Down on Main Street this evening, a lively crowd gathered for a reception marking the opening of historical society’s baseball exhibit. Attended by nearly 150 guests and members, the place was almost transformed into an old-time baseball field. The Elkton Eclipse, the county’s 1860s team, was there talking about the national pastime as they played it…
Relax and Enjoy May Day at Elk Landing
The Hollingsworth House Imagine a light spring breeze blowing across the Little Elk Creek as picnickers enjoy a lunch and kids pass a football over head. The air is warm and the living is easy at Historic Elk Landing. It’s not a mirage, it’s May first, the first Saturday of the month and the Landing…
Laidback Leisure, and Learning at Elk Landing in 2010!
The Historic Elk Landing Foundation will throw open the gates and unlock the doors to Historic Elk Landing for a summer season of leisure and learning at the ancient site. Beginning on Saturday, May 1st and continuing every first Saturday of the month through September 4th, Historic Elk Landing will be open from 10 a.m….
Relics of What Came Before: Old Family Burial Grounds
At the end of dusty old farm lanes, in overgrown fields, and along the shoreline you sometimes trip across largely forgotten Cecil County Cemeteries. They’re there because of the practice that prevailed from the founding period, which set apart a portion of the estate as a burial lot. That custom faded as burial in the…
Rising Sun 150th Celebration Ribbon-Cutting Video from YouTube.
The Whigonline channel on YouTube has a video clip from the 150th anniversary ribbon-cutting in Rising Sun. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0QVsgYlseY]
Rising Sun Kicks-Off 150th Anniversary With Ribbon-Cutting
Rising Sun officially kicked off its Sequicentennial Celebration today with a ribbon cutting at the town hall and an open house in the museum. As brilliant April sunshine warmed the audience, the sense of an appreciation for the past was obvious as remarks by Mayor Cox and others indicated. The enthusiastic crowd that had gathered provided additional evidence that Rising Sun…
Elkton Eclipse Vintage Baseball Schedule for 2010
The vintage baseball team, the Elkton Eclipse, has announced its 2010 season playing schedule. April 25th – Elkton hosts “The Chopper” Tournament at elk landing to kick off the 2010 season. 12 teams from 5 states will be represented! May 2nd – vs. Havre de Grace at Elk Landing May 16th – at Talbot May…
Cecil’s Field of Dreams Coming to Historical Society
Cecil County has a long and rich love affair with baseball going back more than a century, with its share of “local boys” making good in the Big Leagues. On Friday, April 30, from 5 to 8 p.m., sports fans of all ages are invited to experience the best years of county baseball all over…
Lost Cecil County Village: Bethel or Pivot Bridge
Before the first shovel of earth was moved to dig the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal about 1824, there was a tiny village about three miles east of Chesapeake City. Called Bethel or later Pivot Bridge. It was clustered around an old Methodist Church built in 1790 and an ancient burial ground. When the waterway opened…
Trial of H. Rap Brown Creates Tension Across Maryland in 1970
The Harford Dagger, a citizen journalism website providing “news with an edge,” recently published an interesting piece about a fatal explosion in Bel Air as that town prepared for the trial of H. Rap Brown in March 1970. That article caused us to remember the tension caused by those times in Cecil County, so we…