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Maryland State Capital

Downtown Annapolis was my playground growing up. Mom and Dad were hard working entrepreneurs who owned and operated a office supply company right on Church Circle. During the school year instead of going home and playing with friends I played at the store. As I grew Daddy would send me out on deliveries to many of the businesses in the area now and again. One of my favorite places to go was the State Capital Building. 

I loved walking the marble floors, seeing and touching the beautifully carved woodwork. Many a time I would use the staircases from floor to floor and as I touched the rich patina of the bannisters I would walk grandly down those steps my head held a little bit higher.

Some days I would go exploring and read the plagues and busts scattered throughout. That is where I learned that my State Capital was the Nations Capital for a brief time in history. That George Washington walked the same halls I did and had resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.  And my State Capital is where the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the Revolutionary War.

Other days I would peek inside the chambers where to this day our legislatures hold court making us the oldest State Capital still in use. I would wander the lower halls where I would always find this wonderful gentile older man whistling or humming a tune as he worked away shining the shoes of someone who I thought had to be important to be having that done. I would stop and watch in awe of the happiness I would see in his face of a job well done, of a pair of shoes spit polished to perfection. 

I would stand in line at these old iron gated elevators with politicians and staff alike. Little me just a teenager amidst the workings of our government. I was especially delighted when I found the intricate web of tunnels that would get me from one building to the next without ever stepping foot outside.

Wandering the halls and making deliveries of office supplies inside a building that was constructed so many, many years ago in 1772 made history come alive. 

Though our State Capital Building has gone through many renovations over time its hallowed halls still hold memories of years gone by.

 

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About the Author- Martha Brown is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) whose passion is homes in the Annapolis MD area and surrounding communities. As a 3rd generation Annapolitan she writes about her experiences in and out of the real estate market. Martha has been a local Realtor(R) since 1992 of which all have been associated with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., the largest independently owned real estate company in the Mid Atlantic.

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