St. Michaels..The Town that Fooled the British!

That's their story here in St. Michaels and they are stickin' to it! Today I found a beautiful old church

Church one block from Marina

with its doors open and a man there that love to tell this tale:

During the War of 1812 the British wanted to destroy St Michaels  mainly for the ship building industry.  Boats were being built here that were faster than British ships. The town's people had spies on the coast and they knew when the British were coming with big ships all set to fire large cannon balls into the town. So the people of St. Michaels hung lanterns high in the trees all around town. When the British fired their cannons from the ships off the coast all except one cannon ball over shot the town. Preserved is the “Cannon Ball house” where the cannon ball went through the roof and bounced down the staircase nearly missing the owner's wife and children.   

Cannon Ball House

At Walking Entrance to Maritime Museum

Drawbridge at Car Entrance to Chesapeake Maritime Museum

We spent one and half hours in the Maritime Museum this morning, came back to boat for lunch and went back for another hour plus... 18 acres is a lot to

cover in one day. 

However, Michener's book came alive there.  Here is Walter 

posing with one of the many Long Guns that Michener wrote about:  

Long guns at Maritime Museum

  We really liked this little town with its brick sidewalks and many interesting houses.   Here is one of my favorites.. kinda looked like Mary Poppin's house minus the widow's walk.  

Front of "Mary Poppin's House"

Side view of same House

    

We are heading for Annapolis in the morning and the weather  forecast indicates a rough trip.