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Situated at the head of Breton Bay, off the Potomac River, Leonardtown was founded in 1708 as the seat of St. Mary's County. You can view the collection of the St. Mary's County Historical Society at the Old Jail Museum. Leonardtown celebrates the bounty of Chesapeake Bay with the Crab Festival in June and the Oyster Festival and National Shucking Contest in October.
The 40-foot-high cross on St. Clement's Island in the Potomac marks where Maryland's first settlers landed. At St. Clement's Island-Potomac River Museum in Coltons Point, you find exhibits tracing the history of the area. On the other side of the peninsula, you can visit Sotterley Plantation (1717) overlooking the Patuxent River. Historic St. Mary's City, south of Leonardtown, was Maryland's first settlement; today it is an outdoor living history museum.

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