Recently, we visited Bucktown Store and enjoyed stories about Harriet Tubman, some of which are narrated in the slideshow above. The narrator, Susan Meredith and her family have taken it upon themselves to maintain this historic building over the decades, carrying on the stories of Harriet Tubman from one generation to the next.

Video by Errol Webber

A gentle breeze, the singing of birds, and quiet reverence set the tone for those who attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of the Germantown School in Worcester County. This day celebrated the efforts of the Germantown School Community Heritage Center (GSCHC) and its benefactors.

Originally built in 1923 by the Rosenwald Foundation, this schoolhouse was a part of an effort to make education more available to African-American children at the time. It had two rooms, one for grades 1-3, the other for grades 4-7. Barbara Purnell, president of the GSCHC and attendee of the last official classes held at the school before its closure, stated she liked being in a class with the other grade-levels. "We were able to learn from each other," said Purnell.

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Riding the 25 miles around the Blackwater Refuge it's hard not to imagine the struggle and dedication that Harriet Tubman went through during the years of the Underground Railroad. The land is covered in high grass and muck, a proper marsh. Biting flies and mosquitoes cling to your legs and your arms, reminding you who's in charge. Though the landscape is utterly beautiful and timeless from the safety of the non-congested road that forms the loop around the refuge, it is clear that any trek through this marsh would be an uncomfortable and tedious trek to freedom.

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Across the street from DelMarVa Discovery Center, right off where the Bay Queen calls it quits for the day, hides a place of often unspoken history in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

This small museum dedicated to the strong African American man who purchased the land to extend education to the blacks of rural Worcester County in the late nineteenth century. The museum site offers both an actual house that held a 10-person family and a one-room schoolhouse moved there from a near by town.

The Sturgis One Room Schoolhouse is one of the places that goes well with the surrounding town, like a fine cheese goes with a good wine. This particular cheese is best paired with the Mar-Va Theater, or even as a prerequisite to the Discovery Center. Or perhaps even after a bite to eat at Pocomoke's re-opened cozy little Blackwater Café. (If you go, definitely ask for a oatmeal cookies... or three.)

A lovely historical day can easily be made here in this small town called Pocomoke City.