In addition to making maps of an area encompassing over 20.000 acres. Augustine Hermann also founded his own estate. Bohemia Manor. and named the beautiful Bohemia River on Marylands Eastern Shore. Czech devotion to education. a tradition dating back to the founding in 1348 of the University of Prague. was manifested in America early by the eagerness with which Czech immigrants sought to educate their families. Wherever public schools were available. attendance by Czech children was high. In Maryland. 1745 marked the founding by the Jesuits of a school at Bohemia Manor where Charles Carroll. signer of the Declaration of Independence. and many members of his family were educated.
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