Preparing the Hearth

Historical marker location:

14707 Park Central Road, Thurmont, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Park Central Road north of Foxville Road (Maryland Route 77), on the right when traveling north.)

Catoctin Mountain Park.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.