ROAD TRIPS & DRIVING TOURS Clockwise from Left to Right: Hiking in the Allegheny Mountains; The Washington Monument, Baltimore; Maryland Hunt Cup, Hunt Valley; Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg; Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore; C&D Canal, Chesapeake City ROAD TRIPPING Religious Freedom Tour PHOTOS: KATHERINE O. RIZZO/THE EQUIERY; KEN STANEK Sacred Sites | Historic Churches America’s roots of religious toleration run deep in Southern Maryland, where some of the nation’s oldest churches are an indelible part of this peaceful, small-town landscape. The tour runs 189 miles through Southern Maryland, from Port Tobacco to Point Lookout. Wilkes Booth, one of history’s most notorious assassins, as he fled from Washington, D.C. and hid for several days in Southern Maryland before being cornered in Virginia. from Solomons to Baltimore where British forces clashed with American defenders in a battle immortalized by “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Baltimore’s Historic Charles Street Star-Spangled Banner War of 1812 Sites | Historic Parks Follow the trail of British troops as they fought their way up the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. The route runs 106 miles Art Museums | Dynamic Dining Though only 12 miles long, Charles Street is packed with world-renowned museums, captivating performing arts, stunning architecture, high-intensity professional sports and a variety of fine dining establishments. DESTINATION MARYLAND ✥ 41 Booth’s Escape Civil War Lore | History Museums Follow the 66-mile escape route of John
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