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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3_drum-point-lighthouse_Solomons-MD.html
This lighthouse, installed in 1883, originally stood 125 yards offshore at the entrance of the Patuxent River to the Chesapeake Bay. The foundation on which the cottage living quarters rest consist of seven wrought iron screw piles, hand bored int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OK_amphibious-training-base_Solomons-MD.html
This nation's first naval amphibious training base was established here at Solomons where between 1942 and 1945 some 68,000 sailers, marines, coast guardsmen, and soldiers were trained. They formed the major components of the amphibious forces whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O3_calvert-county_Solomons-MD.html
Established as Patuxent County in 1654, it was given Lord Baltimore's family name in 1658. Now the state's smallest county, it once encompassed most of Prince George's County and parts of Anne Arundel and St. Mary's counties. A narrow peninsula wi…