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Prince George's Stadium

Prince George's Stadium is a multipurpose sports venue located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, near Bowie, primarily used for baseball. It is home of the Baltimore Orioles' Double-A affiliated Chesapeake Baysox in the Eastern League. The stadium is the result of a cooperative venture between Maryland Baseball Limited Partnership and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and is built on park property. History The stadium opened June 16, 1994. Its capacity for baseball is listed at 10,000, but when the Double-A All-Star Game was held there in 2000, the attendance was about 14,000. The 2002 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game was held at the stadium. While the stadium was being finished, the Baysox played one full season (1993) at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium and a few series in 1994 at fields belonging to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, and the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as the minor league stadiums of the Frederick Keys and Wilmington Blue Rocks. Tenants and events Prince George's Stadium is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and U.S. Route 50. It has been host to the AA All-Star Game twice, the United States Congressional Baseball Game, the annual Allen Iverson charity softball game, a lacrosse tournament, the USA Softball team, yard sales, movie nights, concerts, and Halloween activities in addition to its primary function as a baseball park. In addition, the Baysox operate a drive-in theater in the stadium's left-field parking lot during the Baysox' road trips. Due to its close proximity to several local military bases including Fort George G. Meade and Andrews Air Force Base, the stadium is also regularly the site of related promotions involving enlisted persons. For example, on June 14, 2007, 5,000 Baysox tickets were distributed to soldiers to celebrate Flag Day with professional wrestler Sergeant Slaughter. In 1998, the stadium hosted the Bowie Nationals, a team in the single-season Maryland Fall Baseball league. On July 12, 2000, the ballpark hosted the Double-A All-Star Game in which a team of American League-affiliated All-Stars defeated a team of National League-affiliated All-Stars, 5–2, before 14,077 people in attendance. In 2004, it served as the home of the D.C. Forward, the Pro Cricket team for Washington, D.C. The ballpark was used for the 2020 Major League Baseball season as the alternate training site for members of the Baltimore Orioles 60-man player pool who were not assigned to the major league roster. Appearances Prince George's Stadium was featured in the January 30, 2007 episode ("Well Digger") of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs, where host Mike Rowe performed a variety of jobs. References External links Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation Chesapeake Baysox Stadium Views – Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
Prince George's Stadium

Le Prince George's Stadium est un stade de baseball, d'une capacité de 10 000 places, situé dans la ville de Bowie, dans l'État du Maryland, aux États-Unis. Histoire Inauguré en 1994, il est depuis cette date le domicile des Baysox de Bowie, club professionnel de baseball mineur, de niveau AA, évoluant en Ligue de l'Est. Le match de baseball du Congrès s'y est joué chaque année de 1995 à 2004. Notes et références Liens externes (en) Site officiel Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail du baseball Portail du Maryland
Proctor House (Bel Air, Maryland)

Proctor House, also known as the Cassandra Gilbert House, is an historic home located at Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story detached Carpenter Gothic style cottage with board and batten siding, constructed between 1860 and 1873 and enlarged about 1884. The interior features an arched slate mantel painted to resemble several colors of inlaid marble. Proctor House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. References External links Proctor House, Harford County, including photo from 1989, Maryland Historical Trust website J. Gilman D. Paul House, Deths Road, Glenville, Harford, MD at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
Casa Proctor

La Casa Proctor, también conocida como la Casa Cassandra Gilbert, es una casa histórica ubicada en Bel Air, condado de Harford, Maryland, Estados Unidos. Es una casa de campo independiente de dos plantas, de estilo gótico carpintero con revestimiento de tablas y listones, construida entre 1860 y 1873 y ampliada alrededor de 1884. El interior cuenta con una repisa arqueada de pizarra pintada para imitar mármol con incrustaciones de varios colores.​Proctor House fue incluida en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1990.​ Referencias Enlaces externos Proctor House, Harford County, including photo from 1989, Maryland Historical Trust website J. Gilman D. Paul House, Deths Road, Glenville, Harford, MD at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
Purse State Park

Purse State Park is a former Maryland state park located on the Potomac River in Charles County that has been subsumed into the 1,365-acre (552 ha) Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area. As the Purse Area, the former park is known for fossil hunting on the beaches of Wades Bay at the southern end of the Nanjemoy WMA. Fossil discoveries have included shark teeth and Cibicides. References External links Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area Maryland Department of Natural Resources Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area Map Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Queen Anne's County Courthouse

The Queen Anne's County Courthouse is the oldest courthouse still in use in the state of Maryland. The building houses the judge for the Queen Anne's County Circuit Court, the judge's chambers, a courtroom, a jurors' assembly room, clerks offices and a small detention lock-up. History The courthouse was authorized by acts of the Maryland General Assembly after the removal of the county seat from Queenstown to Chester Mills and then Centreville. It was erected between 1791 and 1796 on land purchased from Elizabeth Nicholson from her portion of the Chesterfield Estate, the estate of her grandfather, William Sweatman. References
Queen Anne's County High School

