8 West Main Street

Historical marker location:

8 West Main Street, Middletown, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street / Old National Road (Alternate U.S. 40) and Church Street (State Highway 17), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street / Old National Road.)

Circa 1800.

Maryland was once the site of a major Civil Rights protest: In 1963, civil rights activists organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew more than 250,000 people to the National Mall in Washington D.C. Many of the participants in the march were from Maryland, and the state played a crucial role in the civil rights movement.