In the 19th century, Marylanders built lighthouses ... chief historian at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Maryland also offers tours that highlight the local Black history intertwined with ...

According to Pete Lesher, chief historian at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, “In 1938, Crisfield alone produced 13 percent of Maryland ... White crowd of 100 to 300 people gathered near a ...

Black watermen of Chesapeake Bay past and present. The unique relationship between African Americans and the Chesapeake Bay contains an abundance of untold stories, tales revealed in Maryland ...

Leggett (left) with his mentor, Captain Earl White ... Chesapeake Bay region has been lauded across the D.C. area and Maryland’s capital, helping people understand and honor Black contributions ...

Eventually, these rivers empty into the Chesapeake Bay, a brackish body of water between Maryland ... white newspapers started applying the derogatory nickname to all of the region’s Black ...

A new story map chronicles 65 historically black beaches and other places of black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed ... so here are common Maryland varieties and how ...

Buying a 120-year-old Chesapeake ... Island Lighthouse, which the federal government is currently auctioning off. The 1902 lighthouse, located west of Maryland’s Middle Hooper Island, sits in 18 feet ...

The federal government is looking for a new owner to take over the Chesapeake Bay Hooper Island Lighthouse, located about four miles west of Middle Hooper Island in Chesapeake Bay, Md. The online ...