Timeline
Timeline details
| Year | Highlight |
|---|---|
| 1550 | Pre-colonial hunting grounds for the Susquehannock Indians Courtesy: The Historic Properties of Anne Arundel County by Donna M Ware |
| 1649 | 1st European settlement in AA County: Providence Lost Towns Project – Providence 1649 |
| 1655 | Battle of the Severn – a Naval skirmish between Protestants and Catholics Image credit: James E. Kelly – NY Public Library Digital Collections |
| 1660s | Towne Neck – upper-middle-class domestic site located at Greenbury Point Courtesy: Maryland’s Archeobotany website at maryland.gov |
| 1791 | George Washington’s ship is grounded off Greenbury Point “At 8 p.m. we made [the] mouth [of] the Severn River, but [the] ignorance [of the] people [on] board [with] respect [to] naviga[tion] [ran] us aground, [first] [at] Greenbury Point, [from whence with] much exerti[on and] difficulty we got [off].” — President George Washington |
| 1885 | Lighthouse at Greenbury Point (discontinued in 1891) |
| 1909 | Land purchased by the Navy |
| 1911 | Naval Radio Transmitting Station begins |
| 1918 | Radio towers erected |
| 1935 | Photo shows the original radio towers from 1918 and 1922 |
| 1945 | Towers at Greenbury Point used to radio North Atlantic Fleet during WWII |
| 1975 | Decommissioned and plans for conservation underway |
| 1977 | The Sikes Act is passed requiring military installations to enact conservation plans for wildlife and natural resources |
| 1989 | Lorentzen designs nature plan and Greenbury Point Conservation is underway |
| 1999 | All but three towers removed |
| 2022 | Plans to develop Greenbury Point into a private golf course by NAGA are revealed. A massive public outcry follows. The grassroots “Save Greenbury Point” movement is born. |
| 2023 | Language added to National Defense Authorization Act to provide some protection for public access |
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