{"id":6635,"date":"2025-04-16T21:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsmcdigshistory.org\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:14:56","slug":"article-catholic-standard-rebuilt-brick-chapel-with-interior-features-highlights-maryland-as-a-birthplace-of-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ded3712.inmotionhosting.com\/~hsmcdigshistory\/article-catholic-standard-rebuilt-brick-chapel-with-interior-features-highlights-maryland-as-a-birthplace-of-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Article &#8211; Catholic Standard: Rebuilt Brick Chapel with Interior Features Highlights Maryland as a Birthplace of Religious Freedom."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Historical archaeologist Henry Miller says that the reconstructed 1667 Brick Chapel in Historic St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland \u201cis a small building in a small part of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in a talk on April 12, 2025, he added \u201cthat building contains a huge story of state, national and international significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A major milestone for the Brick Chapel \u2013 a landmark of faith that symbolizes Maryland\u2019s status as a birthplace of religious freedom in the United States \u2013 unfolded that day, as the chapel\u2019s interior features were unveiled, culminating more than four decades of historical research, archaeological excavation and painstaking reconstruction work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathstan.org\/local\/rebuilt-brick-chapel-in-st-marys-city-with-its-new-interior-features-highlights-maryland-as-a-birthplace-of-religious-freedom\">Read the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical archaeologist Henry Miller says that the reconstructed 1667 Brick Chapel in Historic St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland \u201cis a small building in a small part of the world.\u201d But in a talk on April 12, 2025, he added \u201cthat building &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ded3712.inmotionhosting.com\/~hsmcdigshistory\/article-catholic-standard-rebuilt-brick-chapel-with-interior-features-highlights-maryland-as-a-birthplace-of-religious-freedom\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Article &#8211; Catholic Standard: Rebuilt Brick Chapel with Interior Features Highlights Maryland as a Birthplace of Religious Freedom.<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Article - Catholic Standard: Rebuilt Brick Chapel with Interior Features Highlights Maryland as a Birthplace of Religious Freedom.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ded3712.inmotionhosting.com\/~hsmcdigshistory\/article-catholic-standard-rebuilt-brick-chapel-with-interior-features-highlights-maryland-as-a-birthplace-of-religious-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Article - Catholic Standard: Rebuilt Brick Chapel with Interior Features Highlights Maryland as a Birthplace of Religious Freedom.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Historical archaeologist Henry Miller says that the reconstructed 1667 Brick Chapel in Historic St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland \u201cis a small building in a small part of the world.\u201d But in a talk on April 12, 2025, he added \u201cthat building &hellip; Article &#8211; Catholic Standard: Rebuilt Brick Chapel with Interior Features Highlights Maryland as a Birthplace of Religious Freedom. 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