Queen Anne's County High School (QACHS) is a four-year public high school in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is one of two public high schools in Queen Anne's County along with Kent Island High School. Overview The school is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the town of Centreville, MD. The school is on Maryland Route 304, south of Maryland Route 305, east of Maryland Route 213, and west of U.S. Route 301. The current building was built in 1966. The school was created with the desegregation of the school system in 1966, twelve years after Brown vs. Board of Education was ruled. The high school for African Americans, the Kennard School, was closed and turned into the present Kennard Elementary School. The three White schools - Centreville High School, Sudlersville High School, and Stevensville High School - were closed and turned into middle schools. The current principal is Mr. Lou Sheppard. Students Sports State Champions State Finalist State Semi-Finalist State Quarter-Finalist See also List of high schools in Maryland Queen Anne's County Public Schools References and notes http://qacps.schoolwires.net/qhs Archived May 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20140512144253/http://qacps.schoolwires.net/Domain/123 External links Queen Anne's County High School website Map of School from Google Maps
Queen Anne Bridge

Queen Anne Bridge is an historic bridge over the Patuxent River near Queen Anne in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States of America. It is the only surviving example of a Pratt truss bridge with Phoenix sections in the county. Numerous bridges have been built on this site that once served as a main road connecting Anne Arundel County to Prince George's County. The first one was built in 1755 and by 1797 another wood bridge was built by local carpenter Colmor Duvall, only to be destroyed by a flood in June 1804. In 1804, the bridge was immediately rebuilt. The current structure was built about 1890 and was closed after the Anne Arundel span of the bridge collapsed due to an overloaded truck, circa 1960. It remained open for pedestrian use until 2007 and remains standing, though fenced now preventing it from even allowing pedestrian use between county park land on both sides of the river. References
R. Paul Smith Power Station

The R. Paul Smith Power Station is a closed electric generating plant owned by FirstEnergy (formerly Allegheny Energy) in Williamsport, Maryland. Description The facility consists of 2 coal-fired steam generating units generating a total capacity of 116 MW. The units can use fuel oil as an alternate energy source. Condenser cooling for these units is accomplished with once-through cooling water from the Potomac River. The plant is located on land in between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, north of Lock 44 of the canal. Coal was delivered to the plant originally by rail until the mid-1950s, and intermittently by rail and trucks until late 1974 when all coal deliveries were diverted to trucks. Coal ash from the plant was disposed at ash ponds in West Virginia, across the river from the plant. The plant is subject to the federal Clean Air Act. Because of the age of the power plant units, and the need to maintain the plant's capabilities to ensure reliability of the regional power grid, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) had exempted the plant from compliance with a state law, the Healthy Air Act, which sets stringent air pollution limits for sulfur oxide and NOx. However, FirstEnergy decided to cease plant operations in 2012, and in 2013 MDE proposed reinstating the stringent state emission requirements, in case the plant resumes operations in the future. History Construction of the first power plant at Williamsport began in 1922 by the Potomac Public Service Company. In 1923, the company became part of the Potomac Edison Company; formerly known as the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway. In 1925, Potomac Edison joined West Penn Electric Company. The first generating unit began service in 1927. Coal was delivered to the plant by the Western Maryland Railway. The plant was named for R. Paul Smith, the company's first president. The 1927 unit was replaced by a new unit in 1947 with a nameplate capacity of 34.5 MW. An additional 75 MW operating unit was constructed in 1958. In 1960 the West Penn Electric Company was renamed Allegheny Power System, Inc. Circa 1970 the plant began to receive coal deliveries by truck, and rail deliveries ended. On January 26, 2012 parent company FirstEnergy announced that the station would be closed due to the cost of retrofitting the plant to comply with environmental regulations due to take effect in 2015. The R. Paul Smith station was one of six FirstEnergy stations to be retired in 2012. In its last years the plant was operated intermittently. FirstEnergy ceased plant operations on September 1, 2012. See also List of power stations in Maryland References
Rachel Carson House (Colesville, Maryland)

