Roland Park

Historical marker location:

Roland Park, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Roland Park Avenue and Upland Road, on the left when traveling north on Roland Park Avenue.)

National Register of Historic Places.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.