We are going to learn together in this book about the history of St. Mary’s County after Maryland became a state in a new nation. We will learn about events that affected the country and the world like the Civil War and the World Wars. We will also learn about things that happened just here in the county. St. Mary’s County has changed a great deal since the 1800’s. Maybe members of your family have been here since then, or maybe you and your...

"Driven to emigrate by England's devastating anti-Catholic policies, the first Carroll brought with him to Maryland an iron determination to reconstitute his family and fortune. But instead of a more tolerant environment, he found an increasingly militant Protestant society that ultimately disenfranchised Catholics and threatened their wealth and property. Confronting religious antagonisms like those that had destroyed their Irish ancestors, this...