Maryland's History
Time Line
Let's go WAY back in history & find out about
Maryland's
Geology
Maryland's
Native Americans
[The Burning of the Peggy Stewart] What do you know about Peggy Stewart ?
MARYLAND WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES AND WAS THE 7TH STATE TO RATIFY (ACCEPT) THE CONSTITUTION. IT BECAME A STATE ON ON APRIL 28, 1788, THE DAY OF RATIFICATION.
Tour the
Maryland State House
State House Historical Marker
St. Clement's Island, Birthplace of Maryland
1634
Picture Courtesy of St. Mary's County, Maryland
Learn about the English history that came before the voyage to Maryland. Discover the vision of George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore as he planned the colony.
Meet
Margaret Brent
( Painting )

Today the capital of Maryland is Annapolis, but St. Mary's City was the first seat of colonial government and had its own militia

 Dr. Lois Green Carr
is the historian who did most of the research on Historic St. Mary's City.
Pictures
of Historic St. Mary's City
(click on each one to make it larger)
There are only 3 other state capitals that are older than Annapolis. They are
Santa Fe NM (1610), Boston MA (1630) & Providence RI (1663)

Who was REALLY the 1st president of the U.S.?

Francis Scott Key
Maryland's African American Heritage
Biographies

[bullet] Voyage to Maryland
[bullet] Story of the Ark and the Dove
[bullet] Aboard the Ships
Click the picture for information
The Calvert Family
Image courtesy of
the MD State Archives
[detail of painting of Cecilius Calvert]
Image courtesy of ecpClio-12-129-2

George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore
   (More about the 1st & 2nd Lords Baltimore)
 Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore
Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Lord Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore
   (More about the 3rd, 4th & 5th Lords Baltimore)
Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore
The Calvert Family Tree Leonard Calvert
Maryland's First Governor		 Henry Harford

Baltimore Coat of Arms, Ferryland

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The Beginnings of the Colony
An original document
Follow the links on this document 		[Early schoolroom]
How to read an Original Document

The Liberty Tree		 Maryland Signers of the
Declaration of Independence See also 		Maryland's nicknames
are
the Old Line State
and
the Free State .
Maryland's Signers of the U.S. Constitution

James McHenry
Daniel Carroll
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

 2 Maryland Holidays
Maryland Day - March 25

Defenders' Day - September 12
Charles Willson Peale
[Route 40 road sign]
The National Road begun in Cumberland in 1806, was the nation's chief route west for many years. and More
[Sultana]
The
Schooner Sultana
Project
School Ship in the Chesapeake Bay
Maryland in the Civil War
Thanks to the Maryland Manual On-Line for helping with photos and information for this site.


© Copyright October 16, 1997, Office of the Secretary of State.
Last Modified September 16, 2003. bv