Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-03-23
MARYLAND DAY TOMORROW.
THE OBSERVANCE IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Day Historically Falls on The
18th Bot This Year 1t Will
Observed Day
Ea~fsce
Earlier.

Although historically Maryland Day
does not occur until Saturday, fall
ing as it does ON March 25, it will be
celebrated in the public schools to-
morrow.
The day. March 25th is celebrated
in honor of the anniversary of the
landing of the Maryland Pilgrims at
St. Clements Isle, the day from which
dates the settlement of the state. AS
has been the custom for some years,
the event will receive some special OBJ
servation, particularly in the city and
county public schools, and, as the date
this year falls on Saturday, the cele-
bration will occur tomorrow (Friday),
March "a.
The observance of this day is the
result of a movement of the State
Board of Education and the idea has
received widespread commendation.
Governor Warfield is particularly in
terested in it, and has several times
expressed himself as being in entire
sympathy with the movement. Fol-
lowing out a suggestion made by the
Board of Education, it is the custom to
have some particular event in Mary
land history made the topic for study
and special discussion upon that day,
duO q AhCAnAAhS NHCAo DShA
ing upon the event selected will be
given. In former years the topic Sc
lected has been the landing of the Ark
and Dove. but this year the subject
will be the Act Of Religious Tolera-
tion. +"
Maryland holds the position of being
the first one of the colonies where re-
ligious liberty was given. place that
frxsi fn from
her. 1t was in April, 1649, that the
Assembly of Maryland passed the ia
NOUS Toleration Act, but the honor
Of the idea really belongs TO Cecilius
Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and it only
made law of what had been a prac-
tice from the beginning. Of the party
who came over from England with
Leonard Calvert, there is no record of
how many were Catholics and how
many were Protestants. Lord Balti-
more's brother was a Catholic, and
probably the other twenty gentle
men, who were with him, and posi-
bly, some of the other colonists were
Protestants.
1t has been thought that Cecilius
Calvert intended to establish a retreat
for prosecuted Catholics, but there
was no attempt TO establish a purely
Catholic colony. 1t has also been said
that any attempt to bar Protestants
would have met with opposition in
England, and opposition which would
have grown into q storm that would
have cut off the colony in its infancy.
The settlement of Maryland, which S
now commemorated on March 20, was
commenced in 1884, and was due to
the ambitions of George and his son,
Cecilius. The memorable voyage of
the Maryland Pilgrims commenced on
November %, 1888 when two little YES
sels-the Ark and the Dove-set sail
from Cowes. The Ark was of about
300 tons, and the Dove, a pinnace of
about 90 tons. carried, according to
Cecilius Calvert's account, his two
brothers, Leonard and George, nearly
twenty other gentlemen and about
300 laboring men. The voyage was a
momentous one.
About thirty miles MP the Potomac
river the settlers landed at st. Glenn
ent's Isle. On March 20 the voyagers
landed and solemn possession of Mary
land was taken. Mass was celebrated
the first in any English colony of the
New World. The program for the
celebration tomorrow has been pre-
viously published in the Capital, and
is as follows.
Song" Maryland. My Maryland. "
Address =" Religious federation in
Early Maryland" by Elihu S. Riley,
Esq.
Poem-"The Settlement of Mary.
land, by George Marvel.
Essay" Religions federation of
Maryland" by Naomi Duvall.
Song-"Our Flag" composed by
Dr. Leavitt.
Poem" Maryland" by Catherine
Wilson.
Character Sketch of Cecilius Cal
vert, by Gertrude o. Riordan.
Address, by James N. Trippe, of
Baltimore.
Selection, by the School Orchestra.
Collection for the statue of Oecilius
Calvert.
Song" Star -Spangled Banner.