Maryland's Story is America's Story
In anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary, we’re opening the pages of some of our most iconic accomplishments, from the oyster farms of the Chesapeake Bay to the mountain peaks out west. Beyond the legends we all know well, we’ll explore stories of everyday Marylanders who served our country and helped democracy prosper through civic engagement. We’re honored to commemorate our deep and meaningful contribution to America’s past, present, and future by retracing Maryland’s illustrious history.
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Place
Historic London Town and Gardens is a twenty-three acre park featuring history, archaeology, and horticulture on the South River in Edgewater, Maryland.
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Henry’s Hotel, formerly known as Henry’s Colored Hotel, was erected in Ocean City around 1895 to serve black visitors at a time when beach and hotel access was restricted.
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Pemberton Hall, built in 1741 and fully restored, was the home of Allison Parsons, a southern sympathizer during the American Civil War.
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The only engagement to take place in Maryland during the American Revolution occurred on St. George Island in St. Mary’s County, a Southern Maryland island near the Potomac’s confluence with the Chesapeake Bay. St. Mary’s County militia engaged Lord Dunmore’s fleet as they attempted to make landfall on the island.
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The museum explores the lives of all the people who lived and worked at Mount Clare including three generations of the Carroll family, as well as their unpaid laborers including enslaved people, transported convicts from Britain, and indentured servants.
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Rachel Carson wrote her seminal work Silent Spring in her home in Silver Spring.
Service to your country is service to everyone who calls America home.
Service OpportunitiesMake an impact in your community and beyond by fully participating in civic life.
Civic Participation
On this day in Maryland history, 34 men in Harford County signed the Bush Declaration. In this document, they “solemnly pledge ourselves to each other, and to our Country, and engage ourselves by every tie held sacred among mankind to perform the same at the risque of our lives and fortunes.” This is considered to be a precursor to the Declaration of Independence.
Under Governor Moore’s authorization, the Maryland 250 Commission developed this commemoration in observance of our collective contributions to America’s 250 years.
