First colonists arrive on St. Clement’s Island in Maryland

Thursday, March 25 The 84th day of the year 281 days left Today in History On this day in 1634, the first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s. In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him...

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