthemum cultivar ‘Minn Ruby,’ are also late bloomers.
Now is also the time to do some planning and planting of perennial flower beds. One way to increase the apparent length of your flower borders when seen from inside is to place the majority of the warm and hot colored perennial plants (yellows, oranges and reds) nearest the house. Concentrate the blues, which have a tendency to appear more distant, in the second half of
the garden. Along with the blues, include some pink and mauve flowers. Plants with silver foliage can be used to provide a unifying ground color throughout.
The actual dimensions of the borders and the paths separating them can help increase the illusion of distance. In a 20 foot long bor-der, make the planting about 1½ feet narrower and the path about 1 foot narrower at the end away from the house.
If you would like to attract hum-mingbirds to the flower border this year, plant red or orange flowers. Monarda (bee balm) is a good pe-rennial to provide nectar for these small birds.
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April is also a good time to scat-ter annual poppy seeds in flower borders. The fine seeds need no covering. The plants grow rapidly and provide colorful flowers in ear-ly summer.
It is somewhat difficult to find a perennial flower that does well in the shade. For 2012 the Perennial Plant of the Year, Brunnera mac-rophylla ‘Jack Frost’ PP13859, will fit the bill. This perennial grows 18 inches tall and 18 inches wide in a mounded form. This peren-nial grows well in hardiness zones 3 to 8. Brunneras are treasured for their shade tolerance and early ba-by-blue, forget-me-not like flowers.
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ has enchanting silvery leaves with green venation and a thin green margin. One common name for this perennial is heartleaf brun-nera because the emerging leaf en-larges to a heart shape.
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‘Jack Frost’ brunnera may be used along the front of the shade border, is excellent in a container, or can be combined with other ground cover perennials such as hostas, ferns, and epimediums. The silver foliage lights up a dark garden from spring to fall. From mid to late spring, blue, forget-me-not like blossoms are held in clus-ters several inches above the bril-liant frosty silver leaves. The rough leaf texture makes this perennial less palatable to browsing deer.
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Late April is a good time to plant dahlia tubers in the flower bed. Stake them at the time of planting to avoid injury to the tubers. If you dug up and stored dahlia tubers over this winter, one easy was to determine if they have survived storage, is to sprout them indoors in a warm, lit spot.
Fill the bare spots in the flower bed with Portulaca and feed regu-larly to encourage blooms into the summer.
In the lawn area, apply a pre-emergent herbicide for crabgrass control. Get the lawn mower out and clean it up - if you didn’t do it last fall before putting it away. Be
sure to sharpen the mower blade before using it. And also be sure to cut the turf at the proper height - 2 inches or more.
Prune out suckers and water sprouts from the trees and shrubs in the landscape. Prune the dead canes in the roses back to 3”. All other canes can be pruned back to 6 to 12”. Remove all the debris in the plants. Clean up the iris beds of old dead foliage, flower stalks and diseased rhizomes. This will help to reduce iris borer prob-lems later this spring.
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Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture.
Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784).
Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863.
Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-of-call for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century.
Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware.
Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis.
Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region.
Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com.
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Dorchester County is known as the Heart of the Chesapeake – and not just because it’s physically shaped like a heart. It’s also rich in Chesapeake Bay history, folklore and tradition. With 1,700 miles of shoreline (more than any other Maryland county), marshlands, working boats, quaint waterfront towns and villages among fertile farm fields – much still exists of the authentic Eastern Shore landscape and traditional way of life along the Chesapeake.
FREDERICK C. MALKUS MEMORIAL BRIDGE is the gateway to Dorchester County over the Choptank River. It is the second longest span
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bridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river.
LAGRANGE PLANTATION - home of the Dorchester County Historical Society, LaGrange Plantation offers a range of local history and heritage on its grounds. The Meredith House, a 1760’s Georgian home, features artifacts and exhibits on the seven Maryland governors associated with the county; a child’s room containing antique dolls and toys; and other period displays. The Neild Museum houses a broad collection of agricultural, maritime, industrial, and Native American artifacts, including a McCormick reaper (invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831). The Ron Rue exhibit pays tribute to a talented local decoy carver with a re-creation of his workshop. The Goldsborough Stable, circa 1790, includes a sulky, pony cart, horse-driven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.
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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 100-foot sail canopy, it’s also a landmark. In addition to travel information and exhibits on the heritage of the area, there’s also a large playground, garden, boardwalk, restrooms, vending machines, and more. The Visitors Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Dorchester County call 800-522-8687 or visit www.tourdorchester.org or www.tourchesapeak-ecountry.com.
SAILWINDS PARK - Located at 202 Byrn St., Cambridge, Sailwinds Park has been the site for popular events such as the Seafood Feast-I-Val in August, Crabtoberfest in October and the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt’s Grandtastic Jamboree in November. For more info. tel: 410-228-SAIL(7245) or visit www.sailwindscambridge.com.
CAMBRIDGE CREEK - a tributary of the Choptank River, runs through the heart of Cambridge. Located along the creek are restaurants where you can watch watermen dock their boats after a day’s work on the waterways of Dorchester.
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HISTORIC HIGH STREET IN CAMBRIDGE - When James Michener was doing research for his novel Chesapeake, he report-edly ca l led Cambridge ’s High Street one of the most beautiful streets in America. He modeled his fictional city Patamoke after Cam-bridge. Many of the gracious homes on High Street date from the 1700s and 1800s. Today you can join a historic walking tour of High Street each Saturday at 11 a.m., April through October (weather permitting). For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.
S K I P J A C K N A T H A N O F DORCHESTER - Sail aboard the au-thentic skipjack Nathan of Dorches-ter, offering heritage cruises on the Choptank River. The Nathan is docked at Long Wharf in Cambridge. Dredge for oysters and hear the stories of the working waterman’s way of life. For more info. and schedules tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org.
DORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Located at 321 High Street in Cambridge, the Center offers monthly gallery exhibits and shows, extensive art classes, and special events, as well as an artisans’ gift shop with an array of items created by local and regional artists. For more info. tel: 410-228-7782 or visit www.dorchesterarts.org.
RICHARDSON MARITIME MUSEUM - Located at 401 High St., Cambridge, the Museum makes history come alive for visitors in the
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form of exquisite models of traditional Bay boats. The Museum also offers a collection of boatbuilders’ tools and watermen’s artifacts that convey an under-standing of how the boats were constructed and the history of their use. The Museum’s Ruark Boatworks facility, located on Maryland Ave., is passing on the knowledge and skills of area boatwrights to volunteers and visitors alike. Watch boatbuilding and restoration in action. For more info. tel: 410-221-1871 or visit www.richardsonmuseum.org.
HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM & EDUCATIONAL CENTER The Museum and Educational Center is developing programs to preserve the history and memory of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Local tours by appointment are available. The Museum and Educational Center, located at 424 Race St., Cambridge, is one of the stops on the “Finding a Way to Freedom” self-guided driving tour; pick up a bro-chure at the Dorchester County Visitor Center. For more info. tel: 410-228-0401.
SPOCOTT WINDMILL - Since 1972, Dorchester County has had a fully operating English style post windmill that was expertly crafted by the late master shipbuilder, James B. Richardson. There has been a succession of windmills at this location dating back to the late 1700’s. The complex also includes an 1800
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tenant house, one-room school, blacksmith shop, and country store museum. The windmill is located at 1625 Hudson Rd., Cambridge.
HORN POINT LABORATORY - The Horn Point Laboratory offers public tours of this world-class scientific research laboratory, which is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The 90-min-ute walking tour shows how scientists are conducting research to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Horn Point Laboratory is located at 2020 Horns Point Rd., Cambridge, on the banks of the Choptank River. For more info. and tour schedule tel: 410-228-8200 or visit www.umces.edu/hpl .
