Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

7327 Slacks Road, Eldersburg, Maryland

( Memorial is on Slacks Road north of Raincliffe Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.