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been preserved as it was when it vas
occupied by him.
Romance and adventure that rival
BostOn's historic tea party" center
about the little Peg Stewart Home
on Hanover street opposite the Naval
Academy grounds There lived An
thony Stewart, a leading merchant OF
Colonial Annapolis Just before the
Revolutionary War. And it was in
the street in front Of the little house
that angry people gathered threatenly
when It was discovered that the brig
Peggy Stewart was loaded with tea
on which Stewart had paid the illegaI
tax. Stewart ordered the vessel sailed
aground at a point of land which now
is part of the Naval Academy and
burned.
And, of course there are other fas-
cinating old homes to be seen al
Annapolis. Among them are the
Hammond HarWood House, which is
! famed as an example of Georgian
architecture and for its finely execu-
ted woodwork; the Sands House
which was built in l649; the Walton
House, built in 1896, and the Brice
House, built in l745.
Old ST. Johns College.
While you are strolling about the
city, see old St Johns College. the
famous institution that was estab-
lished in 1896. Its grounds, shaded
by venerable trees, constitute one OF
the beauties of the city. The main
building of the college is Mcdowell
Hall, which was designed in l745 as
the residence for Gov Bladen. Among
the great trees on st. Johns College
grounds is a tulip poplar, known as
the Liberty tree" and estimated to
be 600 years old Folks of Annapolis
say that it was under that tree that
the colonists made a peace treaty
with the Susquehannock Indians in
1852.
But Of Annapolis educational in
stitutions it is the Naval Academy
that predominates. The academy
occupies the north sector of the
town, directly on the Severn River
A high brick wall surrounds the
establishment. The Naval Academy
is a hospitable institution, and il
youll drive your automobile to any
Of its many gates. a sentry will greet
you with a red visitors pass, a red
cardboard ticket for display in your
windshield.
There is much at the academy to
occupy a tourists time. One may
visit its interesting features at ran
dom, but it seems to this writer that
such a tour should begin with a visit
to the academy chapel and descent
there to the crypt, where is entombed
in black marble and dark bronze the
body of John Paul Jones hero OF
every Navy man. 1t is difficult to
stand before the handsome Sarcopha-
gus in the center of the circular vault
and not experience a quickening OF
the pulse. Jones own sword is dis
played under glass and sculp-
tored bust in bronze of the Father of
the American Navy, as he is known
stands on its pedestal a few PAGES
from the tomb
Jones body, you know, has been
enshrined there at Annapolis only
since 1912. He fought in the Rus
sian Navy following the American
Revolutionary War and returned tC
Paris broken in health. He died al
the French capital and lay buried
there in an alcohol filled lead cofir
for ll3 years until Gen, Horace Por-
ter, American Ambassador to France
launched a search for Jones grave
which ended successfully in 1905
The magnificent sarcophagus, which
now contains the admiral's body, was
authorized by Congress and was COM
i pleted in 1912
From the chapel, the visitor may
60 where he will, viewing in the