One of the oldest settlements in Maryland, St Mary's is a great cruising destination. St Mary's today is not much bigger than it was 300 years ago. The State has recreated life in the 1600's with numerous buildings, plantations, the original State house and a newly opening Catholic church. Maryland founded by the Baltimores and the Calverts was an early experiment in freedom of religion. Here all faiths were alowed to practice thier beliefs for nearly a hundred years untill the king of England declared that all Catholics in the colony could no longer attend organized mass.
This ship the Dove is a replica of one of two ships that arrived in the early 1600's and made numerous passages between the new world and England. The crew speaking old English instructed the visitors in the fine art of loading and firing a swivel gun.