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 <li style="display: block; width: 100%;" class="slide-7548 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:45:10"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Winter-days-linger-with-no-snow-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7548 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7549 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:46:22"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Winter-sunset-on-Potomac-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7549 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7718 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-17 18:36:11"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Ice-age-comences-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7718 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7550 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:48:59"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSCF4435-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7550 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7551 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:52:47"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSCF4293-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7551 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7552 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:53:58"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSCF4433-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7552 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-7554 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-02-08 17:56:21"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSCF4284-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-7554 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-10091 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-12-07 17:37:35"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Sunset-for-winter-solstice-500x500.jpg" height="500" width="500" alt="" class="slider-7547 slide-10091 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">Sunset slips into night on the Potomac. The sunset transformed into a cross.</div></div></li>
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<figure id="attachment_9907" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9907" style="width: 648px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Holy-Sunset-over-St.-Clements-Island.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-9907" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Holy-Sunset-over-St.-Clements-Island.jpg" alt="The sun slips into the night leaving a large image in the shape of a cross over St. Clements Island in the Potomac River. This was the site of the first Catholic Mass in the English speaking colonies. The Mass was said by Father Andrew White on March 25, 1634. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo " width="648" height="486" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9907" class="wp-caption-text">The sun slips into the night leaving a large image in the shape of a cross over St. Clements Island in the Potomac River. This was the site of the first Catholic Mass in the English speaking colonies. The Mass was said by Father Andrew White on March 25, 1634. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
<p>Sunset slips into night on the Potomac THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photos</p>
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