Engagement at Westminster

Historical marker location:

500 S Center St, Westminster, Maryland

( Marker is on South Center Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported damaged.)

War at the Almshouse. Gettysburg Campaign.

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.