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Daytripping: The Lafayette Trail, Havre De Grace, Maryland
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger explores some of the sights around the history-rich Lafayette Trail.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day. Sept. 8, 2013: Portuguese "Castle In The Sky"
Portugal's answer to Bavaria's fairy-tale castles (and to Disney!), the Pena Palace sits high on a mountaintop above the town of Sintra, and above the 10th-century Moorish Castle that guarded it. The palace was built in the second half of...
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Re: Daytripping: The Lafayette Trail, Havre De Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace was a primary town on the Eastern Escape Route in Maryland, as slaves could cross the Susquehanna to havens in the free state of Pennsylvania, traveling onward to Philadelphia and New York. Admiral Cockburn's landing under the cover of darkness was assisted by the slaves who joined forces with British Troops. Then onward with their journey to freedom. Admiral Cockburn told O'Neill that he was due to be hanged for attacking the British Troops. But he showed leniency and freed...
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Re: Daytripping: The Lafayette Trail, Havre De Grace, Maryland
If I go, the Vineyard Wine Bar is a definite stop.