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ABOVE - Each fall,
during the festival of tall ships hosted by Sultana Projects, the
Chestertown
waterfront looks much as it may have appeared in the 18th century.
Photograph by Karl
Kehm.
ABOVE -
Traditional Chesapeake Bay oyster
boat, the skipjack
Photo
by Adrian Jones,
Integration & Application Network
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Washington College, along with Chestertown, Kent County
and the Chesapeake region, was once at the geographical
and political center of the United States. The region’s
importance declined as the continent was settled and
commerce moved westward, and the Eastern Shore of the
bay, in particular, became known as a place where the
inhabitants still held fast to older ways of life. Yet
although the Eastern Shore is still a place where the
past is palpably present, its residents have not been
isolated from the trends and tensions that shaped
America.
While not all these links deal specifically with
Washington College, they do reflect the larger context
in which the institution has developed, as well as
addressing national issues of importance to our college
students and faculty, and providing greater insight into
aspects of Chesapeake culture and history. The contents
are arranged in general chronological order.
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Three
Centuries on the
Chesapeake
