The Maritime Park is a national heritage site that highlights

• African American maritime history
• The saga of Frederick Douglass’s life in Baltimore as an enslaved child and young man
• The life of Isaac Myers, a free born African American who became a national leader
• The founding of the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company
• The establishment of the African American Community in Baltimore during the 1800’s
• Shipbuilding traditions of the Chesapeake bay