Jewish Armed Forces Memorial

Historical marker location:

3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue, Owings Mills, Maryland

( Memorial is on Associated Way south of Garrison Forest Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1990

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.