Leonardtown, MD – Join the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, and the Museum Division of the Department of Recreation and Parks, for the annual Maryland Day program on Thursday, March 24. The event begins at 2 p.m. at the St. Clement’s Island Museum.
The one-hour commemorative program is offered in honor of the first brave Marylanders who founded the Maryland colony at St. Clement’s Island on March 25, 1634. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Featured speakers include county commissioners and Mark Belton, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, will serve as the keynote speaker. A wreath-laying ceremony follows the program at the St. Clement’s Island historical marker.
Visitors to the event are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum. The site also offers a 19th century one-room schoolhouse and exterior dory boat exhibit.
Maryland Day also kicks off the summer season for the St. Clement’s Island Museum and the Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park in Piney Point. Both museums will be open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through September.
The Museum Division of St. Mary’s County Department of Recreation and Parks and the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County manage the St. Clement’s Island Museum. It is located at 38370 Point Breeze Road in Colton’s Point at the end of route 242 south. The museum and grounds are handicap accessible.
For more information call the museum at 301-769-2222 or log on to
www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums.