Clinton was originally named Surrattsville for John Surratt who was the postmaster in 1854. John Wilkes Booth stopped at the Surratt home after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln - because of this Mary Surratt was tried and found guilty of involvement in the crime.
The Clearwater Nature Center offers environmental education through interpretive programs, a small indoor pond, live animal exhibits, a lapidary laboratory, and a seasonal herb and butterfly garden.
Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness consists of a late Georgian brick house, built in 1787, that has been the home of several prominent families including a U.S. Senator and ambassador. The grounds have terraces with aged English and American boxwood, a wide variety of deciduous trees including a champion Osage Orange tree and a holly circle.
Address: His Lordship's Kindness, 7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, MD 20735-1955, United States
Phone: 1 (301) 856-0358, Fax: 1 (301) 856-2522
Surratt House Museum was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the United States government after being found guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. The middle-class plantation home, built in 1852, served as a tavern, hostelry, post office and polling station.
Hours:
January 15 to December 15: 11am-3pm; Sun:12pm-4pm; Sat:12pm-4pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Easter - Christian
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