World War II Memorial

Historical marker location:

4134 Falls Rd, Medfield, Maryland

( Memorial is at the intersection of Falls Road (Route 25) and Weldon Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Falls Road.)

1941 - 1945. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆.

Maryland was home to the first African American woman to hold a patent: In 1885, Sarah E. Goode, an African American woman from Baltimore, became the first African American woman to hold a U.S. patent. Her invention was a folding cabinet bed, which was designed to save space in small apartments.