Constitution Park

Historical marker location:

605 Parkview Avenue, Cumberland, Maryland

( Marker is on Parkview Avenue east of Avondale Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1938

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.