Living with Elephants

Historical marker location:

Druid Hill Park, Maryland

( Marker is on Silver Spring Drive east of Elephant Landing, on the right when traveling east.)

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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.