John Waters' Pecker

Historical marker location:

5904 York Rd, Rosebank, Maryland

( Marker is on York Road (Maryland Route 45) just north of Rosebank Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

[Senator Theatre].

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.