Town Ravaged

Historical marker location:

Lower Marlboro, Maryland

( Marker is on Lower Marlboro Road.)

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. War of 1812.

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.