“The Rest” was the home of Admiral Franklin Buchanan, 1800–1874, first Superintendent of the Naval Academy, 1845, Commander of the Washington Navy Yard, 1861, Commander of the Confederate iron-clads Virginia, 1862, and Tennessee, 1864, and senior officer in the Confederate Navy.

Marker is at the intersection of Maryland Route 370 and Rest Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 370.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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