Margaret Brent - Legacy and Honors

Legacy and Honors

• Margaret Brent is memorialized at Historic St. Mary's City. The museum at the former site of Maryland's colonial capital features her in exhibits and explains that she did not advocate for all women's rights, only her own right to execute Lord Baltimore's estate as he intended. The St. John's site archaeology museum, located above the exposed foundations of the house where Brent appealed to the Assembly, includes an exhibit devoted to her life. The Historic St. Mary's City grounds also include a garden dedicated in memory of Brent.
• A street on the campus of the neighboring St. Mary's College of Maryland is named Margaret Brent Way.
• In 1978, Virginia erected a historical marker in Jones Point Park commemorating Mistress Margaret Brent's fight for women's rights, as well as her ownership of the land which became Alexandria, Virginia.
• In 1998, Virginia erected a historical highway marker commemorating Margaret, Giles and Mary Brent for constructing the first Roman Catholic Settlement in Virginia, along historic Route 1 near the former Brent family graveyard.
• In 2010, Virginia erected a historical highway marker (about a mile south of the 1998 religious markers) noting Margaret Brent's role as guardian for Mary Kittamaquund.
• Several public schools in the state of Maryland are named for her, such as Margaret Brent Middle School.
• In 2004, Stafford County, Virginia opened Margaret Brent Elementary School.