Water Power: Baltimore's Economic Engine

Historical marker location:

Inner Harbor, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and East Falls Avenue on Eastern Avenue. Reported damaged.)

Jones Falls Trail and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse.

Maryland was the first state to pass a law requiring free public education: In 1827, Maryland became the first state to pass a law requiring free public education for all children. The law was initially aimed at poor children, but eventually expanded to include all children regardless of their economic status.