Maryland - School-Age

Maryland

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27th State (April 28, 1788), the south U.S.

State Abbreviation: MD

Capital: Annapolis

Origin of name: In honor of Henrietta Maria (Queen of Charles I of England)

Motto: Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)

Nickname: Free State, Old Line State

Drink: Milk

Fish: Rockfish

Flower: Black-eyed Susan

Folk Dance: Square Dance

Fossil Shell: Ecphora

Gem: Patuxent River Stone

Flag of Maryland

Flag of Maryland

The Maryland State flag is the only state flag in the United States to be based on English heraldry.

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Things to Know

United States Senators from Maryland.

In 1608 Captain John Smith was the first European to arrive in the area. Smith conducted a detailed explorations of the entire Chesapeake Bay and produced the an amazingly accurate first map of the full extent of the bay.
Captain John Smith and the Exploration of the Chesapeake Bay teaching resource.

Exploring Maryland's Roots
Explore colonial Maryland history through 12 interactive activities filled with text, narration, video, and sound effects.

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, it is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea. Two states border the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia.

Major Rivers: Potomac River

Maryland agriculture varies from grain, fruit trees, spices, poultry, horses, and seafood.

Famous Marylanders

Benjamin Banneker mathematician, astronomer

Eubie Blake musician

John Wilkes Booth actor, Lincoln assassin

Samuel Chase jurist

Frederick Douglass abolitionist

Harriet Tubman abolitionist

Philip Glass composer

Matthew Henson explorer

Johns Hopkins financier

Francis Scott Key lawyer, author. Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

Thurgood Marshall jurist

Charles Willson Peale painter, naturalist

Babe Ruth baseball player

Sites to See

Lighthouses in Maryland

Fort McHenry
Learn all about this historic site in Baltimore, Maryland

Chessie: The Sea Serpent of the Chesapeake Bay Fact or Fiction?

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