Chestertown and the Civil War

When one thinks of the history of Town on the Chester, Chestertown, it’s usually its Colonial History. It also has a touch of Civil War history, or more precisely Post Civil War. George Vickers was one of Kent County’s most prominent citizens. In early 1868 he was selected by the Maryland Legislature as a US […]

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2021 Chestertown HP Festival Has Been Cancelled

The organizers of the Chestertown HP Festival Weekend regret to announce that the festival has been canceled for this year. Ordinarily, organizing volunteers and fundraising for the event would have started at the beginning of the year. With the ongoing pandemic and uncertainty of future health regulations it has been difficult to secure volunteers and […]

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Create art.craft.design Final Showcase

For the past 5 years, Create art.craft.design has been a showcase for artists from the crème de la crème of American Craft. Patti and Dave Hegland, Carla Massoni, Faith Wilson, Marilee Schumann, Bob Ortiz and Rob Glebe formed a partnership and built one of the most beautiful gallery/retail spaces in Chestertown, if not the whole […]

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Chestertown Tea Party

For many Memorial Day weekend is associated with Chestertown and the Tea Party Festival that celebrates the town’s colonial past. It takes a great deal of planning and preliminarily work to put on the festival every year. Planning begins more than 6 months and when the decision was made to cancel the festival, for the […]

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