THE STANLEY INSTITUTE - This 19th century one-room African American schoolhouse, dating back to 1865, is one of the oldest Maryland schools to be organized and maintained by a black community. Between 1867 and 1962, the youth in the African-American community of Christ Rock attended this school, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours available by appointment. The Stanley Institute is located at the intersection of Route 16 West & Bayly Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-6657.
BUCKTOWN VILLAGE STORE - Visit the site where Harriet Tubman received a blow to her head that fractured her skull. From this injury Harriet believed God gave her the vision and directions that inspired her to guide
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so many to freedom. Artifacts include the actual newspaper ad offering a reward for Harriet’s capture. Historical tours, bicycle, canoe and kayak rentals are available. Open upon request. The Bucktown Village Store is lo-cated at 4303 Bucktown Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-901-9255.
HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Planta-tion in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace.
BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, located 12 miles south of Cambridge at 2145 Key Wallace Dr. With more than 25,000 acres of tidal marshland, Blackwater Refuge is an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. In addition to more than 250 species of birds, Blackwater is currently home to the largest remaining natural population of endangered Delmarva fox squirrels and the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida. The refuge features a full service Visi-tor Center as well as the four-mile Wildlife Drive, walking trails and water
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trails. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater.EAST NEW MARKET - Originally settled in 1660, the entire town is
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Follow a self-guided walking tour to see the district that contains almost all the residences of the original founders and offers excellent examples of colonial architecture.
HURLOCK TRAIN STATION Incorporated in 1892, Hurlock ranks as the second largest town in Dorchester County. It began from a Dorchester/Dela-ware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 410-943-4181.
VIENNA HERITAGE MUSEUM The Vienna Heritage Museum displays the Elliott Island Shell Button Factory operation. This was the last surviving mother-of-pearl button manufacturer in the United States. Numerous artifacts are also displayed which depict a view of the past life in this rural community. The Vienna Heritage Museum is located at 303 Race St., Vienna. For more info. tel: 410-943-1212 or visit www.viennamd.org.
LAYTON’S CHANCE VINEYARD & WINERY - This small farm win-ery, minutes from historic Vienna at 4225 New Bridge Rd., opened in 2010 as Dorchester County’s first winery. For more info. tel. 410-228-1205 or visit www.laytonschance.com.
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Historic Downtown Easton — The county seat of Talbot County. Es-tablished around early religious settlements and a court of law, Historic Downtown Easton is today a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, historic Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.”
Walking Tour of Downtown EastonStart near the corner of Harrison and Mill Place.
1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.”
2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation.
3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and Vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. The Avalon has a year-round schedule of entertainment and cultural events. For information on current and upcoming activities, call 410-822-0345 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Talbot County Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. You can call the Tourism office at 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org.
5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. Today it is a
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restaurant and bed and breakfast, run by a member of the Bartlett family.6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. Why are there
geese in front of the armory? Because the old armory is now the head-quarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of mi-gratory birds and the hunting season. Be sure to come back the second weekend in November to enjoy this event.
7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the Ameri-can Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes to adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show) featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection con-sists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org.
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Easton Points of Interest8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The
Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite.
9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Wash-ington St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10a.m. to 4 p.m. (winter) and Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more infor-mation, call 410-822-0773.
10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.
11. THE TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794
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on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times over the years.
12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING - 12 N. Washington St. Now Lanham-Hall Design & Antiques, it is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick build-ing that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day.
13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Federal streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shore’s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers all came to town and shared rooms in hotels such as this. Frederick Douglass stayed in the Brick Hotel when he came back after the Civil War and gave a speech in the courthouse. It is now an office building.
14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the Star-Democrat grew. In 1912, the building was acquired by the
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Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, which occupies it today.15. ART DECO STORES - 13-25 Goldsborough Street. Although much
of Easton looks Colonial or Victorian, the 20th century had its influences as well. This row of stores has distinctive 1920s-era white trim at the roofline. It is rumored that there was a speakeasy here during Prohibition.
16. FIRST MASONIC GRAND LODGE - 23 N. Harrison Street. The records of Coats Lodge of Masons in Easton show that five Masonic Lodges met in Talbot Court House (as Easton was then called) on July 31, 1783 to form the first Grand Lodge of Masons in Maryland. Although the building they first met in is gone, a plaque marks the spot today.
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17. FOXLEY HALL - Built about 1795 at 24 N. Aurora St., Foxley Hall is one of the best-known of Easton’s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private)
18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL - On “Cathedral Green,” Goldsborough St., a traditional Gothic design in granite. The interior is well worth a visit. All windows are stained glass, picturing New Testament
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19. INN AT 202 DOVER- Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion reflects many architectural styles. For years the building was known as the Wrightson House, thanks to its early 20th century owner, Charles T. Wrightson, one of the founders of the S. & W. canned food empire. Locally it is still referred to as Cap-tain’s Watch due to its prominent balustraded widow’s walk. The Inn’s renovation in 2006 was acknowl-edged by the Maryland Historic Trust and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. It is now home to a beautiful inn and restaurant.
20. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - In an attractive build-ing on West St. Hours open: Mon. & Thurs., 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tues. & Wed. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri. & Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the summer when it’s 9 to 1 on Saturday. For information call 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. (While under renovation, library facilities are lo-cated at 28712 Glebe Road).
21. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990.
22. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - Established in the early 1900s, with
several recent additions to the build-ing and facilities, and now extensive additions and modernization under construction, making this what is considered to be one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore.
23. EASTON POINT MARINA & BOAT RAMP - At the end of Port Street on the Tred Avon River
24. TALBOTTOWN, EASTON PLAZA, EASTON MARKET-PLACE, TRED AVON SQUARE and WATERSIDE VILLAGE- Shopping centers, all in close prox-imity to downtown Easton.
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Full service pro shop. For more info. tel: 410-822-6079.26. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities
offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows.
27. EASTON AIRPORT - 29137 Newnam Rd., just off Rt. 50.28. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center
featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org.
29. TALBOT COUNTRY CLUB - Established in 1910, the Talbot Country Club is located at 6142 Country Club Drive, Easton.
30. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - Only the ruins remain, but the church-yard contains the grave of the elder Robert Morris, who died July 22, 1750. The parish had a rector of the Church of England in 1690.
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$35 plus your materials (a portion of the proceeds go to the Historical Society). To register call Lilies of the Field: 410-822-9117
Traditional Artist in Residence: Faux Grain Painter Frank BittnerApril 9-13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful landlocked harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesapeake and its inlets since the earliest days. Here, some of the handsomest models of the bay craft, such as canoes, bugeyes, pungys and some famous Baltimore Clippers, were designed and built. The Church, named “St. Michael’s,” was the first building erected (about 1677) and around it clustered the town that took its name.
1. WADES POINT INN - Located on a point of land overlooking ma-jestic Chesapeake Bay, this historic inn has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Thomas Kemp, builder of the original “Pride of Baltimore,” built the main house in 1819.
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2. HARBOURTOWNE GOLF RESORT - Bay View Restaurant and Duckblind Bar on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course.
3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protection of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay.
4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was con-structed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazzard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. The Inn is now a member of the Orient Express Hotels.
5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels business-man and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1874, Dodson, along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for “the old Parsonae house.”
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6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tucka-hoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abolitionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti.
7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education programs. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Mu-seum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found
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on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916.8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum
and overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-745-2900 or www.thecrabclaw.com.
9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100.
10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor.
11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the His-toric District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it
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as a private residence for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era.
12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-of-the-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor.
13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harri-son Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.).
