The Eastport Yacht Club’s annual Lights Parade will be held on Saturday, December 8th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. For the parade, area boaters decorate their sailboats and powerboats with holiday lights and decorations. The lights can be seen along Spa Creek, the Severn River (near and opposite the USNA), and Ego Alley/City Dock.
The Banneker-Douglass Museum, named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s African American heritage, and serves as the state’s official repository of African American material culture. The museum annually sponsors and hosts a variety of preservation, arts, and cultural lectures, workshops, performances, and other programs.
Celebrating three generations and an urban cultural landscape that spans over 300 years, the Carroll House is a restoration-in-progress. This national historic landmark bears great historical significance to the state of Maryland and America as the home of Charles Carroll the Settler, first Attorney General of Maryland who settled here in 1706, his son, Charles Carroll of Annapolis, and his grandson, Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832).
Sparked by the 300th anniversary of the signing of Annapolis’ Royal Charter, the people of Annapolis are celebrating for an entire year, with events all over town, from the US Naval Academy to neighborhoods, shops, schools, and restaurants and more.The celebration called Annapolis Alive! joyfully marks this unique city’s independence and truly participatory democracy. Annapolis Alive! was officially kicked off by the Queen Anne Ball on September 30, 2007, and the rest of 2007 and the year 2008 will be like no other. Major arts, cultural and historic events will share the stage with community festivals, parties, special historical tours, pub crawls, and even a Town Crier competition.
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Start the holiday season off with the United States Naval Academy Band! On Friday, December 7, at 7:30 P.M., the band will present a concert of holiday favorites in Mahan Hall.
Lieutenant Commander Brian O. Walden will lead a program of contemporary and traditional carols to put you in the holiday spirit. Naval Academy Professor Captain Owen Thorp will narrate “’Twas The Night Before Christmas.” Naval Academy Band’s jazz band the “Next Wave” will be on hand to present their own version of Tschaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite.”
Naval Academy Band concerts are free and open to the public with no tickets required. Mahan Hall is located on the grounds of the Naval Academy. For more information, please call (410) 293-0263.
The Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis is one of the premier colonial houses remaining in America from the British colonial period. The house was designed by the architect William Buckland in 1773-74 for wealthy farmer Matthias Hammond. The museum is open to the public for guided tours. Special activities which focus on colonial history, art and architecture are scheduled throughout the year.
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