SOLOMONS, Md. (AP) — Two hundred years ago this month, a dramatic naval battle was fought on the Patuxent River in southern Maryland. And starting next week, you can take a boat cruise with a historian to the exact spot.
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The museum, about 60 miles south of Washington in Calvert County, is offering cruises on the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison to the scene of the Battle of St. Leonard Creek, which was part of the War of 1812.
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