The Garrison Fort

Historical marker location:

Pikesville, Maryland

( Marker is on Garrison Farm Court, 0.1 miles Garrison Farms Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1968

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.