Pictured here is the official flag of the City of Annapolis. The motto translated into english is, “I have lived free and will die free,” or “I have lived free and will die so.” The crown represents Queen Anne, for whom the town is named. The flowers represent the royal families of the time, the Tudors and the Stuarts.
Of course I found this on a sailboat, as I am convinced you can find almost any flag you desire flying from at least one mast in Annapolis.
This shot was taken right next to Joe Cannon stadium, just a church at sunset. I promise I’ll stop with these sunset pictures, and get back to deeper topics on Maryland culture and history very soon.
For anyone who has ever heard of the town of Dorsey, MD there’s only a few things that can come to mind when they hear the name: Industrial Parks, a MARC Station, being close to a mall, and the Timbuk 2 restaraunt (home of some delicious and giant crab cakes)
This is the MARC station, which is not so interesting in its relation to the railroad, but is interesting becasue of the clock tower with the squared flag elements.
I had generally only passed by here on my way to the mall, but as I mentioned yesterday, I had to pick somebody up there and that finally gave me the opportunity to get close to the building.
While waiting in my car to pick up someone at a Marc station, I realized that I had a lot of time to kill. So I opened my ADC map and looked for some MDP points of interest. I came across this place. I had no idea what to really expect when the map told me there was a stadium nearby, so this was a bit of a suprise.
It turns out that this stadium is home to the BCCC and Coppin State baseball teams. It’s also used for many many different high school games, including the AA county championships. In addition it’s home to a number of adult baseball programs.
I took a flight out of BWI yesterday and got some great photos of Maryland from the sky. However, I haven’t downloaded them yet. So for the time being I’m offering this teaser shot of the terminal with the promise that exciting new photos are landing soon.
This picture comes to us from corresponding photographer Brett. It was taken in Quiet Waters park in Annapolis. The park, despite its name, is quite dog friendly. In fact a simple google search of the park reveals the quote “My dog loves it here.”
I believe that in the background you can see Wilson, but I don’t know who is in the foreground.
At many schools the teams mascot is related to the name of the team. That would include Testudo of the Terrapins, or the Hopkins Blue Jay. Though players on Naval Academy teams are known as Midshipmen, the academy’s mascot is not a sailor. The mascot is Bill the Goat, a live goat who is immortalized here in bronze.
From its paint scheme alone, one could almost confuse this ship with the Pride of Baltimore. However, this is the figurehead to the Schooner Sultana, based in Chestertown, in Kent County. The 97′ schooner was built in 2001, as a replica of “the smallest schooner ever in the British Royal Navy.
You can go to Schooner Sultana for more info on its educational mission.
You can also go to Flickr for pictures of its construction.
Here’s a picture from the airplane observation area at BWI, which is located on the southside of the airport right in front of one of the main runways. This area is actually called the Thomas A Dixon Jr. Aircraft Observation area, and its home of a pleasant area to see planes land or take off. I was there on a day when they were taking off, which is slightly less preferable to seeing them land as they gain altitude rather quickly when taking off.
Thi is the Shiplap house in Annapolis. It is one of the, if not the absolute, oldest buildings in the historic downtown area. It was built in 1715 and named after the material useed to side sailing ships and which was used to side part of the house itself. Appropriately, the man who used to live there, cut lumber for ships and also ran a tavern out of the house.
It has changed hands a few times and is now home to a the Historic Annapolis Foundation.