May 1, 2024

First Friday July 2 in Leonardtown

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday the town’s business community will be open July 2 from 5 to 8 pm.

Mitchell to Present ‘Voices of the Civil War’

Civil War

The St. Mary’s County Historical Society will present a program, “Maryland Voices of the Civil War (Historically Speaking),” at 6:45 pm Friday, June 18.

First Friday June 4 in Leonardtown

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday the town’s business community will be open June 4 from 5 to 8 pm.

First Friday May 7 in Leonardtown

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday the town’s business community will be open May 7 from 5 to 8 pm. 

First Friday: April 2 in Leonardtown

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday the town’s business community will be open April 2 from 5 to 8 pm. Stop by to Sip, Shop, & Hop!

Leonardtown 1st Friday: March 5

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday, the town’s business community will be open March 5, 5 to 8 pm.

Moll Dyer Rock Moved to Tudor Hall

Moll Dyer

The St. Mary’s County Historical Society held a virtual unveiling ceremony of the relocated Moll Dyer Rock on Feb. 26, 2021, at Tudor Hall in Leonardtown.

Show Leonardtown Some Love

Leonardtown

Since it’s February, Leonardtown is lookin’ for love. Join the town’s business community for its “Lovin’ Leonardtown” First Friday celebration.

Steamboats Key to Local SoMD Oyster Industry

The Chesapeake Bay region became the nation’s center for harvesting, processing, packing, and shipping oysters during the 19th century. This was especially true in waterfront towns on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that had railroad access. In St. Mary’s County, oyster packers got a later start.

Entwined Histories of Lex Park & Lady Lex

Lexington Park began as a single housing project, named for the Lexington, the Navy’s first really big aircraft carrier. The ship went down in 1942, before the housing project was completed, and in 2018 was found two miles deep on the floor of the Pacific.