The Star Spangled Banner

Historical marker location:

844 E Pratt St, Jonestown, Maryland

( Marker is on East Pratt Street near Albemarle Street, on the left when traveling east.)

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.