Thursday, March 25, 2010

Happy Maryland Day!


Today in 1634, settlers first arrived at the land that King Charles I of England chartered to Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. The colony was named for the King’s wife, Henrietta Maria, and was the first proprietary colony in what is now the United States.

Find out more about Maryland Day at the Library of Congress

[Image via Maryland-Map.org]


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