MaryLandscapes

The Bay is part of a vast interconnected ecosystem. Everything done on land affects the Bay and the plants and animals that live there.

Who is affected by the health of the Chesapeake Bay? The 48 major rivers, 100 smaller rivers, ...

Preston County / Maryland

Preston County. Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia. here is model Federal homestead project, sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President.

Maryland. Named for Queen Henrietta Maria, ...

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 ...

Maryland Historical Society

The Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) is the state's oldest continuously operating cultural institution. Founded in 1844, it was first located in the Athenaeum at St. Paul and Saratoga Streets. In 1919 it moved to its current location on W. Monument ...

MaryLandscapes

The Bay is part of a vast interconnected ecosystem. Everything done on land affects the Bay and the plants and animals that live there.

Who is affected by the health of the Chesapeake Bay? The 48 major rivers, 100 smaller ...

Maryland (Antietam / Sharpsburg) Campaign

Following the Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly) on 1 Sept. 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee pondered his options and strategy. Encouraged by Confederate victories and Federal disorganization, Lee acted quickly to continue the offensive. On 3 Sept., Lee's Army of ...

State Of Maryland

1776–1964

General Washington resigned his commission at Annapolis, December 23, 1783. American Revolution officially ended by Congress meeting in Annapolis, January 14, 1783. District of Columbia given to Nation, 1791. Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," Baltimore, September, 1814. ...

Colony Of Maryland

1634–1776

Maryland founded as a Proprietary Colony by Lord Baltimore, March 25, 1634.

Religious toleration established by Act of Assembly, 1649.

Mason-Dixon Line surveyed 1763-1767.

The British Stamp Act repudiated, 1765.

"Peggy Stewart" Tea Party, Annapolis, 1773.

Maryland signed Declaration ...