The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park celebrated the spring equinox with their annual Oyster Roast and Sock Burning event. Courtney Rutland throws her socks into the fire. The Annapolis Maritime Museum ...

In 1977, Annapolis resident Bob Turner created what Alice Estrada, president and CEO of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, called a “unique and quirky” tradition that involved burning a pair of socks ...

Have you considered burning your socks to celebrate spring? A “Burning of the Socks” event was held at The Wharf in Southwest D.C. on Tuesday evening. It’s an unusual, decades-old maritime tradition.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – How do you welcome spring after one of the coldest winters in decades? In the Chesapeake Bay town of Annapolis, by burning your socks. This annual festival, which draws hundreds, is ...

It's finally spring. For many people across the country, it was a long, cold winter. And in Annapolis, Maryland, people gather every year at this time to usher in the warmer weather by making a ritual ...