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14 unusual facts about Annapolis, Maryland


Amber House Trilogy

The series follows Sarah, a teenager staying at her family's allegedly-haunted centuries-old estate near Annapolis, Maryland.

Anita Lallande

After the games, Lallande announced her retirement from all sports activities and moved to New York City and later to Annapolis, Maryland.

Asaph Hall

Hall died in November 1907 while visiting his son Angelo in Annapolis, Maryland.

Charles Edward Munroe

He then took a job as an assistant professor of chemistry at the college until 1874, when he moved to Annapolis to become a professor of chemistry at the United States Naval Academy.

David Frederick Schaeffer

In 1836 he received the degree of D.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland.

F.J. Prettyman

He was educated at Rockville Academy, Emerson Institute, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, and Washington and Lee University.

Francis X. Murphy

Subsequently, he was assigned as a naval chaplain at Annapolis, Maryland, with Catholic Relief Services in Europe after the Second World War and then as a chaplain with the United States military.

James Olds

Olds attended college at a number of schools including St. John's College, Annapolis, and the University of Wisconsin, but received his undergraduate B.A. from Amherst College in 1947.

John Brice III

John Brice III (September 22, 1738 – July 1820) was an American lawyer, businessman and political leader from Annapolis, Maryland.

Joseph Emilio Abaya

While in UP, Jun took and topped the entrance examination for the Philippine Military Academy that he was sent by the government to the US Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics (1988) with distinction of being a consistent Dean's Lister in all the semesters he was there.

Julius Yemans Dewey

At this writing he is a popular preacher, who will always believe it was a most providential thing for our country that turned him aside from blocking the entrance of George Dewey to the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Michael Müller

Three years later, he was appointed Superior and Novice Master at the Congregation’s foundation in Annapolis, Maryland.

Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation

On July 8, 1995, the promotion held an event at the National Guard Armory in Annapolis, Maryland which featured Corporal Punishment, Axl Rotten, Mad Dog O'Malley and the debut of Pat Patterson, Jr. (the kayfabe "son" of Pat Patterson); the card was the first professional wrestling event ever held in Annapolis.

USS X-1

Towed to Annapolis, Maryland, in December 1960, X-1 was reactivated and attached to Submarine Squadron 6 and based at the Small Craft Facility of the Severn River Command for experimental duties in Chesapeake Bay.


A Postcard from the Day

The Psychedelly, Bethesda, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids")

Adrienne A. Jones

Adrienne A. Jones (born November 20, 1954) is the current Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first African-American female to serve in that position in Maryland.

Anne Arundel Medical Center

In addition to a 57-acre Annapolis campus, AAMC has outpatient pavilions in Bowie, Kent Island, Odenton and Waugh Chapel.

Benjamin Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard (1791–1872), American congressman from Maryland and fifth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court

Benjamin Tasker

Benjamin Tasker, Sr. (1690–1768), Provincial Governor of Maryland (1752–1753)

Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

The majority of poems printed were obtained from the University of Maryland Library Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Papers, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library's The Little Review Records.

Chicken shack

Jimmie's Chicken Shack, an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland

Communication Moon Relay

The finished system used two sets of transmitters at Annapolis, Maryland and the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii and two sets of receivers at Cheltenham, Maryland and Wahiawa, Hawaii.

CSX Transportation

Another style of unit train is a local trash train, D765, runs between Derwood and Dickerson, both in Maryland.

Cumberland Subdivision

At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end (at Mexico, Maryland) it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision.

Eugene J. Martin

As a child, Eugene ran away on several occasions, was placed in reform school at six years of age, and eventually spent the remainder of his childhood on a farm in Clarksburg, Maryland where his foster parents were Franie and Madessa Snowdon.

Harry Crandall

At the height of his career, Crandall owned eighteen theaters in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Hattie Lawton

She was part of the team that participated in the detection of the alleged 1861 Baltimore assassination plot against President-elect Abraham Lincoln and, according to Pinkerton's account, in the early part of 1861 Hattie was stationed in Perrymansville, Maryland with Timothy Webster, another Pinkerton agent.

Isaac McKim

McKim was elected as a Democrat to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Smith.

James Baker House

James B. Baker House, Aberdeen, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland

James Hubbard

James W. Hubbard (born 1948), American politician in the Maryland House of Delegates

Jane Frazier

On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River in Ohio.

Joe Maese

Following his professional football career, Joe was employed as a firefighter in Howard County, Maryland Howard County, Maryland.

Jonathan Leo Fairbanks

Some of Fairbanks’ artwork is owned by institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Boston Public Library, the Wye House and Myrtle Grove on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Alhambra in southern Spain.

Joseph Seiss

Seiss was born in Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, to an agricultural family; his interest in religious studies reportedly began in childhood.

Kennedyville, Maryland

Wayne Gilchrest Former Congressman from the first district of Maryland.

Kirsty McCabe

McCabe studied Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a first class honours degree before going on to spend three months as an intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where she used satellite magnetic data to interpret the underlying crustal structure of parts of Australasia.

Laurel Airport

Suburban Airport, an airport serving Laurel, Maryland, United States (FAA: W18)

Leonardtown, Maryland

Nearly 20 years later, Seymour Town was renamed again to Leonard Town in honor of Benedict Leonard Calvert, who was Maryland's Governor during this period.

Louis B. Butler

NPR commented on the Senate's reluctance to confirm Butler in an August 4, 2011 article, stating that "Some of the longest waiting nominees, Louis Butler of Wisconsin, Charles Bernard Day of Maryland and Edward Dumont of Washington happen to be black or openly gay".

Maryland World War I Service Medal

The Maryland World War I Service Medal was authorized for issue to citizens of the state of Maryland who volunteered for and served in either the Army or Navy of the U.S. during World War I.

Maya Keyes

Marcel-Keyes was born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Maryland by Alan Keyes, and wife Jocelyn Marcel-Keyes who is a native of India.

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ is a religious organization for young people in Maryland, United States.

Monro Muffler Brake

In 2004, Monro purchased the 25 stores and 10 kiosks of Mr. Tire, a Baltimore, Maryland chain which trademarked “On the Rim and Out the Door” pricing.

Nancy Jacobs

During the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly, Senator Jacobs sponsored Maryland's version of Jessica's Law.

National Capital Parks-East

National Capital Parks-East (NCPE) is an administrative grouping of a number of National Park Service sites generally east of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but also nearby in Maryland.

Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island

The Royal Air Force had recently started Training School #31 for this same purpose in Clinton, Ontario, and a small group of U.S. naval officers was sent there in mid-1941 to gather information for a similar school to be located on the campus of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

New Carrollton, Maryland

Carrollton was named after early Maryland settler Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Parren Mitchell

Maryland House of Delegates majority whip Talmadge Branch was an early aide, Delegate Nathaniel Oaks volunteered in Mitchell's early campaigns, as did Delegates Sandy Rosenberg and Curt Anderson.

Patricia Hughes

:For the former First Lady of Maryland, see Patricia Donoho Hughes

Phil Greatwich

In 2007 he went to the United States to begin a course in Sports Management at Towson University, Maryland, where he played for the Towson Tigers soccer team.

Preakness

Preakness Stakes, an American flat thoroughbred horse race held in Baltimore, Maryland, named for the above horse

Rachel Carson Greenway

The Rachel Carson Conservation Park is a 650-acres park located near Laytonsville, in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Raymond V. Haysbert

During the time of civil rights activism beginning in the early 1960s, Haysbert worked to elect black politicians, including Harry Cole as Maryland's first African-American state senator.

Sarbanes

John Sarbanes (born 1962), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district and son of Paul Sarbanes

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Semmes

Benedict Joseph Semmes (1789–1863), American politician and Maryland State Senator

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

The Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 17, 2009, by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and has been cosponsored by 169 of the 257 House Democrats.

Stephen Warfield Gambrill

Born near Savage, Maryland, to Stephen Gambrill and Kate (Gorman) Gambrill, he attended the common schools and Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland, College Park.

Turkey Point

Turkey Point Park, a park located in the eastern suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland

USAMU

United States Army Medical Unit (1956-69), a now defunct medical research unit for biodefense at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Volker Ignaz Schmidt

Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

WDCO

WDCO-LP, a television station (channel 6) licensed to Salisbury, Maryland, which simulcasts WDCN-LP Washington, D.C.

WPRS

WPRS-FM, a radio station (104.1 FM) licensed to Waldorf, Maryland, United States