1 4 . F R E E D O M S F R I E N D LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Free-doms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company.
15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - Located at 106 S. Fremont St. has recently been remodeled. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877.
16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company.
17. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as
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the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street.
18. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust).
19. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott.
20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and op-erated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry).
21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the tree tops to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. Result: The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the attic stairway. This town “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare.
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22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe.
23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to
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house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812.
26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primar-ily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, winery, artists, furniture makers, a baker and other unique shops and businesses.
27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Con-structed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommoda-tions, conference facilities, marina, spa and Pascal’s Restaurant & Tavern.
28. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The 8-foot-wide path is a former railroad bed and is popular with walkers and cyclists who want to stay away from traffic. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a horse farm and historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk.
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OxfordPoints of Interest
Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. Although already settled for perhaps 20 years, Oxford marks the year 1683 as its official founding, for in that year Oxford was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport and was laid out as a town. In 1694, Oxford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province. Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations.
Today, Oxford is a charming tree-lined and waterbound village with a population of just over 700 and is still important in boat build-ing and yachting. It has a protected harbor for watermen who harvest oysters, crabs, clams and fish, and for sailors from all over the Bay.
1. TENCH TILGHMAN MONUMENT - In the Oxford Cemetery the Revolutionary War hero’s body lies along with that of his widow.
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Lt. Tench Tilghman carried the message of Cornwallis’ surrender from Yorktown, VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman.
2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rent-als available to groups and individuals. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org.
3. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth.
4. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford.
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4A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580.5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School.
Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” cre-ated 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock.
6. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts . Devoted to the memories and tangible mementos of Oxford, MD. Closed No-vember 13, 2011 until Oxford Day, April 28, 2012. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191.
7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4.
8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a Maryland Military Academy built about 1848. (Private residence)
9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea cap-tain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine wood-work, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase.
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vine over the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain Wil l iam Wil l is , who commanded the br ig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence)
11. THE ROBERT MORRIS INN - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Robert Morris was the father of Robert Morris, Jr., the “financier of the Revolution.” Built about 1710, part of the original house with a
beautiful staircase is contained in the beautifully restored Inn, now open 7 days a week. Rob-ert Morris, Jr. was one of only 2 Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
12. THE OXFORD CUSTOM HOUSE - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Built in 1976 as Oxford’s official Bicentennial project. It is a replica of the first Federal Custom House built by Jeremiah Banning, who was the first Fed-eral Collector of Customs ap-pointed by George Washington.
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Oxford Points of InterestStrand. Founded in 1931. The present building, completed in 1991, re-placed the original structure.
14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the Talbot County Court ‘pitcht upon’ to run a ferry at an unusual subsidy of 2,500 pounds of tobacco. Service has been continuous since 1836, with power supplied by sail, sculling, rowing, steam, and modern diesel engine. Many now take the ride between Oxford and Bellevue for the scenic beauty.
15. BYEBERRY - On the grounds of Cutts & Case Boatyard. It faces Town Creek and is one of the oldest houses in the area. The date of construction is unknown, but it was standing in 1695. Originally, it was in the main business section but was moved to the present loca-tion about 1930. (Private residence)
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Gary D. CrawfordWe who venture out in boats onto
the Chesapeake Bay find it endlessly fascinating. It does not “heave” like the ocean, for its average depth is said to be just nineteen feet. It can have some amazing waves, though, short and steep, creating twisting forces that can work a boat viciously, especially old wooden boats. Sudden summer squalls can knock a sailboat flat in a matter of moments. Yet most of the time, particularly in the season of pleasure-boaters, the surface of the Bay presents a rolling glittering spectacle, a veritable light show.
On bright mornings when the sun is aslant with the water, it is be-dappled with millions of bright, sharp pin-points that my wife calls The Sparklies. How crabbers run-ning their trotlines can endure so much glare without going blind is a wonder.
Passing clouds alter the lighting of the sky, which in turn changes the color of the Bay, though oddly, as you may have noticed, not always to
match. Even when the sun is blocked out by a heavy overcast, it sometimes refuses to stay hidden and forces its way through; then, far out from shore, the light comes blazing down to form a molten cauldron of white-hot brilliance.
All this is to say that when we talk of “the Bay,” we are referring to the side we see – its surface. There is much more to it than that, of course. Many animals and plants know its interior, that murky moving water-world they inhabit.
Yet there is the “other” side of the Bay, too. I refer here not to the western shore but to the part we do not see, the floor of the Bay. A great many men over the years have de-voted themselves to exploring and understanding this other hidden side of the Bay in their quest for fish, crabs, clams and all manner of Bay creatures. But none have studied it more carefully, or in greater detail, than those who go out hunting for what once was referred to as “white gold” – the oyster.
These creatures move once in their lifetime, then stay put on the bottom. They do not migrate up or down the Bay, they do not swim into pound nets or gill nets or slither into an eel trap, they do not paddle up to
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munch on your bait. They inhabit the other side of the Bay, and finding them there is a mixture of art, sci-ence and instinct. I cannot fathom how anyone could do it successfully, even when oysters are plentiful. I’m from Ohio, after all, and know noth-ing about dredging except what I’ve read and been told, so this is all quite fanciful. Real oystermen will guffaw at this, but here is how I think of it.
Suppose you had a gravel driveway running through your lawn. On that driveway, and nowhere else nearby, some oyster shells are strewn that you would like to remove to avoid stumbling over. So you pick up a rake and, dragging it lightly over the
gravel, gather them up into a little pile and you pick them up.
Now, suppose the yard is covered with a foot of water. (Hey, around here it happens.) Now you have to operate the rake under water to gather up the shells. It’s not so dif-
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ficult, really, if you can stand there in your boots, but imagine trying to do it from a rowboat. You paddle over to the driveway, spot the oysters, dip the rake down and scrape them up. Rowing the boat while you’re handling the rake is a bit tricky, and keeping it on the driveway takes some concentration. If you drift off a bit and the rake snags in the grass, it jerks the boat all around.
Nevertheless, it’s not all that hard; after all, the water is calm and clear. So, let’s make it tougher. Flood in more water to make it five feet deep. If the rake is now too short, you may have to tie a line to it so you can drag it along. And since there’s such a nice breeze today, why not switch from a rowboat to a sailing dinghy?
Now doing a scrape requires you to stand off a bit, locate the end of the drive, line up just right, then trim the sail and hand the rudder for a run along the driveway. Once on course and underway, splash, you toss the
rake over the side at the end of a line. Carefully, you sail the length of the driveway trying not to let the breeze push you downwind of it. Remem-ber, too, that with five feet of water, it must be flowing in some direction. Since the current can pull you off the driveway, you’ll need to adjust your course for that, too.
How many attempts would you need to drag even a few oyster shells together on that driveway, or, if the rake had a bag on it, to haul some up? Even more practice would be needed to come about at the end of the run and make a pass back over the same driveway, with the wind now on the other side of the boat. If it were a perfect beam reach, you could just reverse everything. But if you were running one way with the wind abaft the beam, then the run the other way would require beating up into the wind a bit and steering a different course. After all, it’s not the direction the boat is headed that matters, but its movement over the ground.
Shall we add another wrinkle or two? Fine, let’s lower the tempera-ture to a brisk 20ºF, so our little breeze now creates a serious chill-factor. While we’re adjusting our analogy here, let’s make the boat big, solid, and heavy with a large jib and a huge leg-of-mutton main-sail. Finally, drop the water depth to 12 feet.
“But wait!” you exclaim. “At 12 feet, I can’t see the driveway! How will I know where the oysters are,
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and when to drop my rake and begin dragging it?”
