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Maryland History
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of the original 13 states to join the Union (in 1788), Maryland
is in the middle of the Eastern Seaboard. It's believed that
Lord Baltimore, who received a charter for the land in 1632,
named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King
Charles I. The Mason and Dixon line was drawn in the 1760s to
settle a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families. In
addition to marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and
Maryland, it is the traditional boundary between the North and
the South. Maryland is known as the "Free State"; its flower is
the black-eyed susan; and its capital is Annapolis, home of the
U.S. Naval Academy |
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