World War I Memorial

Historical marker location:

Lions Park, Union Mills, Maryland

( Memorial is at the intersection of Littlestown Pike (Maryland Route 97) and Old Hanover Road, on the left when traveling south on Littlestown Pike.)

Marker installed: 1927

1917 1918.

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.