Aha. Bingo. Yes, that is the prob-lem, isn’t it? This all has to be done by guesswork and feel. The oysters lie invisible on the other side of the Bay from the one you see. To catch any – any at all – you have to know where you are, precisely, and where they are, there on the other side of the Bay. You suspect there are some oysters on a patch you must find, then position your heavy dredge-boat exactly, trim sails and set the rudder correctly to run a course over them – then drop your dredge over the side. (There are different styles of dredg-es, too, by the way, and you need to
know which one will be best for that location under those conditions.)
One further complication is the speed. Sail too fast and the dredge hops across the bed; sail too slow and it digs in. There’s no throttle on a skipjack, not when she’s dredging under sail, so speed is adjusted by trimming the sails, letting out the foresheet and boom, or pulling them
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in. When the wind is too strong to get the speed right in the direction you need to run, you make the main-sail smaller by taking in a reef, tying part of it up.
So now there you are, steering a heavy vessel built when your grand-father was a boy, gauging the direc-tion and speed of both wind and cur-rent, watching for your bearings on the shore, and trying to get the speed just right. You have a crew but they can’t help much because they are handling the winches and culling the oysters. There can be only one deci-sion-maker, of course.
Dredge-boat captains also have to be skilled ships carpenters and engine mechanics, for their aging vessels take a terrible beating every
winter. Repairs and jury-rigs are constant; some boats require regular pumping just to stay afloat. By spring the entire fleet is splintered and bat-tered, planks are sprung, and rigging frayed. Dredge-boats are hauled out each summer, but no one can afford to pay the boatyards to do the re-pairs. The old boats gobble money.
The captain not only has to lead the crew, they and their families depended on him for their income. Proceeds from the catch are divvied
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up in various ways. In one scheme, the boat would get one-third and the rest is divided equally between cap-tain and crew. The captain pays for the equipment and fuel, but they all chip in for the grub.
None of this conveys what it is re-ally like, of course. Missing from this description is the sound of the wind, the sting of the spray, the movement of the vessel, the food, the back-breaking labor, the pain in the back and knees, the clatter as the dredge is dumped on deck, the fear when a boat is so heavy laden she is near to foundering, the danger of the wind-ers that claimed so many fingers and arms, the despair of poor catches, too
few oysters and too little pay. No one who hasn’t been there can know it.
Still, the bottom line here – pun intended – is knowing where to dredge. So how does a dredge-boat captain know? By experience, by tri-al and error, by watching what comes up each time in the dredge, by listen-ing to others, and by remembering where he dredged before and what came up when he did. Over the years, day by day, the good ones build up an encyclopedic accumulation about the other side of the Bay and where upon it there might be oysters.
But let’s be clear. Not every dredge-boat captain is successful. One hears of dredgers who couldn’t quite make it. Some men couldn’t read what the Bay was telling them, or weren’t able
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to remember and locate bearings on the shore, or couldn’t read the weath-er or gauge the wind finely enough. Some couldn’t handle their boats with enough precision, or damaged them and blew out sails. Some didn’t work hard enough or have enough patience, or couldn’t win the respect of their crewmen, or were indecisive, or had bad judgment. Some were unlucky, losing gear, getting hit with vicious weather, being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Many days the oysters eluded even the best captains. But when the daily catch consistently was low, it couldn’t be overlooked. Crew members quit or failed to show up; replacements became harder to sign on; there was too little money to keep up the boat.
Eventually, these captains had to sell their boats if they could, or, if the boats were beginning to break up, they just ran them up into a gut and walked away.
Amazingly, despite all this, a few dredge captains have managed to be successful, year in and year out. What sailors they are! They are known throughout the Bay, in every port, and some have become legends in their own time. They keep going out until their bodies give out or their boats come apart. In this winter of 2012, just six dredge-boats are oys-tering under sail on the Chesapeake. Even the best can’t find oysters that aren’t there.
At one of the recent “Winter Wednesday” programs sponsored
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by the Phillips Wharf Environmen-tal Center, the subject was the Bay’s signature dredge-boat, the skipjack. The presentation was by a young man, born to a dredging family, who had crewed on his father’s skipjack in the 1980s.
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He described what it was like to get up at 3 a.m. on cold winter morn-ings and spend the day on his knees culling oysters. He watched in grow-ing awe as his daddy handled the boat and displayed his knowledge of the other side of the Bay. Each day, somehow he knew where to look, how to get there, and how to make a good lick. And often, miraculously, out of that cold dark water, came some oysters.
The audience that evening was a good mix of newcomers and locals, and the young man spoke well. He didn’t pretend to be an expert, just a boy whose three years dredging un-der sail had made an indelible mark upon his soul. His respect for sail dredgers was heartfelt, and he con-veyed that to us quite successfully. Among those in attendance were sev-
eral former and current dredge-boat captains. (We were, after all, in Til-ghman.) One by one, each stood up and said something about his experi-ences and answered questions.
One well-known dredge-boat cap-tain wasn’t there. He lives in our village just three houses up but now winters in Florida. His dredging days ended about 20 years back, and more recently he left the water entirely. One day while he was baiting a trot-line after another day of crabbing, I asked him if he missed dredging. “Well,” he said, “I sure don’t miss that cold.” There was a pause and then he looked up at me. “You know, I’ve got just one wish before I die.”
“Oh, really?” I replied, with inter-est. “Someplace you want to go?” I had no idea what he was going to say.
“Nope. My wish is right here. For just one hour, I’d like to see the Bay with no water in it.”
As soon as he said it, I understood. After all those years of scraping and feeling and hitting snags and losing dredges and trying to locate oysters in beds, on humps and slopes, in deep water and shallow – after all those years of trying to piece it all to-gether – what a joy it would be, just once, actually to see it – the other side of the Bay.
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Pour the mustard mixture into a blender; add the egg and the hon-ey and blend until smooth.
Heat a double boiler over sim-mering water. Add the mustard mixture and cook until thickened to a pudding consistency, about five minutes. Remove the top pan
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4 cloves of garlic2 egg yolks1-1/4 cups olive oil1 t. Dijon mustard2 t. fresh lemon juiceSalt and pepper to taste
Cream the garlic with a pinch of salt into a paste. In a blender or with a whisk, beat the garlic and egg yolks until pale yellow. Add the oil in a slow stream while whisking or with the blender run-ning. Once you have used 3/4 of a cup of oil, add the mustard and
the lemon juice. Add the rest of the oil while mixing until it has thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
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2/3 cup sour cream1/2 cup mayonnaise1 garlic clove, minced2 t. Worcestershire sauce1 cup crumbled blue cheese1 t. sea saltFreshly ground pepper2 T. whole milk
Whisk the sour cream, may-onnaise, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and blue cheese together in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add enough milk to make the consistency of batter. Cover and refrigerate.
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Preheat the broiler and position the oven rack 5 inches from the heat source. Place the bell peppers un-der the broiler, turning them until they are blackened on all sides.
When they are blackened, re-move them from the oven and cover them with a damp towel for fifteen minutes. Remove the skin and seeds, then devein the bell peppers.
Finely chop the peppers with a chef’s knife and transfer them to a medium bowl. Add the oil, garlic, balsamic vinegar, sea salt and pepper. Mix well and serve with crostini.
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tries for sauces and dips. A num-ber of garnishes can be used for this, including toasted pita bread wedges, crostini, lemon slices and vegetables.
2 cups dried chickpeas, soaked in water for 4 hours1/3 cup fresh lemon juice1 cup tahini1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil3 T. fresh garlic, creamed1/2 t. ground cumin1-1/2 t. sea salt
Drain the chickpeas and place them in a saucepan with fresh water. The water should go two inches above the chickpeas. Bring them to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce the heat to low. Simmer the chickpeas for 1 hour or until tender. Drain the chickpeas and reserve the liquid.
