130 years after founding by Frederick Douglass's son, Highland Beach community works to maintain rich history, natural beauty capitalgazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalgazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Highland Beach is a unique place in the sun on the Chesapeake Bay. Located near the tip of the Annapolis Neck peninsula, it was founded as a summer resort community exclusively for African Americans in 1893.
Today, more than 200 years after Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 on the Eastern Shore, sojourners can explore the landscapes of his youth, his pivotal time in Baltimore and beyond, via heritage sites, walking and self-driving tours, exhibits and more.