Havre de Grace Decoy Museum

Crisfield, Maryland has produced a plethora of decoy talent over the years, including famed carvers such as Lloyd Sterling, Lloyd Tyler, and the Ward Brothers. Carrying on this tradition of excellence is Oliver Lawson. Lawson spent his youth in the marshes of the Eastern Shore. As he grew older, he took up duck hunting, first...

When Bob Seabrook was a young boy, his grandmother told him many stories about her family’s summers at “Cedar Beach” on the sound end of Ocean City, New Jersey. One of Bob’s favorite stories involved her father, Jacob Elwell, hunting on the beach and marshes near 56th Street. Eventually, Bob’s passions led him to a...

In Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 2nd, 1776. It was subsequently signed as delegates came and went from the second Continental Congress. The United States of America came into being and adopted the Bald Eagle as one of its...