In a food processor or blender, combine the chickpeas, half of the lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, garlic, cumin, salt, and 1/4 cup of the reserved cooking liquid. Pro-cess until soft, adding more of the cooking liquid if necessary. Taste the mixture and season with the lemon juice and salt if necessary.
Serve the hummus on a plate garnished with parsley and lemon wedges. Drizzle olive oil over it just before serving.
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Mince the pine nuts and basil in a blender. Place this mixture in a bowl with the olive oil.
Mince the garlic and a pinch of salt together to form a paste.
Add the garlic and cheese to the basil mixture and stir until com-bined. Store in the refrigerator with some olive oil poured over the top.
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2 6-oz. cans water-packed tuna2 T. mayonnaise8 slices of bread1/2 cup olive tapenade
Combine the tuna and mayon-naise in a medium bowl. Spread the tuna mixture on four slices of bread. Spread the tapenade on the remaining four slices. Place the slices over the tuna mixture. Trim the crusts and cut the sand-wiches in half.
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Place the cream cheese, red on-ion and capers in a medium bowl. Stir to combine. Spread the mix-ture on each slice of bread. Ar-range the salmon over the cream cheese and top with another slice of bread. Trim the crusts and slice in half.
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Slice the bell peppers and mushrooms into thin slices.
Spread a thin layer of mustard on each tortilla. Lay the sliced vegetables on top of one another. On two opposite sides, fold the tortilla over 1/2 inch. Roll up one of the unfolded sides tightly to the end. Cut on a bias and serve.
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The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at the Puowaina Punch-bowl in Honolulu.
We arrive at the Pearl Harbor Visi-tor’s Center shortly before 9 a.m. to pick up tickets (free) for the boat launch to the harbor memorial that is built over the resting site of Battle-ship U.S.S. Arizona. Given an early afternoon appointment time, we de-cided to drive to a point about twenty minutes away to visit the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at the Puowaina Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu.
The steep narrow driveway that leads up to the Punchbowl reveals a spectacular panoramic view across the cities of Honolulu and Waikiki, featuring the volcanic rock forma-tion called Diamond Head in the far distance. Like most of the mountains and mounds within the Hawaiian Is-lands, Punchbowl is the remnant of an ancient dormant volcano.
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shallow soup bowl. Once over the rim and inside the caldera, all the sound of a bustling city is replaced by the quiet solemnity of a sacred place.
Beautifully groomed lush grass is dotted by thousands of rectangular military-style grave markers. Drive-ways are bordered by trees, each of which is a work of topiary art.
Across the bowl from the entrance is a court featuring hundreds of broad marble steps leading up to a statue. Flanking the wide white steps are marble galleries, each like a large, roofless room composed of fifteen-foot-high walls. The stone walls are engraved with names of thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen
who lost their lives in various Pacific operations.
There are two sisters in our group whose goal, while here, is to locate some commemoration of their Uncle Alton, whose young life ended while serving his country as a pilot in the Pacific Theater. Like many of his generation, Alton W. Hallowell re-directed his preparation for an ac-counting career, and his participa-tion in semi-professional baseball, to enlist in the United States Navy. His military training and experience path led him to be a torpedo bomber pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington.
On July 21, 1944, Ensign Hallowell volunteered to substitute for a fellow pilot who had become ill. Following
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numerous successful missions, this time something went wrong. Shortly after takeoff, his plane lost altitude, spun out of control and crashed into the ocean, sinking immediately. He was lost at sea just one week before he was to return home to his family.
An elderly female volunteer at-tendant in the visitor center assisted Margie and Tracey in locating their uncle’s name in the register. Ironi-cally, the volunteer was Japanese. Following an incredibly brief search, she led them to the correct book, the right section, the exact page, and the precise line on which it was recorded: “HALLOWELL, ALTON W – ESN – USNR – MD – COURT 3.”
I marveled that this swift, success-ful search was done without the aid of a computer or any other electronic filing device.
Court 3 – because his body was never recovered, there is no grave; instead, his memorial appears on one of the walls near the marble steps. Our group proceeds across the cemetery to the base of the steps. We learn that Court 3 is located to the left, about a third of the way up.
Inside the court there is no ceiling; walls reach upward on three sides, leaving the back side open to a gar-den. In the center of the court grows a tree that is about as tall as the walls.
The names are in alphabetical or-der, and soon Uncle Alton’s name is spotted about nine feet above the floor. It was an emotional moment.
A hint of disappointment set in
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Marker at the entrance to the memorial.
when it was realized that the inscrip-tion was too high off the ground for the women to make a pencil rub-bing. There were no chairs, bench-es, ladders or other items nearby. Think! There must be a way to do this. The bulkiest of the group went down on all fours beside the wall; the tallest stepped up onto his back and the others supported her while she stretched up to hold the paper in place and made the rubbing. Mis-sion accomplished!
No one was in a rush to leave the serenity of Punchbowl, but our ap-pointed time to visit the Arizona
memorial was nearing. We parked and walked to the theatre for an informational and emotional video presentation, then boarded the boat for a ride several hundred yards out into Pearl Harbor.
We disembarked at a plain white marble structure that was long, narrow and open at the end to allow entry. Inside we passed through a flag tribute room. The sides were open, and in the center of the floor were large areas sur-rounded by rails and open to the water. It was surreal to recognize the outline of deck features of the battleship not more than a few feet below the water’s surface.
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The U.S.S. Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor.
With the emotion of our visit to Punchbowl still so fresh, we were drawn to a tall, elderly man who could be about Uncle Alton’s age.
It was difficult to know Irving’s age without asking him. I decided that I was not going to do that. Of course, I could have guessed, but if I did so, some history buff could possibly re-fute part of my account of Irving’s story, saying he’s not old enough to have done that, or to have been there. Let’s just say that Irving is old enough to be my father.
Beneath the brim of his U.S.S. Mis-souri Battleship baseball cap was a slim weathered face – a face browned and wrinkled from sun, wind, time
and hard work. His eyes revealed that he was probably suppressing a similar set of emotions to my own. My throat was tight and my cheeks were burning; tears were pressing behind my eyes, longing to escape. I wished they would just flow and free me from this feeling of being on the verge. I saw one tear winding its way through the crevices of Irving’s left cheek as he stood with both hands on the steel railing, gazing through the dark water toward the barnacle-encrusted steel deck of the sunken U.S.S. Arizona.
On his other side, Debbie was watching Irving, drawn to his face and the commemorative military cap. She broke the silence, “Were you aboard the Missouri?”
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“Yes, but later. I was not here. I was aboard the Missouri in the Pa-cific, and I am from Missouri.”
I imagine that Irving was peer-ing into the water wondering what it must have been like for all those young men whose grave is now be-neath our feet, still aboard the sunk-en battleship.
“That makes you a part of the greatest generation!” said Debbie.
My throat tightened even more watching Irving’s face as his eyes re-vealed pride, humility and sadness.
“My father was part of that genera-tion,” whispers Debbie.
“God bless you,” slipped quietly from Irving’s lips as the tears now streamed down both cheeks.
She placed her hand atop his and
they both continued a silent gaze into the water.
The crowd of about one hundred was generally quiet and respect-ful as they formed up in a loosely defined queue awaiting the shuttle craft that would return to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Irving ap-proached his wife who was already in line, beckoned her to come out and told her that he was not yet ready to leave. It was apparent that she was ready to go, but she realized that her husband had an inexplicable connec-tion to this solemn place and what it represents, so she stepped out of line and joined him.
