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7 Thursday, March <strong>21</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
The <strong>County</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
By Alex Panos<br />
Staff Writer<br />
<strong>Maryland</strong>’s historical landmarks in St.<br />
Mary’s <strong>County</strong> will celebrate the state’s history<br />
this week.<br />
St. Clement’s Island Museum will host<br />
a commemorative program Monday, beginning<br />
at 11 a.m.<br />
Lieutenant Governor of <strong>Maryland</strong> Anthony<br />
Brown will be in attendance, Cullins<br />
continued, and the celebration is a tremendous<br />
opportunity for the community to<br />
meet him.<br />
Keynote speaker Julia King, professor<br />
from St. Mary’s College, will share her<br />
knowledge of one of <strong>Maryland</strong>’s first landowners<br />
Thomas Gerard.<br />
“It’s important to understand why we<br />
celebrate <strong>Maryland</strong>,” said Kim Cullins, the<br />
museums marketing specialist.<br />
Bushwood residents Jim and Gina<br />
Clifton will allow some of their artifacts to<br />
be on display for the patrons.<br />
Cullins admitted, St. Mary’s College is<br />
choosing which ones to display and even the<br />
museum is unsure of what artifacts will be<br />
on display.<br />
“We’re hoping they will tell the story<br />
of how he lived and the life of the colony at<br />
the time,” Cullins said.<br />
Cullins added, a 13-minute film will<br />
explain how <strong>Maryland</strong> was founded and the<br />
museum’s focus of the day is to tell the “history<br />
of the island in total.”<br />
Historic St. Mary’s City is featuring a<br />
living history exhibit.<br />
Wilkinson encourages children to celebrate<br />
by flying kites, an original colonial<br />
past time and great opportunity to take advantage<br />
of March’s winds, in the “great big<br />
open fields,” beginning at 10 a.m.<br />
The official program is slated for 1<br />
p.m., when dignitaries will take the stage<br />
and the Ceremony of Flags will take place<br />
– children will carry flags to the stage representing<br />
each county in <strong>Maryland</strong>.<br />
Pageantry and the ceremony highlight<br />
the day, says Wilkinson.<br />
Cheryl LaRoche, keynote speaker and<br />
professor at University of <strong>Maryland</strong>, will<br />
discuss reasons to look beyond “big stories”<br />
in history, according to the museum.<br />
Wilkinson believes people will enjoy<br />
the “great celebration,” and will be enjoyable<br />
to many patrons to visit the site after<br />
the winter.<br />
Participants of the kite flying activity<br />
are required to bring their own materials.<br />
The holiday, which has been a statewide<br />
celebration since 1903, commemorates<br />
the original colonists landing in <strong>Maryland</strong><br />
in 1634.<br />
Historic St. Mary’s celebrates during<br />
the weekend closest to the original landing<br />
date, March 25, while St. Clements Island<br />
will be recognizing the holiday on Monday,<br />
March 25.<br />
The holiday signifies the start of the<br />
spring and summer season for both museums.<br />
Historic St. Mary’s City will be open<br />
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to<br />
4 p.m. daily, while St. Clement’s Island will<br />
now be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.<br />
Contact info@stmaryscity.org or call<br />
240-895-4990 for more information on<br />
Historic St. Marys and call 301-769-2222<br />
or visit stmarysmd.com for the event at St.<br />
Clement’s Island Museum.<br />
alexpanos@countytimes.net<br />
COUNTY<br />
NEWS<br />
Museums to Recognize <strong>Maryland</strong> Day<br />
Kids will have the opportunity to fly kites, one of<br />
<strong>Maryland</strong>’s oldest pastimes, at historic St. Mary’s<br />
City on Saturday.<br />
Correction<br />
The <strong>County</strong> <strong>Times</strong> ran<br />
an article last week citing<br />
St. Mary’s official tourism<br />
site as visitstmarys.com.<br />
The correct site is visitstmarysmd.com.<br />
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