Remembrance

Historical marker location:

305 Queen Anne Street, La Plata, Maryland

( Memorial is at the intersection of Queen Anne Street and La Grange Ave on Queen Anne Street.)

Marker installed: 1991

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.