Maryland

Lizzy’s Latest – Original Washington Monument: Happy New Year 2024!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR to my family, friends, followers, and visitors!  I suppose by now, you’re used to me arriving fashionably late.  😉  I always seem to be chasing time…story of my life.  Sigh…but, I can never stay away for too long.  The connection I have with you here always draws me back. 😊 And I couldn’t wait to share the set from this photo shoot!  The boots and historic location make this a Heels on the Battlefield classic Lizzy’s Latest trademark blog post. 

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Shoespiration – BCBGMaxAzria Amilia Stiletto Sandals – Mallows Bay, MD

One night several months ago, my dad was flipping channels and came across an episode of “What on Earth” (Season 5, episode 4 for those interested) featuring a ghost fleet of ships in Mallows Bay here in Southern Maryland.  It caught our attention because we had a couple photo shoots at Mallows Bay around this time last year.   Click here for a look back at one of those shoots.  (more…)

Heels on the Battlefield: Battle of Antietam: Burnside Bridge – A Family Divided

It’s a draw men!  😉 (more…)

Lizzy’s Latest – Booth’s Escape Route and Behind the Scenes of the 1993 Gettysburg Movie

Sometimes chance encounters are fated to spark spontaneous adventures.  While photo shooting at a recreated Union encampment at the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Southern, Maryland, an unassuming man rode towards us in his ATV.  Dad, my photographer, worried he would kick us off the set.  (more…)

Lizzy’s Latest Paranormal Encounter with the Iron Brigade

It was a brisk autumn day at the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD on November 3, 2018.  After an afternoon of photo shooting around the main areas of the battlefield, we had one more heel/outfit combo to fit in before sunset.  It was a little after 5PM and we were not sure where to go next for the final photo shoot.  With sunlight quickly dissipating, we found a patch of road lined with historic fencing.  It was a lonely road save for a passing car or two; perfect for an impromptu photo shoot. (more…)

Lizzy’s Latest – Homage to the Poe Toaster

Edgar Allan Poe remained true to his art.  He had so many opportunities to lead a life of practicality, but he always found ways to flee complacency.  For Poe’s passion was writing and he was determined to earn a living wage through his fictions.  He would be the first American writer to attempt this, but his efforts never translated to enduring financial success. (more…)

Haunted History – The Legend of Moll Dyer – the Witch of Leonardtown, MD

Perhaps I would have reconsidered the brazenness of this pose had I been more familiar with Moll Dyer’s story.  I contacted the guru of Southern Maryland, my best friend, William, for more insight.  His tongue and cheek response: (more…)

Lizzy’s Latest – Marc Fisher Haely Platform Wedge Sandals

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Now that I have a deep appreciation for history, I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by it.  Historic St. Mary’s City in St. Mary’s County, Maryland was the site for this latest photo shoot.  (more…)

The Battle of Antietam

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Beautiful mountains and lush forests surround the quiet town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The tranquility of nature is inviting, like a sublime melody on constant repeat. It is hard for me juxtapose the peacefulness of today with the tragedy of bloodshed and carnage 153 years ago at the Battle of Antietam. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with approximately 23,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. (more…)

The Dr. Mudd House Museum

The Dr. Mudd farmhouse, known as St. Catherine, was an 1857 wedding gift to Dr. Mudd and his wife, Sarah Frances. It is a two story farmhouse on about 218 acres of land. John Wilkes Booth and David Herold banged on the door seen in this pic, bottom right in the early morning hours of April 15, 1865.

The week leading up to Easter in the Spring of 1865 marked a pivotal time in American history.  Confederate General, Robert E. Lee’s hope for a victorious South was dashed with the defeat at Sailor’s Creek on April 6.  This, in part, led to Lee’s sorrowful surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant three days later at Appomattox Court House in rural Virginia.  Though other battles persisted for a few more months, this act effectively ended the American Civil War.             (more…)