The Rachel Carson House is a historic house in Colesville, Maryland, an unincorporated area near Silver Spring, Maryland. Built in 1956, this typical suburban ranch-style house was where writer Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 for its association with Carson. Description The one-story house is typical of its era, finished in brick with an asphalt shingle roof. The interior, virtually unchanged since Carson lived there, contains a living room to the right of the entry, with Carson's study to one side, on the corner of the house. A kitchen and dining room are at the rear, behind the living room. Bedrooms are to the left of the entry. A basement contains a bedroom and bathroom and a multi-purpose room, as well as unfinished space. Carson's original landscaping is largely intact, with only a small area of lawn. The wooded landscape of evergreens, azaleas and daffodils is in keeping with her desire to keep a "woody section" of the yard. History Designed by Carson and built for her use, the new home provided "all the special things that I need." She began writing Silent Spring at the house in 1958, rarely using the Maine cottage where she wrote The Edge of the Sea published in 1955. As Carson continued work on the book, the nature of the research, involving public documents and correspondence with scholars, and her own health encouraged her to spend more and more of her time at home in Silver Spring. After the publication of Silent Spring in 1962, Carson spent most of the next two years in Silver Spring before her death on April 14, 1964. Prior to her residence at this house, Carson lived in other houses in Montgomery County, including in the Woodmoor neighborhood of Silver Spring, where she wrote the National Book Award winning The Sea Around Us See also Rachel Carson Homestead, her birthplace and childhood home in Springdale, Pennsylvania List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Maryland References External links Rachel Carson Landmark Alliance, the organization that preserves the house Rachel Carson House, Montgomery County, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust Silent Spring, A Visual History curated by the Michigan State University Museum
Randallstown High School

Randallstown High School is a public high school located in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It serves students in the Randallstown and Owings Mills areas. It is a part of Baltimore County Public Schools. Its primary feeder schools are Deer Park Middle Magnet School, Sudbrook Magnet Middle School, Southwest Academy Middle School, Windsor Mill Middle School and Northwest Academy of Health Sciences. Academics Randallstown High school received a 43.9 out of a possible 90 points (48%) on the 2018-2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 3 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 26th percentile among all Maryland schools. Randallstown High School is home of 2 magnet programs, Academy of Health Professions & Multimedia Production. Students The 2022–2023 enrollment at Randallstown High School was 1,159 students. Athletics State championships Football Class AA 1984 4A 1990 Boys Basketball Class A 1995 3A 2001, 2005 2A 2006, 2007 Baseball Class AA 1985 Notable alumni Mitch Allan - singer/songwriter Brian Bark - former Major League Baseball player, current Chief Information Officer for Sinclair Broadcast Group Christian Benford - professional football player, cornerback for the Buffalo Bills D. J. Bryant - professional football player James P. Clements - President of Clemson University, former president of West Virginia University Marcus Cousin - professional basketball player Jae Deal - composer and music producer Khia Edgerton - Baltimore Club DJ, MC Kim English - former professional basketball player and current head basketball coach for Providence College Steven Oken - Convicted murderer executed in Maryland Shooting On May 7, 2004, Randallstown High School was the scene of a school shooting. At approximately 4:30pm after an annual basketball game between students, faculty, and Maryland State Delegates, a Randallstown student along with 3 of his friends began shooting in the front of the school grounds. Four students were wounded including William "Tippa" Thomas who suffered paralysis. References External links Official website
Recher Theatre

