Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) becomes the first person born in the United States canonized as a Roman Catholic saint in 1975. Seton is the founder of the nation’s first parochial school system, establishing a Catholic girls school in Emmitsburg along with a congregation of Sisters of Charity.
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg
Rembrandt Peale opens the first purpose-built museum in the US in August, 1814. As a fine arts gallery, it is short-lived, becoming city hall, a school for “colored” children, city water offices and now Baltimore’s Community Museum.
Carroll County inaugurates Rural Free Delivery of the mail. Four letter carriers and their horses begin free daily delivery from Westminster in 1896.
Pres. James Madison flees the British army. He spends night of August 26, 1814 in Brookeville with strongbox containing entire US treasury. The small Quaker Community of Brookeville is first to be the US Capital for a day.
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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