The Rise of Lexington Park
Many residents in the north of St. Mary’s County assumed Pax River was a temporary, war-time arrangement, but Jack Daugherty, a Marine pilot stationed at the Pax at the end of the war, and other ex-Navy personnel thought otherwise, and decided to stay.
Naval Aviation in Wartime Pax River
A lot more than naval aviation was going on around Southern Maryland during World War II. Bob Tourville of the Pax River Naval Air Museum has photos and footage to prove it — flying boats, drones from the 1940s, and blimps retrieving torpedoes in the Potomac River.
Pax’s Cold War Warriors Remembered
St. Mary’s County Historical Society and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum bring “Pax River’s Forgotten Cold War Warriors” to video to inaugurate the society’s Historically Speaking series.
St. George Is. Opens 1776 Revolutionary War in MD
This Message from the Cap’n — “St. George Island History”– carries the islander patriots forward from 1639 to 1921 — with some links to local historians Joe Norris and Jason Babcock.
Early Women of Architecture Visit Lexington Park
St Mary’s County Historical Society and the Lexington Park Lilbrary are hosting the traveling exhibit, Early Women of Architecture in Maryland through March 1; Exhibit curator Jillian Storms to speak March 1.
Little League Launched in Lex Park
“Baseball has long been a staple of entertainment and recreation in St. Mary’s County,” finds Historical Society writer Pat Woodburn, but to get the sport into the hands of youth took the US Navy and Lexington Park Lions.
Agencies Host Public Safety Day Events
The Department of Emergency Services, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, and the Maryland State Police will hold Public Safety Open House Day on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.
