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Annapolis (/ ə ˈ n æ p əl ɪ s / ⓘ ə-NAP-əl-iss) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland.It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. . Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 25 miles (40 km) south of Baltimore and about 30 miles (50 km) east of Washington, D.C., Annapolis forms part of the Baltimore–Washington metropoli
The institution was founded as the Naval School on 10 October 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft and Captain David Forman. The campus was established at Annapolis on the grounds of the former U.S. Army post Fort Severn. The school opened with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
St. Mary's City was the largest settlement in Maryland and the seat of colonial government until 1695. Because Anglicanism had become the official religion in Virginia, a band of Puritans in 1649 left for Maryland; they founded Providence (now called Annapolis). [25] In 1650 the Puritans revolted against the proprietary government.
Annapolis Built c. 1880, purchased in the 1940s by an African American Masonic lodge (which was founded in 1865 by a group of African American civilian employees of the U.S. Naval Academy), and renovated for use as a lodge meeting hall.
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Academy was founded in 1845 and graduated its first class in 1846.
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845 The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut , founded in 1876 The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York , founded in 1943
The museum's history dates back to 1845, when it was founded as the Naval School Lyceum.In 1849, President James K. Polk directed the Navy's collection of historic flags be sent to the new Naval School at Annapolis for care and display, establishing one of the museum's oldest collections.
The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1727 and published through 1734 [4] by William Parks. [5] [6] Parks moved to Virginia in 1736. [7] The newspaper was both Maryland and the South's first publication, as well as the sixth in the colonies. Publication became irregular after 1730, before being discontinued in 1734. [8]