The Recher is a concert venue in Towson, Maryland. It is located at 512 York Road in the building previously operated as the Towson Theatre, a one-screen movie theater. The Towson Theatre was designed by architect John Ahlers of the George Norbury MacKenzie III architectural firm. It cost $100,000 to build and opened on March 1, 1928. The theatre was sold to the Recher family in the 1950s, who continued running the cinema into the 1990s. They then converted it into an upscale billiard parlor. The building was later transformed into The Recher Theatre, a concert venue, which opened in 1999. The small venue with a capacity of only 700 hosted many national acts over the years, including: Aimee Mann, Andrew W.K., All Time Low, Anberlin, Bo Diddley, Boondox, Breaking Benjamin, Buckethead, Buckcherry, Charlie Daniels Band, Cheap Trick, Crack The Sky, Danyul Reyman Blues Band, Danzig, Dark Star Orchestra, Demon Hunter, Disco Biscuits, Electric Light Orchestra, Flaming Lips, Fuel, George Clinton, Good Charlotte, Iggy Pop, Jeffree Star, Judas Priest, Linkin Park, Little Feat, O.A.R., Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, Reel Big Fish, Robert Cray, Shinedown, Slayer, They Might Be Giants, Third Eye Blind, The White Stripes, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Mr. Bungle, and Zakk Wylde. Closure The Recher Theater closed in 2013. It enjoyed a strong run as one of the area's premier music venues, but was eventually squeezed out by larger venues. The Recher ended its days as a live music staple with a sold-out fundraising concert titled "The Last Hurrah!" featuring 17 bands, many of which had played at the Recher over the last decade. The bands performing included The Hint, American Diary, Thin Dark Line, Dropout Year, All Mighty Senators, Warren Boes/Andy Belt, Burning Rosewood, Shane from Valencia, Evan Michael, The Everlove/Adelphi, Japan 4 Japan 4 band shows, Hectic Red, Technicolor Minivan, Oh the Story, Brighter Shades, Rob Fahey & Pieces, Monday Night Social Club Band, Serena Miller & Riot, The Regal Begals, and Ashes Remain. All proceeds were donated to Catherine's Fund For Cystic Fibrosis, associated with the Maryland Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The Recher Theatre space was converted into a nightclub known as Torrent Nightclub. The change was attributed to the rise of popularity of DJs and electronic dance music. Recher said, "The market for live music is down, and the local music scene, as well, wasn't what it used to be." After nearly a year of construction, the Torrent Nightclub opened on Thursday, Feb 13, 2014, featuring British DJs EC Twins. Reopening In June 2020, owner Brian Recher announced that the space would rebrand and reopen as The Recher at a future date. It was revealed in early March 2021 that The Recher would reopen on March 19, 2021, initially with limited capacity shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. References External links Recher Theatre closes doors for transformation. Torrent Nightclub website
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is a resource in Baltimore, Maryland, for information about the lives and history of African American Marylanders. Its collections comprise 400 years of Maryland history and include more than 11,000 objects, artifacts, documents and photographs. The museum opened in 2005 and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Funds for construction of the museum came in steps. A government appropriation of $31 million was approved on the condition that $1.5 million be raised from outside sources first. Baltimore Orioles owner Peter G. Aguilar donated the entire $1.5 million. Subsequently, large companies pledged additional funding, the most significant pledge coming from the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation. This gift of $5 million was earmarked for educational programming and prompted the museum's founder, George L. Russell Jr., and its board of directors to name the museum after Lewis. Reginald F. Lewis was the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings. Starting from humble beginnings in Baltimore, Lewis in 1991 was listed among the 400 richest Americans by Forbes, with a net worth estimated at $340 million. The five-story, 82,000 square foot museum, designed by architects Phil Freelon and Gary Bowden, greets visitors with the vibrant colors of the Maryland state flag, which begin on the outside of the building and circle around to the inside. Reflecting on the use of the flag's colors in the museum design, Bowden said, "We saw the museum's site was next to the [Star Spangled Banner] Flag House, and that's where we got the idea of re-interpreting the Maryland Flag--we Afrocentrized it." Facilities in the museum include an oral history recording and listening studio, a special exhibition gallery, a 200-seat theater auditorium, a classroom, and resource center. Permanent exhibits explore Maryland's African American history through the themes of family and community, labor, and art and intellect. Past exhibitions include "A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie", the work of artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence, and "Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change", which featured rapid response collecting of artifacts during the COVID 19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. The museum's executive director is Terri Freeman. She has held the post since 2021. See also History of the African Americans in Baltimore List of museums focused on African Americans References Further reading Mary K. Feeney, "Black History, Powerfully Displayed", Washington Post, September 2, 2005. Chris Kaltenbach, Lewis museum to open with 'Slave Ship', The Baltimore Sun, June 2, 2005. External links Official Site Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie (JSTOR registration required) Reginald F. Lewis Museum Collection from Enoch Pratt Free Library at Digital Maryland.
Reisterstown Road Plaza

The Reisterstown Road Plaza, usually known since its inception simply as "The Plaza," is a shopping center and mall located near the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station. Originally built as an outdoor shopping center (with two parallel rows of stores between the original anchors Hecht's and Stewarts), it was later converted into an indoor mall, and then expanded with big box stores in an outdoor shopping area. The Reisterstown Road Plaza opened in 1962. The anchor stores are Home Depot, Five Below, Petco, Marshalls, Giant, Shoppers World, and Big Lots. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Modell's Sporting Goods and Burlington. Previous anchors at the Reisterstown Road Plaza were the now defunct chains of Stewart's/Caldor, Zayre/Ames, Hechinger, and Hecht's. Some of the stores and restaurants include Shoe City, Economy Shoes, Foot Locker, Big Lots Stores, Popeyes, Applebee's, Panda Express, KFC, Long John Silver's, and Checkers. The Plaza also houses a satellite campus of Baltimore City Community College, CJIS, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Maryland Board of Nursing and the office of vital records for the state of Maryland. History The Plaza was one of several areas in Baltimore that saw redevelopment as a result of a nearby transit system being constructed. The nearby Metro Subway opened in 1983. In 1986, a two-story office center at the Plaza was completed. It started out by housing the Maryland Lottery. In 1991, the Plaza underwent a 125,000-square-foot (11,600 m2) expansion In 1997, a fire damaged a section of the Plaza. This forced the closing of Woolworths. In 2001, Home Depot announced it would open a store in a new building behind the mall, which was itself undergoing a renovation at the time. On March 12, 2020, it was announced that Modell's Sporting Goods would be closing all stores, including the Reisterstown Road Plaza location. References External links Official website