Calm Reflections Photography: Samuel Mudd House 2025

Calm Reflections Photography shares beautiful photographs that can be placed on mugs, mouse pads, canvas, puzzles, T-shirts, coasters and prints. Joanna Macaulay makes souvenirs of St. Mary’s County for tourists and local residents. Information about St. Mary’s County attractions, travel, events and photography can be found at her site. She now does pet photography as well.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Samuel Mudd House 2025

Even though we have lived in St. Mary's County for quite a long time, we never took the time to visit the Samuel Mudd house, only the Ford Theater in DC. So, to see something nearby that we had never visited before, we decided to visit there. Camera in hand, we stopped by and were greeted by a costumed docent, Ms. Jody Wathen and Mr. and Mrs. Norris in the gift shop. The tour was excellent, with lots of historical details including where John Wilkes Booth was treated for his broken left leg after the Lincoln assassination, from possibly the leap from the President's box to the stage at the Ford Theater or from his horse stumbling. Mr. Mudd was imprisoned for quite a while and there were crafts that he made during his prison time on display. An extra bonus from our tour was a barn swallow in a nest living just outside the entrance door.