Christ Church Episcopal, Port Tobacco Parish Maryland

Parish church of Port Tobacco Parish, one of the 30 Church of England parishes established, 1692, by act of the provincial assembly, supported by a yearly poll tax of 40 pounds of tobacco. In 1904 the edifice was moved stone ...

Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System

Elevation 3095 feet. Maryland State Roads Commission. J. N. Mackall, Chairman & Chief Engineer; L.T. Downey, District Engineer. Contractor: T. D. Claiborne Co. Inc., August Mencken.

Marker is on George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) east of Table Rock Road, on the ...

Maryland Monument

In honor of

Maryland’s Four Hundred

who on this battlefield

August 27th 1776

saved the American Army

Good God! What brave fellows

I must this day lose.

George Washington

Pedestal contributed by the Department of ParksCharles A. Schieren Frank Sovier

Mayor Commissioner

Marker is on Wellhouse Drive, on the left ...

Entrance to First State House of Maryland

In memory of Nicholas Young of St. Mary’s Co. Maryland, elected to the House of Burgesses Nov 30, 1665.

Boxwood dedicated June 13, 1932, and tablet placed through Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D.A.R. by Delia Harris Maddox, Ann Delia Power Yellman, ...

The First State House of Maryland

On this site was erected in 1676 the first State House of Maryland. Previous to this date the Assembly met in various places subsequent to the Planting of the Province at St. Mary’s City, March 27, 1634. The twelve stone ...

Commemorating Maryland’s Pride and Glory

“Freedom of Conscience”

In the early 1880s, Marylanders began to commemorate the “lost city” of St. Mary’s as a place of special significance. The 300th anniversary of Maryland’s founding in 1934 brought renewed attention and enthusiasm. The State House replica was ...

Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn

Mistress Margaret Brent

The National Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America placed this tablet in honor of our National President 1952–1955 Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn, born in St. Mary’s County and whose ancestors landed here with the Lord Baltimore ...

Maryland Begins Here

St. Mary’s County Welcome Center. Dedicated to all citizens and visitors of St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

In 1634, a group of courageous voyagers left England and all that was familiar and set out for the New World in search of religious ...

Loudoun County / Maryland

Loudon County.

Area 519 Square Miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in this county.

Maryland. Maryland ...

Mineral County / State of Maryland

Mineral County. Formed from Hampshire in 1866. Named for its great mineral deposits. In Mineral County, Fort Ashby, the only standing unit in the chain of frontier forts which were built in 1755 under Washington’s orders.

State of Maryland. Named for ...