On Saturday, June 23, 1984, The Honorable Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland, and His Royal Highness Edward, Duke of Kent, dedicated this place, site of Maryland's first settlement and first capital, to the memory of the first colonists who came here from England in 1634. Their successors dedicated this resurrected St. Mary's City to those courageous Marylanders and pledged all Marylanders to its preservation and veneration. The Maryland Heritage Committee donated the plaque to the state's 350th anniversary celebrations, with General Orwin C. Talbott as chairman, and the Honorable John Hanson Briscoe, chairman of the St. Mary's City commission, accepted it on June 23, 1985.
