The recent Maryland Day celebration was highlighted by The Southern Maryland News on March 27 in their article on the public celebration of the landing of the English colonists. Destination Southern Maryland Executive Director Lucille Walker’s keynote speech is quoted in this article. Click here to read the article on the Southern Maryland News website.

Pictured: St. Mary’s Commissioner President Randy Guy, left, Piscataway Conoy Tribal Chair Francis Gray, first-family descendant Millie Huseman, William Stone portraying Father Andrew White, and first-family descendants Tammy Pilkerton and Judy Guy pose in front of the mural at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland Day last Saturday. First-family descendants refer to those who are direct descendants of the first people to land on St. Clement’s Island in 1634. 

(Madison Bateman/for The Southern Maryland News)