The Washington times., 1933-05-27
JUNE WEEK LURES HUNDREDS TO PICTURES
ROAD To ]. s. NAVAL ACADEMY
WINDS THROUGH MEMORABLE
AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPE

right side of the highway going
toward Annapolis, were the Blad-
ensburg dueling grounds, where,
on March %, 1920, Commodore
James Barron fatally wounded
Stephen Decatur.
Bladensburg is one of the old
est towns in Maryland and was
chartered by the Maryla d
colonial legislature in 1742; it
was the site of a legislature.
established tobacco warehouse
and was one of the first places in
the Colony to have a post office.
Old Tobacco Country
At the Peace Cross, chief dis
tinguishing mark of the old town,
which contains some of it's
original buildings, erected to the
soldiers from Prince Georges
county who served in the World
War, the traveller bears right on
the Defense Highway, up the
hill to Decatur Heights and then
down into Semirural country.
At the bottom Of the hill, where
the Defense Highway bears to
the left, the motorist starts
through the Prince Georges to-
bacco country of other years.
The county still is the great
est producer of "the weed" in the
State, but farmers now are
diversifying their crops. The
road through here is dotted with
the homes of those who work in
Washington and in the evening
retire to "a house by the side
of the road" away from the
hustle and hustle of a city.
Road to Bowie
At Lanham, a little more than
II miles from the White House,
the smooth concrete road crosses
over the main line of the Penn
sylvania railroad.
A short distance farther on and
another bridge carries the road
across the tracks of the Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis
electric line, the only railroad en-
tering Annapolis.
Sixteen miles out on the left
side of the road is the red brick
structure that is Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, an old structure
in an old parish. A little more
than mile away is the old Bowie
Road, leading into that town.
The new, paved and banked
road connecting the Defense
Highway with Bowie, the race
track on the edge of that town,
and the Washington-Balti
Boulevard is 1913 miles from the
Zero milestone on the Ellipse.
Half mile from this road is the
Whitemarsh Catholic Church.
Crosses Patuxent
The Defense Highway ends alb
ruptly 20 miles from Washington,
Joining there with the Robert
Grain Highway, which links Bal
tlmore with the southern counties.
A left turn is made and the
Grain Highway, No. 3, is fol.
lowed for half a mile, where a
right turn puts the motorist on
the continuation of the Defense
Highway.
Before turning off Route 3,
the motorist crosses the Patuxent
River, deepest tributary of Ches.
apeake Bay, navigable today for
SO miles of its length and one
of the most important streams
in the history of the State. The
river is the dividing line between
Prince Georges and Anne Arun-
del counties.
Continuing on U. S. so, the
Annapolis-bound party passes the
Perry Road, 80 miles from Wash
ington. which is route lead
ing off to the right to shore
points.
Two Miles Away
Half a mile along, the party
reaches Parole, an important
road intersection where Route
2, the old Marlboro-Washington
Road, turns south.
Three miles out of Annapolis,
overlooking the bay. is the Log
Inn. This is reached by driv-
ing over the Severn River bridge
on the Baltimore Boulevard and
turning off on the first con,
crete road to the right. Be.
cause of it's location, the Inn
offers boating, bathing, fishing
and dancing. After the turn
south, Annapolis lies straight
ahead, two miles away.
Annapolis is described by it's
boosters as the modern city with