'Tis time to be transported back to 16th Century England of olde. 'Tis time for fair maidens and chivalrous knights to gather round ye olde village to toast the grand days of yore. The Maryland Renaissance Festival started in 1977 in Columbia and moved in 1985 to its present location in Crownsville. There, an entire 16th-Century village called Revel Grove springs to life every weekend until October 25.

The festival has grown more popular with each passing year as lords and ladies and jugglers and sword swallowers gather. You can be knighted by a king or witness jousting and other period events. The costumes will amaze you, as well as the food and drink.

I hope you enjoy the photos of past Renaissance Festivals and that they transport you back in time to a different land and place.

This is my last blog entry, but I still will bring back to light many of the photos from The Sun's archive in the form of photo galleries. Thank you for reading and responding and I hope you continue to enjoy the photos from the Baltimore Sun.