The Rising Sun Inn

Join us for the Rising Sun Inn’s Historic Candlelight Holiday Tour Tour on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Rising Sun Inn located at 1090 General’s Highway, Crownsville. Tours will be conducted between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., with the last tours starting at 9:30 p.m. The Rising Sun Inn, with a history spanning four […]

Join the Friends of the Rising Sun Inn for a Make-Your-Own Holiday Centerpiece program on November 20, 2021, at the Historic Rising Sun Innlocated at 1090 General’s Highway, Crownsville. Seating is limited, but there are two sessions. Register for either the 10:00 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. session. Start your holiday season with a beautiful, fresh […]

Join us at the Rising Sun Inn, located at 1090 Generals Highway, Crownsville, on November 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., for the Tavern Talk and Tour Series. This installment will feature Lyman Hall, author of The Stewards of West River: A Maryland Family During the American Revolution. A soldier, a prisoner of war, a hero […]

In the shadow of our 300 year old historic boxwood, enjoy this special event featuring a sampling of locally distilled bourbons from the McClintock Distilling Co. of Frederick, Maryland. Learn about the rise of whiskey distilling in Maryland during the American Revolution, countering the British blockades of American ports. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bourbon-and-boxwood-tickets-168367934023

Battlefield clean-up is a topic rarely covered by modern historians yet following almost any military engagement, there are corpses to dispose of. Who does that? Can we tell who buried whom? When? How many hours, days, months later? Where? Individually or in mass graves? In natural crevices? Lakes? Naked or dressed? Officers and other ranks […]