World War II Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

201 West 2nd Street, Frederick, Maryland

( Memorial is at the intersection of West 2nd Street and Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling west on West 2nd Street.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.