Annapolis is in Maryland and is the sailing capital of America.  It is about 27 miles east of Washington and about the same distance South of Baltimore. It rests on the edge of Chesapeake Bay. Annapolis became Maryland's capital in 1695 and at one time was the capital of the United States before Washington.

As well as sailing, Annapolis is famous for the arrival of the African slave trade.

over 235 years ago, there was a ship called Lord Ligonier  with 98 Gambian Africans whom where brought to the Annapolis City Harbor to be sold as slaves. Among them, according to Alex Haley, the late author of Roots, was Haley's African ancestor, Kunta Kinte.

There are life-size bronze sculptures of Alex Haley reading to three eager children, by sculptor Ed Dwight, dedicated in 1999. The cost of the entire project is over $750,000, which has been raised over  ten years from public and private funds from around the world.