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en to the very slow leak – a drop at a time – of oil from the hull fuel com-partments of the crippled battleship – a leak of black tears that began on December 7, 1941.
A visit to the Island of Oahu will certainly include seeing the city of Honolulu, the beach and hotels of Waikiki, and the famous Diamond Head volcanic cone, but a tourist’s life will be enriched by spending time at Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memo-rial and Punchbowl!
May all of your travels be happy and safe!
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Thru April 15 64th Annual Ches-tertown Arts League Juried Show at Heron Point, Chestertown. This show presents a great op-portunity for visitors to see work by local and regional artists. This annual show includes artists from the Eastern Shore of Maryland plus surrounding areas as far away as Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-3224.
Thru April 22 Exhibit: Mark Roth-
ko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art at The Academy Art Museum, Easton. One of the pre-eminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a leader of the Abstract Expres-sionist movement. Most of the graphic artwork on view at the Academy Art Museum is on ex-hibit for the first time. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
Thru April 28 Exhibit: Paint It!, an exhibition of the bold and en-ergetic work of Swiss-born artist Anita Peghini-Raber at the Main Street Gallery in Cambridge. For more info. visit www.mainstgal-lery.com.
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Thru April 30 Exhibit: Neavitt - Chesapeake Charm at the His-torical Society of Talbot County, Easton. Explore the many views of Neavitt in this exhibit. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773.
Thru April 30 Exhibit: Shake Your Winter Blues at South Street Art Gallery, Easton. Beautiful floral lifes and warm landscapes by gal-lery artists like Tim Bell, Gavin Brooks and more. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350 or visit www.southstreetartgallery.com.
1 Workshop: Foraging - at Ad-kins Arboretum, Ridgely. Bill Schindler, Ph.D. returns to lead this hands-on workshop that will immerse participants in the excit-ing, sustainable, and nutritious world of foraging for wild plants. 1 to 3 p.m. and a second walk from 3 to 5 p.m. $15 members, $20 general public. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
1 Concert: Axiom Brass at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge, at 4 p.m. Axiom Brass was a finalist in the 2012 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition. $10 for adults/students free. For more info. tel: 410-228-3161.
1 Concert: Chester River Chorale
presents L’Chaim! To Life! a gala spring concert of American music by Jewish composers featuring Alexandria Kleztet. 2 and 5 p.m. at the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre, Chester-town. For more info. visit www.chesterriverchorale.org.
1 Talbot Cinema Society presents A Face in the Crowd (1957) star-ring Andy Griffith at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Light refreshments from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. Intro-duction of the film at 5:45 p.m., followed by the movie at 6 p.m. Discussion to follow the film. Admission by membership only. For more info. tel: 410-924-5752 or visit www.talbotcinemasoci-ety.org.
2 Brown Bag Lunch: “Around the World in 80 Slides” at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels, featuring naval architect and sailor Ken Court. Ken’s voy-age covered 28,000 miles from Hawaii to the Chesapeake Bay via the Red Sea. The Friends of the Library are sponsors of the program, and patrons are invited to bring a lunch and enjoy coffee and desserts provided by the library. Noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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2,9 Tot Time at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 10:15 a.m. Story time and crafts for
children 5 and under accompa-nied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
3 Concert: Los Lobos at the Ava-lon Theatre, Easton. Whether playing on the soundtrack of the Ritchie Valens bio La Bamba or collaborating with Ruben Blades, Elvis Costello, and Tom Waits, Los Lobos has consistently evolved artistically over the years while never losing sight of their humble roots. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
3,5,10,12,17,19,24,26 Dancing on the Shore every Tuesday and
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Thursday at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. Learn to waltz, swing, salsa, Argentine tango and more. For more info. tel: 410-482-6169.
3,17 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371.
4 Adkins Arboretum Speaker Series: The Swamp Monster at Home - Catherine Carter will read from her new book of po-ems. Born on the Eastern Shore and raised here by wolves and vultures, Carter now lives in Cullowhee, NC, where she teaches in and coordinates the English education program. Free. 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
4 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Spring Social at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. 4 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
4,11,18,25 Meeting: Wednes-day Morning Artists meet each Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at [email protected] or 410-463-0148.
4,11,18,25 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, every Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The first Wednesday of the month is always BINGO, the second and fourth are varying activities, and the third is art class. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.
4,11,18,25 St . Michaels Art League’s weekly “Paint Togeth-er” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117.
4,11,25 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Shakespeare - The Moor of Venice & The Play Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered in a Theatre with John F. Ford and John H. Miller at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
4,18 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Co-operative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244.
5 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 10 a.m. Bring your own projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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5 Turt le Talk with Pickering Creek at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Learn about different turtles that can be found in Maryland and in our own backyards. 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
5 Horn Point Lecture Series: Bay 101 - Science of the Chesapeake for Non-Scientists in the Aqua-culture and Restoration Ecology Lab Lecture Hall at the Horn Point Lab, Cambridge. 4 p.m. This week’s lecture will be Jel-lyfish in the Chesapeake Bay with Margaret Sexton. For more info. tel: 410-221-8381.
5 Sunset Walk with Nick Carter at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. The Chesapeake Bay region is sustained by native plants that provide food and shelter to wildlife and enhance the rich biodiversity of the Bay watershed. Join Nick Carter for a walk along the paths that bisect the rich and unique na-tive plant habitat of Adkins Arboretum. 6 to 8 p.m. Free with admission. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
5,12,19 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Choosing Between Two Worlds with Margot Miller at the Manor House, Londonderry,
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Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
5,12,19,26 Thursday Writers - A memoir writing class at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn how to preserve your family’s stories. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
6 First Friday Gallery Walk in down-town Easton. 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. Raffles, gift certificates and street vendors! For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.
6 Chestertown’s First Friday. Ex-tended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout historic downtown. For a list of activities visit: www.kentcounty.com/artsentertainment.
6 Exhibi t : White F lowers by Rose W. Doster , and other artists will be featured at Oc-casional Art, Easton. Cottage Studio Silversmiths, as always, will have their extraordinary S o u t h w e s t - i n s p i r e d s i l v e r and copper jewelry. Roberta Carey silk scarves will also be available. For more info. tel:
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6 Easton’s Promise Art Gallery reception featuring new photo-graphs by Jay Flemming of An-napolis, winner of Best in Show at the 2011 Waterfowl Festival Photography Exhibit. 5 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-820-9159 or visit www.eastonspromiseart-gallery.com.
6 Dorchester Swingers Square Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementary School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-820-8620.
6 Concert: Down Hollow, The Aughts and Pony Bones at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Based out of Easton MD, Down Hol-low is a seven-piece band of multi instrumentalists mixing multiple genres and styles into one seamless blend of original music. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
6,13,20,27 Academy for Lifelong Learning: The Confident Years - U.S. History 1865-1918 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
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7 First Saturday Guided Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Explore the Arboretum’s diverse plant communities on a guided walk led by an Arboretum docent naturalist. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 27.
7 Arbor Day 5K Run and Family Fun Run/Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Registration from 8 to 8:45 a.m., start time is 9 a.m. Join fellow runners and nature enthusiasts for this seventh annu-al event. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarbo-retum.org.
7 The Met: Live in HD presents Massenet’s Monon at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
7 Tuckahoe State Park’s annual Easter Egg Hunt starts promptly at 1 p.m. in the Cherry Lane picnic area. More than 4,000 plastic and boiled eggs are hidden. Open to children under the age of 10. For more info. tel: 410-820-1668.
