Landon C. Burns

Historical marker location:

555 South Center Street, Westminster, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from South Center Street north of Gist Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Maryland was once the site of a major Civil Rights protest: In 1963, civil rights activists organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew more than 250,000 people to the National Mall in Washington D.C. Many of the participants in the march were from Maryland, and the state played a crucial role in the civil rights movement.