MARYLAND DAY, MARCH 25, 1998
THE EVENT
DATE: March 25, 1998
TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
PLACE: Governor's Reception Room, the State House
ATTENDEES
Parris N. Glendening, Governor
Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller
Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist
Lois Green Carr, Historian, St. Mary's City
Ann Jensen, author of Leonard Calvert and the Maryland
Adventure
Marcy Dunn Ramsey, illustrator of Leonard Calvert
and the Maryland Adventure
Becky Schou, principal of Annapolis Elementary School
Pam Coppage, fourth grade teacher, Annapolis Elementary
School
26 students in Ms. Coppage's fourth grade
BACKGROUND OF EVENT
Maryland Day, March 25, is the day on which Marylanders
celebrate the founding of the colony. It is the anniversary of the landing
of the settlers from the Ark and the Dove on St. Clement's
Island in 1634. They had set sail from England on November 22, 1633 with
Leonard Calvert as their leader. He had been appointed governor of the
new colony by his brother Cecil Calvert, the proprietor of Maryland. Cecil
Calvert never came to Maryland but remained in England to protect his rights
to the colony. The Charter of Maryland was granted by King Charles I to
Cecil Calvert on June 20, 1632. It had been requested by Cecil and Leonard's
father, George Calvert, who died before it was granted.
Today's event is built around a children's book which
was published earlier this year, called Leonard Calvert and the Maryland
Adventure, written by Annapolis author Ann Jensen and illustrated by
Marcy Dunn Ramsey of Chestertown.
About the author and the illustrator:
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Ms. Jensen has written other books, including Chesapeake
Bay Schooners and a children's book about Annapolis during the Revolution
called The World Turned Upside Down. She is also the co-editor of
the Local History Series of historical studies of Annapolis and Anne Arundel
County published by the Maryland State Archives and the Maryland Historical
Trust.
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Ms. Ramsey has illustrated many books including Awesome
Chesapeake, a children's guide to the Bay and wrote and illustrated
Rosie's Posies.
About Annapolis Elementary School:
This school is part of an experimental program called
"Expeditionary Learning" and the students have made many field trips and
participated in programs outside of their classroom.
The Anne Arundel County Public Schools/Maryland State
Archives NEH-Funded Partnership for Electronic Teaching and Learning:
In May 1997, the NEH awarded $170,000 to the Archives
and the Anne Arundel County Schools to train teachers and media specialists
in the use of Internet technology to bring facsimiles of original documents
into the classroom. An important part of this program was connectivity
between the schools and the Archives' website, so students now have access
to the all of the Maryland government information through the Maryland
Manual On-Line as well as the historical resources available at the
Archives. This connectivity was funded by a grant from the 21st Century
Education Foundation.
READINGS FOR MARYLAND DAY EVENT, MARCH 25, 1998