Tigers for Service

Historical marker location:

Towson, Maryland

( Memorial can be reached from University Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Towsontown Boulevard West, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.