Burkittsville

Historical marker location:

3 East Main Street, Burkittsville, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Potomac Street (Maryland Route 17), on the right on East Main Street.)

Houses of Worship Become Houses of Misery. Antietam Campaign 1862.

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.