The Commodore Waddell is one of several must-see sites on next weekend's rain-or-shine Secret Garden Tour. Put away the spy glasses and the trench coats, the hidden away gardens will welcome the green-thumb curious, all to benefit the Hammond-Harwood House Museum.
One might think the favorite spot in the home of Vice Admiral Walter E. "Ted" Carter, Jr., the 62nd superintendent of the Naval Academy, would be an office filled with blinking computers, shelves of model ships or a library.
John Brenza, who taught engineering at the Naval Academy during World War II, attended Friday's graduation as a special guest of the Naval Academy. He turns 100 in July.