Three hundred seventy-eight years ago, the state of Maryland was founded in St. Mary’s County. Leonard Calvert ... and St. Mary’s City (today, about two hours' drive south of D.C.) became ...

On Monday, Historic St. Mary’s City announced ... enough to eat? The Maryland group included a Jesuit priest, Father Andrew White; the colony’s first governor, Leonard Calvert; and Mathias ...

led by the Catholic Leonard Calvert. The newcomers settled in a fort before gradually building up St. Mary’s City, a metropolis in southern Maryland that would serve as the colony’s first capital.

The Great Brick Chapel at St. Mary’s City was built around 1667 — just 33 years after Maryland’s founding ... “The first governor of the colony, Leonard Calvert, is buried here somewhere.

The bones discovered along the river on land owned by the state of Maryland are now in the Historic St. Mary’s City laboratory. The plan is to have them undergo examination at the Smithsonian ...

built in 1634 by the first wave of European settlers who founded Maryland, has been located, Historic St. Mary’s City said Monday. Director of Research and Collections Travis Parno and his team ...

It’s been a long time coming but on Saturday, Historic St. Mary’s City will officially open the ... preservation efforts dedicated to one of Maryland’s most significant sites of religious ...