7 Evidence for a Recent Increase in Forest Growth: An Effect of Climate Change? at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 2 p.m. Smithsonian scientist Dr. Geoffrey Parker discusses evidence he has found that trees in the eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
7 Concert: Swamp Candy at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Swamp Candy is an acclaimed, down-and-dirty duo known for produc-ing foot-stomping blues roots music infused with a strong dose of rock and roll. 8 p.m. For more
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info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
7,8,14,15,21,22,28,29 Apprentice for a Day Public Boat Building Program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Learn traditional Chesapeake boat building techniques under the direction of a CBMM ship-wright. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
7,14,21,28 Historic High Street Walking Tour - Experience the beauty and hear the folklore of Cambridge’s High Street. Learn about the people who lived there, their homes, churches and com-mercial ventures. One-hour walking tours are sponsored by the non-profit West End Citizens Association and are accompanied by colonial-garbed docents. $8 (children under 12 free). 11 a.m. at Long Wharf, Cambridge, weather permitting. For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.
8 There will be no Pancake Break-fast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Department this month due to the Easter holiday. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110.
9 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Meet the Author with David Mercier at the Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
9-13 To celebrate the War of 1812 Bicentennial, the Historical So-ciety of Talbot County will be presenting Traditional Artist in Residence: Faux Grain Painter Frank Bittner. See the traditional art of painting wood to look like natural grain, still done today. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org.
10,17,24 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Listen to Your Life - An Experience in Life Review with George Merrill at Trinity Cathe-dral, Easton. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
11 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail [email protected].
11,25 Meeting: Chess Club of Talbot County at the St. Michaels Com-munity Center. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.
12 The Titanic Commemorated: A Night to Remember at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 2 p.m. In commemo-ration of the 100th anniversary of her sinking, the St. Michaels branch will offer a free showing
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12 Horn Point Lecture Series: Bay 101 - Science of the Chesapeake for Non-Scientists in the Aqua-culture and Restoration Ecology Lab Lecture Hall at the Horn Point Lab, Cambridge. 4 p.m. This week’s lecture will be New Data on the Bay’s Response to Reduced Nutrients with Michael Kemp. For more info. tel: 410-221-8381.
12,19,26 Thursday Writers Group at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Memoir writing class. Learn how to preserve your family’s stories. Feel free to bring your lunch. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
12,19,26, May 3,10,17 Chesa-peake Bay Eco-Discovery for Home School Students at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Home school students will discover the wonders of the Chesapeake Bay through exciting, hands-on activities. Program is designed for students 7 to 14 years of age. $55 members, $70 general public. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
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13 Members-Only Native Plant Sale at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop early for the best selection. New members are welcome! For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
13 Concert: Tin Cup Gypsy at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. At the core of Tin Cup Gypsy you’ll find a fusion of folk, jazz and bluegrass. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299.
13-14 24th annual Geranium and Spring Flower Sale at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. Fri.. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sat., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beau-tiful potted geraniums in all colors, large hanging baskets and assorted bedding plants will be available rain or shine. For more info. tel: 410-745-2534.
13-15 Raise the Roof Bluegrass and Irish Music Festival at the Riv-erside Country Inn, Greensboro. The Riverside Country Inn will be celebrating their 100th birthday with open mic night on Friday, live musical performances and a barbecue on Saturday and brunch followed by an afternoon of gos-pel music on Sunday. For more info. tel: 410-482-6550.
13-May 28 Exhibit: Troika Gallery Spring Group Show featuring many of the 35 renowned artists exclusively represented in the area by Troika Gallery. For more info. tel: 410-880-9190 or visit www.troikagallery.com.
14,21,28 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Saturday un-til December. Over 20+ vendors offering a variety of fresh fruits, organic vegetables, bison meat & products, sauces, baked goods, flowers, plants and craft items. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Harrison Street Public Parking Lot, Easton. Live music most Saturdays. For more info. tel: 410-822-0065.
14,21,28 FarmFresh Market in St. Michaels at Willow and Green streets from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Farmers offer fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, cut flowers, potted plants, breads and pas-tries, cow’s milk cheeses, orchids, eggs and honey. We also host events and activities throughout the season, including our Chef at Market events and a community cook-off. For more info. e-mail: [email protected].
14,28 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eggs, pancakes, French
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14 St. Michaels Volunteer Fire Department Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SMVFD, St. Michaels. Rain or shine. For more info. tel: 410-745-9393.
14 Historic Tree Sale. Nearly 200 trees of 24 species, all ideal for our area, will be available. The sale features direct descendants
of historic trees cultivated by American Forest, the oldest non-profit environmental orga-nization in the U.S. All trees are of a size suitable for planting by homeowners and are reasonably priced. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. beside the U. S. Post Office on Tilghman Island. Proceeds benefit Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (www.pwec.org).
14 Untangling the Knots - A one-day (or half-day) silent meditation retreat. Suitable for both begin-ning and experienced meditation students, this silent meditation retreat includes guided medita-tion periods, silent sitting and walking meditation, dharma talk
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in the afternoon, and question-and-answer session. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Third Haven Friends Meeting House, 405 South Wash-ington St., Easton. For more info. tel: 410-430-2005 or e-mail [email protected].
14 Stroll for Strays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Camp Wright on Kent Island. Dog walk with incentive prizes, vendors, food, giveaways, dog demos, micro-chipping and lots more! Pets welcome but not required. All proceeds go toward caring for the animals at Chesapeake Cats and Dogs. For more info. tel: 410-643-9955 or
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14 Linchester Spring Home & Garden Show from noon to 6 p.m. at historic Linchester Mill, Linchester Rd., Preston. This open-air market will feature plants, flowers, herbs, bulk sales of compost and mulch and more from local purveyors. It will also feature garden demos, local vendors, demonstrations on rain harvesting, children’s programs and ecologically sustainable gar-den practices. For more info. tel: 410-310-9202.
14 The Met: Live in HD presents Verdi’s La Traviata at the Avalon
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14 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more info. visit www.cambridgemain-street.com.
14 Second Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009.
14 Immanuel United Church of Christ, 5401 White Hall Road, Cambridge is having a Lasagna Dinner to be held beginning at 4:30 p.m. There will be an as-sortment of lasagnas to choose from and salad. Desserts will be available for purchase. Adults $10; Children 4 and up: $5; Children under 4 are free. Carry-outs available. For more info. tel: 410-228-4640.
14 Fourth annual Splendor in the Glass at the Tilghman Fire Hall. 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy fabulous food by Tilghman Island restaurants, beer & wine, raw bar, live music, live and silent auctions. $35 per person to benefit the Tilghman
Watermen’s Museum. For more info. tel: 410-886-2930 or e-mail [email protected].
14-15 Concert: The Easton Cho-ral Arts Society, directed by Wes Lockfaw, presents “Feel the Spirit” at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. They will be joined by internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Patricia Conte and a chamber orchestra. Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. $25 adult; $5 student. For more info. visit www.eastonchoralarts.com.
14-15 Opening weekend sale at Adkins Arboretum’s Native Plant Nursery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ridgely. The Native Plant
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Nursery offers the Chesapeake Bay gardener the largest selection of ornamental native plants. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847.
15-18 Exhibit: Where Water and Oil Mix - A consortium of Eastern Shore artists dubbed the Wednes-day Morning Artists will hold a major exhibit featuring painters, authors, potters, photographers, fiber artists, jewelers and il-lustrators at the Federal Senior Management Conference at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, Cambridge. Free. For more info. tel: 41-463-0148.
15,29 Fair Plays Vintage Base Ball at Mount Pleasant Park, Easton. See how the old ball game was played during the Civil War, according to the rules of 1864. Watch, or learn how to play. 1 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org/baseball.
