Historical Marker
Hagans Tavern
Historical marker location:
5018 Old National Pike, Braddock Heights, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) and Edgemont Road, on the right when traveling west on Old National Pike.)
If walls could talk.
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.