{"id":13265,"date":"2017-02-23T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=13265"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:57:59","slug":"governor-larry-hogan-names-captain-eldridge-meredith-admiral-of-the-chesapeake-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/02\/23\/governor-larry-hogan-names-captain-eldridge-meredith-admiral-of-the-chesapeake-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Larry Hogan Names Captain Eldridge Meredith \u2018Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Lt. Governor Rutherford Presents Award, Celebrates Life of Captain Eldridge Meredith<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Meredith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13267\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Meredith-265x300.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Meredith-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Meredith.png 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Governor Larry Hogan has commissioned Kent Island resident Captain Eldridge Meredith as the 101st\u00a0Admiral of Chesapeake Bay, a prestigious lifetime achievement award for an individual\u2019s extraordinary commitment to the conservation and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford <a href=\"http:\/\/govpics.maryland.gov\/pages\/Slideshow.aspx?Month=02&amp;Day=23&amp;Year=2017&amp;Event=Captain+Meredith&amp;Photographer=Anthony%20DePanise\" target=\"_blank\">presented the award<\/a> on February 23, which is also Meredith\u2019s 91st birthday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Meredith has spent a lifetime on one of America\u2019s most treasured resources,\u201d said Lt. Governor Rutherford. \u201cHis unwavering commitment and dedication to the Chesapeake Bay, which is both his home and livelihood, makes him the quintessential waterman and worthy of this prestigious honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Captain Meredith, a third-generation Queen Anne\u2019s County waterman and charter boat captain, has worked in and around the Bay for 80 years. He docks his charter boat, the Island Queen 11, at his pier in Grasonville on the Eastern Shore. Captain Meredith is the fifth African-American known to have received this honor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/ad1_7707_-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13283 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/ad1_7707_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>\u201cAs a business owner, charter boat captain, entrepreneur, and veteran, Captain Meredith is the quintessential Chesapeake Bay waterman,\u201d said Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton. \u201cIt is truly an honor to recognize his many selfless contributions to his community, state, and nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instituted by Governor J. Millard Tawes in 1959, the Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay title has gone to prominent individuals from various pursuits including sailors, journalists, shipwrights, watermen, conservationists, elected officials, and many others. Captain Meredith&#8217;s nomination was reviewed and recommended by the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Governor Rutherford Presents Award, Celebrates Life of Captain Eldridge Meredith Governor Larry Hogan has commissioned Kent Island resident Captain Eldridge Meredith as the 101st\u00a0Admiral of Chesapeake Bay, a prestigious lifetime achievement award for an individual\u2019s extraordinary commitment to the conservation and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford presented the award on<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/02\/23\/governor-larry-hogan-names-captain-eldridge-meredith-admiral-of-the-chesapeake-bay\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[3061,3016,2982,3060,3062,2952,2950],"class_list":["post-13265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-admiral-of-the-chesapeake-bay","tag-boyd-rutherford","tag-chesapeake-bay","tag-eldridge-meredith","tag-j-millard-tawes","tag-larry-hogan","tag-queen-annes-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13265"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13285,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions\/13285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}