16 Meeting: St. Michaels Art League at Christ Church Parish Hall, St. Michaels. 9:30 a.m. with a talk on painting animals with Lynne Lockhart. For more info. visit www.stmichaelsartleague.org.
16 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. Join a group and work on your
needlecraft projects. Limited crocheting and knitting instruc-tion for beginners. 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
16-18 Accepting donations of gently used spring/summer clothing and household items for Christ Church St. Michaels Parish Rum-mage Sale. Drop off your trea-sures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Parish House. For more info. tel: 410-745-9076.
17,24 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: Global Climate Change - Fact or Fiction with Stan Martin at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
18 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Memoir Writing Group with Joan Katz at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
18 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Elections and Democracy - A First Step, But Not a Magic Doorway with Lesley Israel at the Chesa-peake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
18 Academy for Lifelong Learning: When is Coronary Stenting Ap-
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propriate? with Scott Friedman, M.D. at the Nick Rajacich Health Education Center, Easton. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
18-19 Boater Safety Course at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, St. Michaels. 6 to 10 p.m. $25 per two-evening session. Pre-registration required. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.
19 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A field trip to the Easton/New-nam Field with Mike Henry. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
19 State of the River presentation by the Midshore Riverkeeper
Conservancy at the Historical Society of Talbot County audito-rium, Easton. 6 p.m. Come and see how healthy or unhealthy our local rivers are with the release of the report card for the Choptank, Miles and Wye rivers. For more info. tel: 443-385-0511.
19 3rd Thursday Comedy in the Stoltz featuring Rob Maher at the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. Maher’s been a two-time finalist in Comedy Central’s Laugh Riot competition, he’s worked with Charlie Murphy and Lewis Black, and, along with appearing regularly at the DC Im-prov and other popular comedy clubs, he tours the world bringing
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laughs to our troops stationed overseas. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
19,26 A c a d e m y f o r L i f e l o n g Learning: Boating Essentials for the First Mate with Jerry Friedman at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
19,26 A c a d e m y f o r L i f e l o n g Learning: Great Decisions Dis-cussion Programs with Don Sadlack at the Talbot Senior Center, Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
20,27, May 4,11 Art at Adkins Arboretum: Illuminated Letters - In this four-session class, artist Lee D’Zmura will introduce the basic skills necessary to create il-luminated letters as well as focus on the design of a botanical illu-mination using the Arboretum’s spring ephemerals as inspiration. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. $100 members, $135 general public. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
20 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose
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20 Concert: Clones of Funk at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Per-forming anything and everything funky (with a special emphasis on George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic), this 8-piece funk band is guaranteed to put a glide in your slide. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299.
20-21 Spring Rummage Sale at Christ Church - St. Michaels Par-ish, offering incredible bargains on spring/summer clothing for women, men and children, shoes, kitchenware, linens, jewelry, art, toys and furniture. Fri., 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m. to noon at the Parish House. For more info. tel: 410-745-9076.
21 Make A Book! at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Families and children, birth through eight, are encouraged to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All supplies will be provided. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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21 Meeting: Tilghman Island Pho-tography Club at Two If By Sea Cafe. 10 a.m. New members and any skill levels welcome. For more info. tel: 410-886-2447.
21 Exhibit: Push and Pull - Life on Chesapeake Tugboats at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, St. Michaels. The exhibit explores the world of Chesapeake tugboats and the men and women who work on them. The exhibit runs through 2014 and is open during regular museum hours. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org.
21 Soup ’n Walk at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Following a guided walk with a docent naturalist, enjoy a delicious and nutritious lunch along with a brief lesson about the meal’s nutritional value. Cop-ies of recipes are provided. $20 members, $25 general public. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarbo-retum.org.
21 Saturday Dinner Theatre at the Robert Morris Inn starring celebrity chef Master Chef Mark Salter and ... you! $140 per person includes canapes, four-course gourmet food and wine matching menu to include recipe
cards, demonstration throughout the dinner and, for a lucky few, some “one-on-one” cooking with the Chef. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111 or visit www.robertmorrisinn.com.
21 Concert: Queen Anne’s Chorale will perform “A Musical Menag-erie,” under the direction of ar-tistic director Bob Huntington, at the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills. 7 p.m. A short reception will be held after the performance. $15 for adults/children through high school, free. For more info. tel: 410-643-1314 or visit www.qa-chorale.org.
21 Concert: Véronneau at the Ava-lon Theatre, Easton. Véronneau is an acoustic, song-based group playing Latin Jazz, Gypsy Swing and much more. Equally at home in an intimate jazz club, world music or folk festival, Véronneau are audience favorites performing in English, French and Spanish. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalon-theatre.com.
22 Concert: Dionne Warwick at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. From her first Grammy Award in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to the San Jose?” to her recent collec-tion of Sammy Cahn standards and her ongoing humanitarian
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efforts, Dionne remains a major player in the music industry and on the world stage. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
23 Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil: The Poetry of Death at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. Join Bill Peak for a discussion of three classics on this immortal subject. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
24 Talk: Create Uplifting Sur-roundings To Reduce Stress with Elizabeth K. Kelly, ASID, CID, at the Talbot Chamber of Com-merce conference room, Easton.
Free presentation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Guests are welcome to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-822-4653.
26 Newbery Award author Jack Gantos, author of Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, and a host of other children’s classics, will talk about his books and writing at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
26 Booze, Carriages, Watches: Taxation in the Early United States, 1791-1817 at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. Ron Lesher offers an entertaining
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take on taxation in the first years of the republic. 5:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
26 Concert: Finale of the 2011-2012 Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orches-tra season includes the return of Stefan Jackiw on violin. The concert will be performed at the Easton Church of God at 7:30 p.m. There is a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m.. For more info. tel: 888-846-8600 or visit www.midatlanticsymphony.org.
26 Concert: Colin Hay at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. As the front man for Men at Work, Colin Hay’s distinctive vocals, inspired songwriting, and quirky, sardonic humor rode the cutting edge of the ’80s New Wave scene. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
27 Leadership for Women Confer-ence at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, co-hosted by Sandy Hale and Shar McBee. This is an all-day event featuring dynamic speakers, informational roundtable ses-sions, speed networking, lunch at a local restaurant and a wine and wind-up at South Street Art Gallery. To register, please tel: 410-745-1005 or visit www.lead-ershipforwomenconference.com.
27 Concert: Chanler Travis Three-o at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. The Boston Globe hails the Three-o’s infectious musical combina-tion as “Dixieland, pop, avant-jazz and rock that’s fully over the top!” 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299.
28 18th Annual Oxford Day - a celebration of history and com-munity in Oxford. Featured events are a pancake breakfast, 5K walk/10K run, dog show, family fun hour, Oxford parade, concerts, food, live entertainment and much more. For more info. and a schedule of events visit www.oxfordday.org.
28 St. Michaels Art League Wine-Fest Art Show and Sale under the tent at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SMAL artists who were juried into the 2012 Banner Competition will display their original banner artwork and other selected pieces, along with other SMAL artists. All artwork will be for sale. For more info. tel: 410-226-5351 or visit www.stmichaelsartleague.org.
28 The Federalsburg Historical Society will sponsor its annual Hobby Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Federalsburg Elementary School. Exhibitors will display their favorite hobbies or collec-
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28 Cooking Demonstration with Ce-lebrity Master Chef Mark Salter at the Robert Morris Inn, Oxford. 10 a.m. start time with a two-hour cooking demonstration to include recipe cards, followed at noon by a two-course lunch with wine for $64 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111 or visit www.robertmorrisinn.com.
28-29 3rd Annual WineFest at St. Michaels - Sample many interna-tional and U.S. wines in multiple venues throughout historic St. Michaels. Purchase wines at
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