Religious Freedom PHOTOS AND STORY BY ALEXANDER LARSON AND KRISTINA KITCHEN America’s Byways Looking out across the Chesapeake, I can imagine myself in the shoes of Maryland’s first English colonists: fleeing religious persecution, boarding a tiny ship, and setting sail across the vast Atlantic Ocean in search of a new home. Follow in their wake along the 189-mile Religious Freedom Byway from Port Tobacco to Point Lookout in Southern Maryland. HISTORIC ST. MARY’S CITY Established in 1634, St. Mary’s City was Maryland’s first capital. Today, St. Mary’s City is a vast living history museum and active archeological site. Explore this idyllic Colonial waterfront, tour the historic working farm, board the tall ship Dove , and visit the gorgeous reconstruction of the original brick statehouse that served as the capital of the colony. 24 / VISIT MARYLAND
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