Gunpowder Copper Works

Historical marker location:

Glen Arm, Maryland

( Marker is on Harford Road (Maryland Route 147) 0.2 miles north of Factory Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1967

1804 - 1883.

Maryland was the first state to pass a law requiring free public education: In 1827, Maryland became the first state to pass a law requiring free public education for all children. The law was initially aimed at poor children, but eventually expanded to include all children regardless of their economic status.