Battery Nicholson

Historical marker location:

Fort Howard, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Fort Howard Park Road, 0.6 miles south of North Point Road (Old Maryland Route 20).)

Marker installed: 1981

Maryland was once the site of a major Civil Rights protest: In 1963, civil rights activists organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew more than 250,000 people to the National Mall in Washington D.C. Many of the participants in the march were from Maryland, and the state played a crucial role in the civil rights movement.