Union Mills

Historical marker location:

3331 Littlestown Pike, Union Mills, Maryland

( Marker is on Littlestown Pike (Maryland Route 97) 0.1 miles south of Old Hanover Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Built 1797 on the site of an earlier mill by Andrew and David Shriver Jr.

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.