This marker commemorates a long-overlooked civil rights milestone: the 1955 sit-in at Read’s Drug store by students from Morgan State and CORE. The sit-in took place five years before the better-known lunch counter protest in Greensboro, NC.

Piezano's Pizza is an Italian Pizza restaurant located directly on the boardwalk. We are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner also have a full bar serving amazing cocktails. We have a spacious dining room and an amazing patio.

Susky River Beverage Co. Farm Brewery is working to become Perryville and Cecil County's premier tourism destination. We hope that customers will come to the brewery to sample our beers, take in the sweeping view of the Susquehanna.

East Coast Airsoft Arena is Harford County, Marylands largest indoor blasters arena. Offering Nerf, Gel Blasters, Laser Tag & Airsoft for private and public events! Open Friday through Sunday every single week!

Located on an attractive 319 acre water-front campus, St. Mary's College stands on a historic piece of land first settled in 1634. As Maryland's only Public Honors College, students receive the benefits of a small, liberal arts college with the lower cost of state tuition.

During the War of 1812, the British vandalized the village of Chaptico, doing extensive damage to Christ Church and desecrating its cemetery. Several members of the Francis Scott Key family are buried in the Key Family vault. The church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Over its 300-plus years, Christ Church has offered the people of Southern Maryland a place of spiritual comfort, connection, and renewal.

Lucille Scott and Margaret Williams were denied admittance to Catonsville High School. NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall filed suit. Racially separate schools were found to have "some inequalities," bolstering the Brown v. Board of Education case.

Jim Wims, a farmer, took acreage out of production for African-American children to have a ball field, which became known as Wims Meadow. Jim’s son Wilson worked to create the Clarksburg Recreation Center, bettering opportunities for his community.

In 1968, Bowie students demonstrated with other HBCUs, protesting unequal funding, poor school facilities and lack of academic resources. Students led a “study-in” at the Maryland State House and were arrested. Governor Agnew closed the school.