Leonardtown hosts great events during the year to bring out crowds..
The Leonardtown Town Square was filled with food tasting trucks and stands on Sept. 10, 2022. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photos
Bell Motors moved to Leonardtown when the Navy took over Pearson to build the base and operated the new car sales, service and used car facility until selling to Weingardner in 2008 as GM angled for a bailout during the Great Recession.
Leonardtown-Mayor-Chip-Norris-shows-plans-to-Comptroller-Peter-Franchot. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY
The new seawall at the Leonardtown Wharf Park. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo
Governor Larry Hogan at the 2018 kickoff for widening of Rt. 5 in Leonardtown, which is still creeping along in 2022.
First Sergeant Mike Laney, Asst. Barrack Commander, Leonardtown, Md.
The Gateway Lounge in 2005 shortly before being demolished to make more parking for Bell Motors, now Weingartner Motors. The Gateway was located on Louse Alley next to Sis’s Hideaway and was the scene of more than one murder. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo
Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry “Chip” Norris and Senator Roy Dyson viewed the waterfront area of the Tudor Hall Village on a trip out on Breton Bay with attorney Phil Dorsey in 1996. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo.
A historic black bar in St. Mary’s County was Sis’s Hideaway on “Louse Alley’ in Leonardtown. More recently was the home of the popular Kevin’s Kafe which is now in the former Willows location on Rt. 5. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo.
St. Mary’s Commissoner Larry Jarboe campaigned to save the historic courthouse in Leonardtown. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo
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Leonardtown-Wharf-Groundbreaking-2003. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo.