Bay Ridge – “Queen Resort of the Chesapeake”: The Victorian Years (1880-1903)

• A detailed account of the turn-of-the-century decades when Bay Ridge flourished as a grand Victorian resort served by steamship and train
• Transition from post-Civil War to Victorian Resort to First 2 Anne Arundel County Fairs, along with the developments in between

Presenter: Carol Patterson | Author and Local Historian

Carol Cushard Patterson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English Literature from the University of Maryland. She and her husband, Noel, live in Bay Ridge where they raised two children and now enjoy three grandchildren. Carol is co-author, along with Jane Wilson McWilliams, of Bay Ridge on the Chesapeake, 1986. Over the past 25 years she has given talks and slide presentations about the Bay Ridge Victorian resort to various heritage organizations and as guest speaker aboard the schooner Woodwind during summer evening cruises near Bay Ridge.

Lectures are $10; FREE for AMM Members First Mate and above ($100). Pay at the door.