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Downs’ Cross Roads

Galena, Maryland
· Galena, Maryland
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On this site stood the tavern erected by William Downs in 1763. It burned in 1893. George Washington stopped here in 1774 en route to and from the first Continental Congress. He traveled this road on his eight visits to Kent County.
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