On November 23, 1633, the Ark and the Dove sailed from England bound for the New World with Governor Leonard Calvert and a group of colonists. They landed on St. Clement's Island on March 25, 1634, and established the Maryland colony on the principles of religious freedom and separation of church and state. They celebrated the first Catholic mass in the British American colonies that same day.
In 1934, a 40-foot memorial was erected on the island to commemorate Maryland's 300th birthday.
St. Clement's Island is located in the Potomac River, about one-half mile offshore, in the present day St. Mary's County, Maryland.
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