Lafayette Monument

Historical marker location:

Mount Vernon, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of North Charles Street and Monument Street, in the median on North Charles Street.)

Marker installed: 1924

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.