Bald Eagle

Historical marker location:

4705 Friendship Landing Road, Nanjemoy, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Friendship Landing Road, 1.3 miles Ironsides Rd (County Route 425).)

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.