Evening star., 1922-08-13

J grounds are located. this being the
testing point for the largest guns
Just beyond is Colonial Beach. the
/! largest and most popular summer re-
sort on the river. During the winter
many excellent oysters are dredged
off kettlebottom shoals, just abreast
! of the beach. where the old hotel
stands. This is also a famous spot, be-
ing the home of the dashing general
Lighthouse Harry Lee.
| Another interesting spot just below
Colonial Beach is the mouth of Mon
roe Bay. named in honor of President
| Monroe, who first saw the light of DAY
a short distance from the head of tina t,
body of water
F! One of the most interesting and his
toric spots in this section of the coun-
| try is Wakefield, where George Wash
| ington was born.
The home was destroyed before the
! Revolutionary war. but the spot is
marked by monument with the fol-
! lowing inscription:
| Here, on the eleventh of February
| 20. So, 1882, George Washington was
born"
| Not far from this spot is Stratford.
| the ancestral home of the Lees The
| original home was built by Thomas
| Lee, in 1870, of bricks brought over
in sailing vessel from England. After
| the house was burned, according 10
! tradition, it was rebuilt by funds sup.
piled by the Queen of England.
nSf haln VIE
cliffs. where there are large beds OF
| ocean mari. Across from this point
| is Blackstone Island. and it was here
| that those who sailed on the Dove
held the first religious service in Mary
| land. and upon the conclusion Of the
| service erected a cross. Back of the
island are St. Clements and Bretons
bays. At the head of one is Leonard
| town. named in honor of Benedict
Leonard Calvert, the fourth Lord Bal.
| timore. Not far from Leonardtown i.
the estate of Francis Scott Key.
|NoMINI Creek. particularly de-
scribed by Capt. John SHffh ii.
1908. is the. point that we now enter
The record of Capt John Smith III
/ describing this portion of the country
is as follows:
| For about thirty miles after enter
| ing the river no sign of life had been
seen, but We had hardly entered a little
/ bayed creek toward Onawmanient
! (NominD when we found all the woods
roundabout layd with ambushcadoes
| to the number of three or four thou
| sand SavageS, SO strangely paynted.
! grimmed and disguised. shouting. yell
! ing and crying as so many spirits from
| hell could not have Showed more ter
F, rible.'
| Inside of the creek are Beales wharf
/; McQuires wharf. Deep Point and
| Nomini. Proceeding from the creek
J down the Potomac, one passes Ragged
/, Point lighthouse, situated on the Vir-
| ginia side of the river. while on the
Maryland side, a little below. is Piney
Point. a popular summer resort.
| About ten miles from Piney Point
across the river, which is now six
| miles wide, you see the mouth of the
| Yeocomico river, at the head of which
| is kinsale. and according to history
| it was laid out for city at the same
! time as Philadelphia Back a few
miles from Kinsale is Yeocomico
| Church. one of the oldest churches
! in the United States. and il was in
this house of worship that George
! Washington was baptized. The orig
inal front is still used and the church
! itself is in an excellent state of pres
ervation.
| One of the most noted encounters
in the war Of 1872 occurred on June
| IA, 1913. at the mouth of the Yeo-
comico. when the U. S. S. Asp. under
command of Midshipman Sigourney,
| was attacked by the British Contest
and Mohawk. Despite the fact that
| the brave crew of the Asp put up
| stubborn resistance, they were wiped
| out of existence. being outnumbered
] FIVE to one.
1.-THE tourist now notices that there
is a gentle roll to the water ow-
| ing to the fact that he is looking out
| on Chesapeake bay. Point Lookout is
| just beyond, and it is at this point
| tina: he United States government
| erected granite monument to the
memory of $500 Confederate soldiers
who died in the federal prison dur
| ing the war between the north and
the south.
| If you care to proceed down Chesa-
| peake bay, you will pass. on the
| right, Fort Monroe. where once stood
one of the most famous hotels
/ in the United States. This was
burned several years ago. One of the
provisions in the clause permitting
the erection of this hotel was the
| stipulation that 1t must be torn
down in twenty-four hoers at any
time that the government demanded
| it's removal
| Passing on. you get glimpse of
the flying field named in honor of
Prof. Langley. Beyond is Newport
News. and straight ahead are numer-
Gus ships from all parts of the world
resting easily at anchor. Beyond
Iyou see the skyline of that thriving
southern city. Norfolk.
| In going from the wharf in Wash
ington to Piney Point you have sail
| ed 104 miles and you have passed
through a section of country where
LIVED men and women whose cour-
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