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Historical marker location:

Druid Hill Park, Maryland

( Marker is on Buffalo Yard Road just south of African Journey, on the right when traveling north.)

Maryland Zoo Connection.

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.