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Maryland officials have overcome 65 of the state’s earliest settlers in a powerful ceremony more than 300 years after the first burials of the settlers.
The new interension took place in the historic city of St. Mary’s City, a colonial city in front of the West bank of Chesapeake Bay, On September 20 this year, the location made national headlines when it opened a reconstructed Catholic Church from the 17th century.
The brick chapel was the center of Catholic adoration in Maryland until 1704 when the Protestant governor of Maryland closed the doors of the building.
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The latest new interension was the most meaningful use of the chapel. Henry Miller, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow at Historic St. Mary’s City, spoke with Fox News Digital.
September 20 was the day on which the 65 people were finally returned to a new funeral vault after their remains were respectfully examined and preserved.
Officials in Maryland honored early settlers with a solemn reception service in the historic St. Mary’s City. (Jenn Dorsey, Historical St. Mary’s City)
The event in which the Archbishop of Baltimore William E. Lori took part included a procession, a blessing of the chapel and rebirth.
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Miller carefully planned all the lasting details, he said, like the horse’s crop, the Cannon greeting and the recording of “Salve Regina”, a hymn that would have well known settlers.
“The archbishop was important like this [settlers] Almost all of the Catholics were, “he said.
“My goal was to honor these long -forgotten men and women and children and show them and respect.”
“The parts were all planned to make a worthy, unforgettable and create Honorable ceremony to return these people to their retirement. “
Miller said it took six hours until all the remains were placed in the vault. In order to save time, the public ceremony concentrated on what he described as “the most forgotten” – the babies that were drained from historical records.
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“We wrapped the remains of eight of them in small black boxes with a black band and a branch of rosemary,” he said. “They were in the coffin [we carried]. ”
He continued.
The historical service sang hymn settlers, including the well -known Catholic prayer “Salve Regina”. (Jenn Dorsey, Historical St. Mary’s City)
Miller added: “I called the Pallbearer and her ancestors and then said what we could about the little baby that they stopped.”
All details up to the coffin were as precise and respectful as possible, he said.
“The coffin itself is a precise reconstruction of one that we excavated at the location,” said Miller. “We also carefully measured the places and orientations of all nails and floor stains from the coffin wood so that it was possible to reconstruct it completely and precisely.
“My goal was to honor these long -forgotten men, women and children and to show them and respect the dignity and respect in the place where they were buried over three centuries,” he added.
The service was both a personal obligation and a professional duty to respect the colonial ancestors, an archaeologist said. (Jenn Dorsey, Historical St. Mary’s City)
Miller also said: “As an archaeologist who helped them dig them up, I felt both a professional and a personal obligation to see them properly. It was the right and respectful way to treat them.”
Before the funeral, the researchers examined the remains and received insights into everything from chronic diseases and dental care in order to take intake and nutrition in colonial America – something that Miller says will be the subject of a future book.
He also said that the event could serve as a model for how excavated remains are treated elsewhere in the United States, and notes that the attention of ancestors “is a deeply fitting human tradition”.
“I have the feeling that we honored her as the founder of Maryland,” said an archaeologist. (Jenn Dorsey, Historical St. Mary’s City)
“I have the feeling that we honored her as the founder of Maryland and as individuals who have sacrificed a lot and tasks everything they knew to try a new life in an unknown country,” he said.
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“All of them have been forgotten for centuries, except for a few historians, and this has made it possible for us to bring them back in the memory.”
In addition to Maryland’s history, the archaeologist also used the event to send a national message about tolerance and coexistence.
“St. Mary’s with Jamestown and Plymouth should put this on a simultaneous inventory as the founding of American experience.”
The call came just 10 days after the turning point USA founder of the United States Charlie Kirk Was shot in Utah, a strong memory of how political violence the USA continues to split
“[Marylanders] Learned that people can live together without violence, “said Miller in his speech.
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Overall, Miller said that St. Mary’s City should be recognized as much in view of the role of colonial settlement in the pioneer of religious freedom as Jamestown and Plymouth.
The church was described as “the center of Catholic adoration in Maryland” until 1704, when a Protestant governor closed the church. (Historical St. Mary’s City)
“From 1634, these people have determined the precedent in North America for a central part of American experience, as it is expressed in the first change. [meaning] No established church and the free practice of religion, “he said.” The first North American introduction of these ideas occurred in St. Mary’s City. “
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“St. Mary’s with Jamestown and Plymouth should put this on a simultaneous inventory as the founding of American experience.”
