There is no doubt that the third verse of “Star Bangled Banner” is controversial, and scholars continue to debate whether Francis Scott Key, a known slave holder, wrote the verse as a threat to African slaves or whether it…
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After about a week in Delaware’s portion of the DelMarVa peninsula, we headed towards Maryland and the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which has eighty-one 5-star reviews online! The route took us through Cambridge Maryland and a roadside reader board…
From Annapolis MD, we headed northeast into Delaware, camped at Lums Pond State Park and turned our attention to some planning. We’d planned the details through Washington DC, so it was time to get more serious about the second…
One thing that’s interesting about eastern state campgrounds that is different from most western state campgrounds is that they are often within just a few miles of urban areas, but because of the density of the hardwood trees in…
