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ST. MARY’S COUNTY FAIR PROGRAM 74TH ANNUAL FOR 2021

September 20, 2021September 21, 2021City Desk0

Announcing the 2021 Edition of the St. Mary’s County Fair – an adventure in agricultural achievement complete with fun, entertainment, prizes, rides galore and some of best Fair Food available anywhere in the nation! DOWNLOAD A FAIR CATALOG HERE – ENTRY FORM FOR EXHIBITS Friday, September 24, 2021 – “SCHOOL DAY” 8:00 AM 4-H Livestock […]

ST. MARY’S FAIR SEPT. 23, 24, 25, 26, 2021: The original agricultural fair retains identity and purpose with emphasis on farming; bring the family for learning, good food, tractor and horse pulls and endless exhibits

September 4, 2021September 12, 2021City Desk0

St. Mary’s Fair News Over the Decades MCKELDIN TALKS AT FAIR Crowns ‘Queen of Tolerance’ At Leonardtown LEONARDTOWN, MD. Sept. 21, 1956 – Governor McKeldin today attacked intellectual intolerance in America – “the theory that is wrong to even to think thoughts not approved by the majority.” The Governor made his remarks while crowning the […]

THE GREATEST AIRLIFT IN HISTORY WAS TO BERLIN DUE TO THE BLOCKADE BY THE SOVIET UNION ATTEMPTING TO STARVE THE WESTERN SECTORS OF THE CONQUERED NAZI CAPITOL

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021City Desk0

In spite of the claims of President Joe Biden who said the airlift that brought out over 100,000 Americans, allies and Afghans from Kabul due to the disaster he created on the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan was the “largest and most difficult in history”, the Berlin Airlift topped it. From the Truman Library: […]

THE COUNTRY PHILOSOPHER: A Poet, a Piper, a Pawn, and a King: Steve Uhler knocks on the pearly gates.

August 3, 2021August 9, 2021City Desk0

A Poet, a Piper, a Pawn and a King By Ken Rossignol THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY HOLLYWOOD, MD. – A dusty lane leads back between several modern homes built on lots that Steve Uhler spun off from his farm. The lane passes past his livestock barn and his flock of sheep in his pasture and winds […]

AMERICAN HISTORY: Sculptures that adorn the Rotunda of the United States Capitol

July 25, 2021July 26, 2021City Desk0

Preservation of Captain John Smith by Pocahontas, 1606, Relief Sculpture The Basics ARTIST: Antonio CapellanoMATERIALS: SandstoneYEAR: 1825LOCATION: Above the West Door Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620, Relief Sculpture ARTIST: Enrico CausiciMATERIALS: SandstoneYEAR: 1825LOCATION: Above the East Door Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians, 1773, Relief Sculpture ARTIST: Enrico CausiciMATERIALS: SandstoneYEAR:1827LOCATION: Above the South Door […]