HAPPY 250TH UNITED STATES!
Happy 250th Birthday United States! My how time flies, seems like just yesterday you were 150! 😉 This blog is an expansion of a small display we had at the Twin […]
I’m Sorry…Hobos Everywhere.
I owe hobos an apology. I have come to realize that I completely misunderstood what being a hobo meant. I thought hobos simply rode the trains, from place to place, […]
Introducing the 1st Mayor of Chesapeake Beach… well in name at least!
The First Mayor of Chesapeake Beach Oh how I love finding missing pieces of history I didn’t even know I was looking for! One of these pieces fell into my […]
Why a Beach Resort? … A Deep Dive into the W&CBRy (part 2)
Why a Beach Resort … part 2! The Washington & Chesapeake Railroad, the Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railroad, the Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railway, or simply the Chesapeake Beach Railway…well […]
Responses to Segregation
It started with a simple Facebook comment: A simple Facebook comment led to an exhibit a little under two years later. On November 16, 2023, I posted a “Throwback Thursday” […]
Why a Beach Resort?!? – a deep dive into the W&CBRy (part 1)
Why a beach resort? I have just emerged from a historical rabbit hole! It unexpectedly began when I read a fascinating book about James A. Garfield, our 20th President (if […]
Baseball Fan, Crank or Fiend?
Spring is here and baseball season is upon us! Which always brings to mind Ted Sullivan, right?!? I mean who doesn’t remember Timothy Paul “Ted” Sullivan? Truth be told, I […]
What’s in a name?!?
Day after day we drive these streets, give directions, home addresses, note landmarks, and so on and so on…often without a thought as to what’s in a name? Well fasten […]
A Pug, a Shark & a Railway…. Oh My!
You may recall (or not) from an earlier article that smallpox possibly had a hand in the failure of the original company, The Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railway Company (W&CBRy […]
March 31, a sad day in Chesapeake Beach History…
March 31, 1923, marks the 100th anniversary of the day The Belvedere Hotel was destroyed by fire. The hotel was situated on a hilltop that overlooked the Bay in Chesapeake […]