Lieutenant John A. Webster

Historical marker location:

2400 E Fort Ave, Locust Point Industrial Area, Maryland

( Memorial can be reached from Constellation Plaza, 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1933

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.