Congress Was Here

Historical marker location:

18 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland

( Marker is on West Street (Maryland Route 450) west of Church Circle, on the right when traveling west.)

West Street. At the End of the Revolution.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.