Annapolis Town Crier Squire Fredrick Taylor during the 2008 North American Towne Crier Competition in Annapolis.

Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch hosting 2010 National Speakers Conference in Annapolis.

Annapolis's Chief of Historic Preservation Patricia Blick's and Chairman of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission Sharon Kennedy's successful efforts to bring Maryland’s annual Preservation and Revitalization Conference to Annapolis in May 2011.