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The Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial was established May 28, 1989, in Baltimore's Middle Branch Park to honor 1,046 Marylanders who died in that conflict and many more who served.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

In Frederick (pop. 46,800), the American flag flies over the grave of Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), author of The Star-Spangled Banner. Key was born in Carroll County and became a lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

George Herman “Babe” Ruth (1895-1948), was born in Baltimore and attended St. Mary’s Industrial School. He signed at age 19 to play for an Oriole’s minor-league team, beginning his career as a pitcher.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

On June 24, 1784, in Baltimore, 13-year-old Edward Warren, using a hot air balloon invented by the Montgolfier brothers in France in 1783, went airborne in the first successful manned balloon launch in the United States.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

In 1830, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. built the first American railroad station in Baltimore.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

During revolutionary times, Rockville was known as Hungerford’s Tavern, the name of its most familiar landmark. One of the first calls to freedom from British rule was heard at the tavern in 1774.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

The National Road, America's first federally funded highway, was begun in 1806. It passed through Allegany County, and a tollgate house was built in Cumberland (pop. 22,300) to collect fees for its use.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

In 1962, Silver Spring (pop. 76,046) resident Rachel Carson, a zoologist, aroused worldwide concern with her book, Silent Spring, which described the effects of DDT and other insecticides on wildlife and the environment.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

The Maryland State House is the oldest state house still in use. It was built between 1772 and 1779. An addition completed in 1905 replaced annexes built in 1858 and 1886.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

Annapolis served as capital of the United States from Nov. 26, 1783, to Aug.13, 1784, while the Continental Congress was meeting there shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

Harriet Tubman, born near Cambridge in 1820, was a major “conductor” of the Underground Railroad—a system that helped slaves escape to the North. She escaped from slavery in 1849, and during the Civil War she served as a spy. Tubman returned to the South 19 times, helping lead 300 slaves to freedom.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

The Mason-Dixon Line, established to settle a land dispute between families in Maryland and Pennsylvania, is named for Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who surveyed the land from 1763 to 1767. The line is now commonly referred to as the boundary between the North and the South, but actually extends only about 200 miles.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American-born person to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She was canonized in September 1975. St. Elizabeth Ann founded the religious organization Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg in 1809.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

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